diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
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+# Getting Started
+Run a webserver locally: `cd public && python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8080`
+
+# Running high scores server
+Get JSON-RPC: `pip install json-rpc`
+Run high scores server: `cd server && python server.py`
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diff --git a/public/client.js b/public/client.js
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+function RPC(method, params, callback) {
+  var url = '/server'
+  var data = JSON.stringify({
+    'method': method,
+    'params': params,
+    'id': 0,
+    'jsonrpc': '2.0'
+  });
+
+  var cbk = function(x) {
+    console.log(x);
+    if (callback) {
+      callback(x);
+    }
+  }
+
+  $.ajax({
+    url:url,
+    type:"POST",
+    data:data,
+    contentType:"application/json; charset=utf-8",
+    dataType:"json",
+    success: cbk
+  });
+}
+
+/*
+usage:
+RPC('reportScore', [10, 'powerset', 'steven1']);
+RPC('reportScore', [5, 'powerset', 'steven2']);
+RPC('getScores', ['powerset']);
+ */
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diff --git a/public/index.html b/public/index.html
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+++ b/public/index.html
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@
   <script src="draw.js"></script>
   <script src="layout.js"></script>
   <script src="variants.js"></script>
+  <script src="client.js"></script>
   <script src="index.js"></script>
   <script>
     defaultAnimationTime = 400;
diff --git a/server/client.py b/server/client.py
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+import requests
+import json
+
+
+def main():
+    url = "http://s.org/server"
+    headers = {'content-type': 'application/json'}
+
+    # Example echo method
+    payload = {
+        "method": "echo",
+        "params": ["echome!"],
+        "jsonrpc": "2.0",
+        "id": 0,
+    }
+    print json.dumps(payload)
+    response = requests.post(
+        url, data=json.dumps(payload), headers=headers).json()
+    print response
+    assert response["result"] == "echome!"
+    assert response["jsonrpc"]
+    assert response["id"] == 0
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
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diff --git a/server/server.py b/server/server.py
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+# from https://pypi.python.org/pypi/json-rpc
+from werkzeug.wrappers import Request, Response
+from werkzeug.serving import run_simple
+from jsonrpc import JSONRPCResponseManager, dispatcher
+from collections import defaultdict
+import json
+
+highScores = defaultdict(list)
+
+@dispatcher.add_method
+def reportScore(score, variant, name):
+  highScores[variant] = sorted(highScores[variant] + [(score, name)])[-10:]
+  return "OK" # TODO: database stuff
+
+@dispatcher.add_method
+def getScores(variant):
+  data = highScores[variant]
+  result = json.dumps(data)
+  return result
+
+@Request.application
+def application(request):
+  response = JSONRPCResponseManager.handle(
+      request.data, dispatcher)
+  return Response(response.json, mimetype='application/json')
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+  run_simple('localhost', 4000, application)
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