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+# Conway's Game of Life
+
+An implementation of Conway's Game of Life, using Go, EventStore, and implementing event sourcing and CQRS.  
+  
+
+## Getting Started  
+  
+Clone this repo.
+
+```
+git clone git@github.com:Adaptech/gameoflife.git
+```  
+**TODO**: Add setup steps  
+