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28 August 2012 Kris Kobialka, Archivist of the First Church in Salem, MA has provided photographs of the stained glass windows donated by Grace Parker to the church after her husband's death. You can see these beautiful works of art here. 13 August 2012 Now available are translations of a general summary of Camelot rules into Arabic here, courtesy of Amani Elmawed; into Hungarian here, courtesy of Agnes Szabo; and into Indonesian here, courtesy of Monica Arifin. This website now offers Camelot rules in forty-two different languages. 2 August 2012 Go here to see an article about Camelot written by Calvin Daniels, an award-winning journalist and author of three books. 1 August 2012 Now available here is a translation of a general summary of Camelot rules into Bengali, courtesy of Pamela Dutta. This website now offers Camelot Rules in thirty-nine different languages. 30 July 2012 Go here to see one of the rarest of all Camelot sets, the Deluxe Leather Edition. 30 July 2012 Now available here is a translation of a general summary of Camelot rules into Javanese, courtesy of Rahma Wati. This website now offers Camelot Rules in thirty-eight different languages. 29 July 2012 Now available here is a translation of a general summary of Camelot rules into Swahili, courtesy of Eli Kern. This website now offers Camelot Rules in thirty-seven different languages. 28 July 2012 Now available here is a translation of a general summary of Camelot rules into Hindi, courtesy of Alok Mahendroo. This website now offers Camelot Rules in thirty-six different languages. 28 July 2012 Go here to see four Camelot advertisements, newly received from, and courtesy of, Ryan Brown. 28 July 2012 Go here to see the rarest of all Camelot sets, the Mahogany Cabinet Edition. 28 July 2012 Go here to see a department store display filled with Camelot sets. 27 July 2012 Go here to see an article about Camelot written by Jenny Kile, a game developer, reviewer, researcher, collector, and player. 25 July 2012 In the Camelot middlegame, the trading down of material to reach a winning endgame is of prime importance. See a discussion of the quantification of that trade-down action here. 25 July 2012 Now available here is a translation of a general summary of Camelot rules into Catalan, courtesy of Álvaro Martín Martín. This website now offers Camelot Rules in thirty-five different languages. 23 July 2012 Now you can purchase a brand new Grand Camelot set through NumbSkull Games, an independent game publisher. The unique game board was designed by Alex and Patrick Stevens, and is the first new Grand Camelot set available for purchase since 1942. You can find information on where it can be purchased, and see it here. 20 July 2012 Now you can purchase brand new Camelot and Cam sets through The Game Crafter, the world's first web-to-print game publisher. The unique game boards were designed by Rich Carlson, and are the first new Camelot and Cam sets available for purchase since 1968. You can find information on where they can be purchased, and see them here. 16 July 2012 Now available on this website are translations of a general summary of Camelot rules into Belarusian here, courtesy of Viktoryia Smatrytskaya; into Bosnian here and Croatian here, both courtesy of Iki Her; into Greek here, courtesy of Panayiota Vatikioti; into Scots English here, courtesy of Louise McTavish; into Slovenian here, courtesy of Barbara Intihar; into Vietnamese here, courtesy of Le Nguyen Quynh; and into Welsh here, courtesy of Ruth Davies. This marks the availability of Camelot rules in thirty-four languages. 15 July 2012 Winston Johnson, also known as Sir Wilfred of Ivanhoe, has invented River Camelot, a variant that features trees, bridges, and a river. In addition to creating new games, Mr. Johnson hand-makes beautiful sets for Camelot, Cam, Grand Camelot, and his variant, River Camelot, often using 28mm wargaming figures as pieces. Learn more about River Camelot here, and see its rules here. Images of thirteen of Mr. Johnson's fantastic sets can be found here. River Camelot can be played on the GoldToken Internet game portal. 15 July 2012 The original Parker Brothers prototype materials for the game of Cam have been acquired by the WCF. You can view these unique items here. 15 July 2012 Chivalry, the forerunner of Camelot, was introduced by George Parker in the 1880s. You can see fourteen photographs of beautiful Chivalry boards here, and twelve more photographs of magnificent complete Chivalry sets here, all newly uploaded, and part of the WCF collection. 