Ok it appears I am going to have to restart my PC daily. After a restart it is working again. So at the 24 hour mark each day I will restart my PC. Unless anyone has any idea why the port is ending up fubared.
It isn't the router because I reset that. I also restarted the game itself to no avail. So it is definitely a windows issue.
I apologize profusely. This weekend ended up being extremely (and undesirably) busy and I was completely unable to get to my computer and play any turns.
Now I am back and R'lyeh is alive and kicking. Again I apologize for holding things up.