wip README

Signed-off-by: Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk>

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+OTTER - ONLINE TABLE TOP ENVIRONMENT RENDERER
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+
+Otter is an online "table simulator" intended to be suitable for board
+games and similar.
+
+It is accessed from a web browser running JavaScript.  The server runs
+on a convenationl Unix host.  Currently, joining a game requires a
+unix shell account on the server.
+
+Right now Otter is in an alpha state.
+
+