The same happened to me today at the end of a PBEM World at War 1939 Campaign game. I resigned and then was allowed back in for a final view of the finished game. Almost immediately the game crashed to desktop and that was it for the final review.

Looks like the server was repaired. I was able to complete my turn in World at War.

Got the dreaded Server Communication Error again. Lost half my turn, including some great die rolls on battles. Pretty frustrating. That's twice in less than a week.

Appears that the server was repaired this morning. I was able to complete my turn.

Yes, I'm getting the same error message.

I'm playing an online PvP game of World at War. I got about halfway through my turn and was bumped out of the game with a connection error. I went back into the game and noticed that several of my last moves were not recorded. Luckily no battles or sea ...

New ELO game started
1939 World at War

petedalby (Allies) vs LoneRunner (Axis)

We are using the following house rules:
1. No diplo on Majors
2. No Barbarossa before 1941
3. No diplo on Bulgaria
4. No Allied DoW on Japan before PH
5. No Italian navy outside Med before DoW
6. No using garrison ...

Thanks Pete.

Interesting that attacks are impacted both in and out of a marsh hex. Why not forest, or hills, or mountains? Would be great to know the logic behind that decision.

Marsh has a defense bonus from soft, hard, light tank, and tank attacks . And a negative bonus from artillery and air attacks. Marsh also appears to affect combat if the attacking unit is attacking out of a marsh hex. So a tank attacking out of a marsh hex into another marsh hex appears to incur a ...

Please PM me if you are interested in a 1939 World at War ELO game. I'm okay with either side.

IMO providing a long list of restrictive house rules makes the game less fun. One of my favorite games was where UK DOWed Japan simultaneous with the start of Barbarossa. The result was a no-holds barred exciting worldwide war. I lost but it was really cool to play out that what-if. And I would love ...

Thanks for the response Umeu. You are right, a defensive line of transports would only work in niche situations, like the Mediterranean or among DEI islands, where an attack is restricted through narrow access. However, I'm concerned that such a use of landing craft is even plausible.

I was ...

Here's a more extreme use of landing craft that makes no sense.

Level 5 transports have a 50% chance of evading damage from naval or air attack. The manual doesn't mention air attack but I've tested it and yes, 50% of air attacks appear to deal no damage. Makes no sense. Why would a transport be ...

I noticed the server response frequently spinning during my online game. It was especially bad when displaying battle results. I'd have to look at the unit or resource to determine if any losses were incurred.

Upon returning to World at War after three years I've noticed that invasions have gotten out of hand. I was able to use level 5 landing craft to obliterate anything on coasts and islands without losses. Like using invulnerable futuristic rockets.

I would only incur losses if I actually landed ...

ELO Game Ended:
LoneRunner (Allies) Win vs Old_Shane (Axis) Loss

Exciting game that extended into 1946. The Axis steamrolled southern Russia bypassing Leningrad and Moscow, crushed Stalingrad, then Kuybyshev, finally roaring onto the foothills of Perm. Simultaneously Axis units streamed through the ...

Thank you Umeu and Pete for the excellent game summaries and analysis. You both have a great sense of humor. I laughed out loud on your "goats" comments.

Thanks Umeu. I'd completely forgotten about right clicking on a hex to see terrain effects. Sheesh, go figure.

o Triggering of Soviet Winter event will be less predictable. Does that mean the event could occur in the second year or third year?

In my experience it still just mostly triggers in January or February. Usually at the end of the first 1942 Russian turn, but sometimes at the end of first ...

The v1.20 update includes some major changes that I wasn't aware of, for example:

o Subs in silent mode no longer spot along their movement path. Only on their final destination. Ouch, my subs were finding nada except destroyers. Now I know why.
o Partisans no longer suffer attrition. Good, now my ...

Hey Pete, I found details of the 1.20.00 update in the WaW Steam discussions dated June 29, 2025 authored by Death. Here they are:

SC WWII: WaW - Update v1.20.00
Hi everyone,

we've just released a new update for the game, with a lot of balancing tweaks and bug fixes, here is the changelog:

GAME ...