What do I need to do and know in order to play a game by email/ forum?

If you just want to play classic and don’t want to download anything you can play at http://gamesbyemail.com/

Another great learning path you can take is 1941, 1942, and finally 1940.  More complicated/bigger usually equals more fun and more time-consuming.

Anniversary is still the most popular among loyal but infrequent gamers.

I’ve been checking repeatedly and the 1940 2nd edition chips are always out of stock. I too need to get more.

http://www.brookhursthobbies.com/Product-Listing.cfm?C=4&D=1302&N=10&M=TUMBLING DICE

AA41 all the way or if you have an old copy of classic try that.

Thank you very much! That was indeed most useful!
cheers

get an expansion

Last time I heard, Hasbro was planning on launching a remake of A&A with Europe and Pacific versions built in. My guess is that they stopped development of it. What a pity.