This is a clarification update, that using Vacation Mode is never against the rules, except when using it to hide/protect an alliance bank. This was already alluded to in the rules ("Vacation Mode is not intended for use as a tool to avoid fighting wars. However, using Vacation Mode for any reason, with the exception of protecting alliance bank funds, but including to avoid wars, is not against the rules.") and is now made explicitly clear, with a 20% deletion policy, that "Using Vacation Mode as a way to protect an alliance bank from being raided IS against the rules. If you are caught doing so, the bank will be promptly returned, with 20% of the contents deleted. If you suspect this is happening, please PM Alex in-game and he will investigate."

The current offender has had their bank returned without 20% deleted, however that will be the policy going forward.

You can read the entire Game Rules (which have not changed except for the addition mentioned above) here: https://politicsandwar.com/rules/

For those of you who read the last changelog announcement on the Forums, here is an addendum. I am removing some of the last-minute changes implemented yesterday. Read more here: https://politicsandwar.com/forums/index.php?/topic/22565-362018-removal-of-trial-changes/

On an unrelated note, if you did not read through the changes yesterday, please note that there is now a P&W Dark Theme option (created by player Dr Rush) that can be enabled from the Account page, or here: https://politicsandwar.com/account/theme/

The previously announced new war changes are live. New war declarations & espionage operations are now enabled again. Everyone has been issued 2 days on Beige to adjust before they're vulnerable to new war declarations.

Please read the full set of changes on the forums:

https://politicsandwar.com/forums/index.php?/topic/22555-352018-new-war-changes-implemented/

Hello everyone. I apologize for the server outage that happened again today. It seems related to previous outages we've had, and we're still working on nailing down the cause. We had set up alarms to notify myself and ss23 whenever the game went down, but unfortunately those did not work properly, so I arrived on the scene pretty late before I was able to get things running.

I know some players had their sequential login bonus screwed up, so I've set everyone's accounts to appear like you've been logging in every day for the last 30 days. That means you'll get the max bonus on your next daily login, and will retain that amount until you miss a day.

Active wars are almost all done, and once they are we'll implement the war changes and end the block on new war declarations and espionage operations. I will give everyone some time on Beige as well so that you'll be able to plan for when you're vulnerable to new war declarations. Expect another update on that front soon.

It's March already! Donations have now been reset for the new month. Note as well that I have paused new war declarations and espionage operations temporarily while a new war update is rolled out. Please see the previous changelog post below for more information about that.

As a reminder about Donations, you can use up to 10 Credits per month on in-game bonuses like 1 Credit for $5,000,000 in-game money, 1 Credit for 2,000 Steel/Aluminum/Gasoline/Munitions, 1 Credit for 100 Infrastructure, and 4 Credits to reset your City/Project timer. You can spend an unlimited number of Credits per month on cosmetic bonuses, like VIP, Player Ads, Custom Flags, and Name Changes. If you have any questions about donations or credits, please jump on the Discord server and ask in #support.

Here's a (dated) video about Donations as well: