I'm a long, long time player at this and I don't ever remember a situation where loss of Internet (power failure, telephone disconnect if you use a modem, or any other reason) didn't mean loss of connection with a game being played. If the game shows up as IN PROGRESS and you have started it but disconnected then I think you need the commish or technical to clear the board for you to restart. I understand that the game resides on the hard drive until reported but there is no way to get to it that way. Or is there?