14 July 2012 In the 1930s, Parker Brothers advertised several different special edition Camelot sets that included red and white ivoroid pieces. But no red and white pieces have ever been discovered other than those that were included in Grand Camelot sets, and much later in the 1955 Camelot Edition, the Waddington Camelot Edition, or the 1958 Camelot edition. And those were either wooden (Grand Camelot) or plastic (1955, Waddington, 1958). Now a Tournament Edition Camelot set has been acquired for the WCF collection that includes red and white pieces of a heretofore unknown type. These may simply be a 1930s Camelot enthusiast's substitution of chess pieces for standard tournament pieces--or not. You can make up your own mind when you view them here. 13 July 2012 A chronological listing of all rules documents for Camelot and all variants, with links to images of each, has been added here. 12 July 2012 In 1931-32, Parker Brothers ran a Camelot Contest with $1,000 in prizes. Go here to see the details of the contest--the advertisements, the entry forms, and the prize winners announcement. 10 July 2012 Go here to see a blog about Camelot written by Jesse Schell, a teacher of Game Design at Carnegie Mellon. 9 July 2012 Go here to see a Camelot game for use by people who play in a virtual world using avatars. 9 July 2012 Go here to see JOGRE, an open-source, online, real-time gaming engine for use on a gaming website. 9 July 2012 Go here to see an application for your smart phone that plays Cam. 7 July 2012 Go here to see a full discussion of the Knight vs. Man Valuation formula, its evolution as represented by a comparison of its old and new versions, and a graphical display of the formula in its current, revised form. 7 July 2012 Go here to see an updated material odds-giving table for Camelot Odds Games using the new, revised Knight-Man Valuation formula. 6 July 2012 Go here to see a Camelot contest ready to be held in a dollhouse. 4 July 2012 Go here to see Patrick Stevens' Grand Camelot set made from two 1955-68 era Camelot sets. 3 July 2012 Following are statistics that reflect game-play activity since the Camelot family was introduced on three Internet sites: igGameCenter, BrainKing, and GoldToken, beginning in November 2008.
2 July 2012 You can view a picture of the newest version of Chaxx, the Computer Camelot World Champion, here. Chaxx is currently in version 2.60, and sports a new Graphical User Interface. 2 July 2012 The WCF Man vs. Machine Camelot World Championship Match has now been tentatively rescheduled for later this year. In the meantime, test matches will be held pitting several WCF Members against Chaxx, the reigning Computer Camelot World Champion. 2 July 2012 Three new advertisements for Cam, Camelot, and Chivalry have been added to this website. Go here to see them. 2 July 2012 This website's Site Map has been revamped to make it easier to find what you're looking for. 1 July 2012
Between the WCF website's creation on 15 July 2000 and 1 July 2012, there have been 21,870 visits from 14,907 unique visitors, speaking 37 different languages. This map shows where these visitors from 118 countries (displayed in green) are located. 15 November 2009 Go here to see WCF Member #200 Darrel Larson's custom Oak and Walnut Camelot board and pieces. 15 November 2009 Now available on this website are translations of a general summary of Camelot rules into Albanian here, courtesy of Julian Doraci, and into Ukrainian here, courtesy of Natalya Rutchyk. This marks the availability of Camelot rules in twenty-six languages. 3 November 2009 Now available on this website are translations of a general summary of Camelot rules into Galician here, courtesy of Ana María Xaubet Sevilla, and into Basque here, courtesy of Judith Caballero. This marks the availability of Camelot rules in twenty-four languages. 1 November 2009 Michael Nolan has invented the Camelot variant of Anti-Camelot. Go here to learn more. 30 October 2009 Now available on this website are translations of a general summary of Camelot rules into Thai here, courtesy of Wellesley In Translation, Pasinee Panitnantanakul, Naranidh Punmeechaow, Pariya Sripakdeevong, Premika Vongcharoenrat, and Satomi Ginoza, and into Finnish here, courtesy of Soila Patajoki. This marks the availability of Camelot rules in twenty-two languages. 20 October 2009
The GoldToken Internet game portal has implemented Grand Camelot. This is the first release of on-line turn-based Grand Camelot play. 19 October 2009 Now available here on this website is a translation of a general summary of Camelot rules into Romanian courtesy of Lavinia Loredana Marginean. This marks the availability of Camelot rules in twenty languages. 15 October 2009
