This report in from Adam Silverman:

This year's SF Diplomacy Whipping Tournament is only two months away!  It will be held April 19-20 in San Francisco at the Hotel Tomo. We are very excited to have a new (and improved!) venue this year with 24
hour access and in a fantastic location in the heart of San Francisco, within walking distance of plenty of restaurants and bars, and about 12 blocks from Union Square.

We hope you will join us for what previous years participants have called a really great tournament. Three rounds of Diplomacy will be held, two on Saturday and one on Sunday. The Saturday rounds will be no time limit. For travelers who want to come in on Friday we are happy to make accomodations for activities in the area, and we may arrange some open gaming for Friday night depending on the number of out-of-towners coming.

Rooms at the Hotel Tomo are $149 (mention that you are with Edi and the Diplomacy tournament), and as always, for those in need of cheaper accomodations we can offer bed or floor space with some of the locals or shared rooms at the hotel.

You can conveniently arrange to fly into any of the area airports, San Francisco (SFO), San Jose (SJC), or Oakland (OAK). We can arrange transportation from the airport to the tournament location and back.

We would be happy to answer any questions or discuss travel arrangements. And if there's a good chance you'll be able to come, let us know asap!

The 2008 Whipping Tournament Committee
Adam Silverman (adam.silverman "of" gmail.com)
Edi Birsan
Andy Hull

For a map and more info on the hotel:
Hotel Tomo
1800 Sutter between Bush and Geary
http://www.jdvhotel s.com/tomo/ ?cid=test_ tom_a&gclid= CNut5bOO5ZACFSBe agodnDl4Vw