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+# The 7th Saga
+
+This is a static web site for viewing data for the SNES game
+[The 7th Saga](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_7th_Saga).
+
+Stats are from the North American release.
+
+Data was taken from
+
+- [this GameFAQs guide](https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/snes/563501-the-7th-saga/faqs/54038)
+- [tasvideos.org Game Resources](http://tasvideos.org/GameResources/SNES/7thSaga.html)
+
+View it online at https://7thsaga.tmont.com/.
+
+## Stack
+Run `scripts/update-stack.sh` to update the stack.
+
+The stack creates a CloudFront distribution that uses an S3 bucket as its origin.
+It also creates DNS records for aliasing a custom domain to the CloudFront
+distribution. By default the stack is created in us-west-2.
+
+## Deployment
+
+1. Run server with `npm start`
+2. Run `scripts/scrape.sh` (`wget` is required)
+3. Run `scripts/deploy.sh`