Prizes
Yes there will be prizes for: 

• the winner 
• number 2 
• the two number 3s
• plus the consolation winner & 
• number 2

E.g.:

Gnubg - the exceptional opensource neural network high value backgammon game.

FigWin - amaze your friends with ascii art!

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| (_| |\__ \| (__ | || | | (_| || |   | |_ 
 \__,_||___/ \___||_||_|  \__,_||_|    \__|
      ___           ___           ___           ___     
     |\__\         /\  \         /\  \         /\__\    
     |:|  |       /::\  \       /::\  \       /:/  /    
     |:|  |      /:/\:\  \     /:/\:\  \     /:/__/     
     |:|__|__   /::\~\:\  \   /::\~\:\  \   /::\  \ ___ 
     /::::\__\ /:/\:\ \:\__\ /:/\:\ \:\__\ /:/\:\  /\__\
    /:/~~/~    \:\~\:\ \/__/ \/__\:\/:/  / \/__\:\/:/  /
   /:/  /       \:\ \:\__\        \::/  /       \::/  / 
   \/__/         \:\ \/__/        /:/  /        /:/  /  
                  \:\__\         /:/  /        /:/  /   
                   \/__/         \/__/         \/__/    

a desktop Theremin - I've been fortunate enough to find a copy of this nifty gadget ...remember what that thing did for The Beach Boys' career?!!

Litterature -

• backgammon articles from the leading authority on strategy: Kit Woolsey. When you read 'Positioning the Cue Ball' you will wish you had read it before the tournament!
• Cory Doctorow's 'Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom'
• Oren Shafir's short stories

...plus free mobile ring tones & tonnes of sponsor prizes for all!! ;)

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