The GoldToken Internet game portal has implemented Camelot, Cam, Camette, Chivalry, and Four-Handed Chivalry. These are the first releases of on-line turn-based Camette, Chivalry, and Four-Handed Chivalry play. 15 October 2009 Now available here on this website is a translation of a general summary of Camelot rules into Danish courtesy of Jorgen Boettiger. This marks the availability of Camelot rules in nineteen languages. 13 October 2009 Now available on this website are translations of a general summary of Camelot rules into German here, courtesy of Wiebke Myohl; into Italian here, courtesy of Emma Jane Stevens; and into Polish here, courtesy of Gabriela Galińska. This marks the availability of Camelot rules in eighteen languages. 12 October 2009 Now available here on this website is a translation of a general summary of Camelot rules into Chinese courtesy of Wellesley In Translation, Ling (Lily) Zhang, Ziye An, Yuxi Chen, Yi Ling Dai, Mandy Lai, Xinyang Lei, Kelly Lin, Faye Lu, and Amelie Ye Wen. This marks the availability of Camelot rules in fifteen languages. 30 September 2009 Go here to see Jana Miller's article that appeared in the August 6, 2009, edition of the Ann Arbor Journal, an Ann Arbor, Michigan newspaper. The article features Dan Troyka's recent win in the WCF Camelot World Championship Match. 24 September 2009 A new problem (#12) has been added here. You can find its solution here. Try a Camelot problem sometime; some are relatively easy, and some are quite difficult to solve. You'll enjoy the challenge. 24 September 2009 Now available here on this website is a translation of a general summary of Camelot rules into Serbian courtesy of Marko Antonijevic. This marks the availability of Camelot rules in fourteen languages. 23 September 2009 Visit here to see the first known middlegame example of zugzwang in Camelot. 17 September 2009 Since their implementation on the Internet game portals of BrainKing and ig Game Center forty-two weeks ago, Camelot has been played 3,235 times, and Cam 1,924 times. To put this in perspective, prior to the 2002-2003 WCF World Championship Tournament, there were only 36 known recorded games of Camelot and Cam; now there are, at last count, 5,195. 16 September 2009 Now available here on this website is a translation of a general summary of Camelot rules into Spanish courtesy of Mai Ávila Molero. This marks the availability of Camelot rules in thirteen languages. 12 September 2009 Visit here to see the Camelot set played with by John F. Kennedy, thirty-fifth President of the United States. 5 September 2009 Visit here to see the perfect pocket accessory. 16 August 2009 Now available here on this website is a translation of a general summary of Camelot rules into French courtesy of François Haffner and Filip Rachunek. This marks the availability of Camelot rules in twelve languages. 5 August 2009 Now available here on this website are translations of a general summary of Camelot rules into Bulgarian, Czech, Esperanto, Estonian, Japanese, Norwegian, Portuguese, and Slovak, courtesy of Filip Rachunek. This marks the availability of Camelot rules in eleven languages. 4 August 2009 A page devoted to Frequently Asked Questions about general Camelot topics has been added to the website here. A page devoted to Frequently Asked Questions about Camelot rules has been added to the website here. 31 July 2009 A Galahad Edition Camelot set has been added to the WCF's collection courtesy of WCF Member #201, Katie Ibison. The set dates from the 1940s. The pieces are of the well known "ivoroid" type, and the board's playing surface is of the well known "pictorial" type, but the board back and the box are firsts for the WCF. You can see pictures of the board here, and the box here. 27 July 2009 Now available here on this website are translations of a general summary of Camelot rules into Dutch and Russian, courtesy of Arty Sandler. This marks the availability of Camelot rules in three languages. 21 July, 2009 The WCF Official Rules of Four-Handed Chivalry have been added to this site. This variant has both a partnership and an individual version. Four-Handed Chivalry is unlike all other Camelot variants in that 1.) only Knights are used, and 2.) the solitary object of the game is to capture all opposing Knights; moving Knights into a Castle has no significance. Go here for the partnership version rules; go here for the individual version rules. 9 July, 2009 Go here to see Terry Oparka's article that appeared in the July 9, 2009, edition of the Troy Times, a Troy, Michigan newspaper. The article features Michael Nolan's interest in Camelot. 7 July 2009 Michael Nolan has invented the Camelot variant of Cam 3-D. Go here to learn more. 3 July, 2009 Go here to see a photograph of a portion of the WCF's Camelot collection. Included are fifty Chivalry, Grand Camelot, Camelot, Inside Moves, and Cam boards and sets. 2 July, 2009 Go here to see Jana Miller's article that appeared in the July 2, 2009, edition of The Saline Reporter, a Saline, Michigan newspaper. The article features Dan Troyka's recent win in the WCF Camelot World Championship Match. 24 June 2009 The World Camelot Federation has just enrolled Darrel W. Larson, its 200th member! Of those enrollees, 138 have remained active, and wish to continue receiving Camelot information. Of those active members, there are 87 whose area of residence is known, representing 14 countries, and in the USA, 29 states. 19 June 2009 Go here to see Skip Maloney's June 18, 2009, Board Game Examiner column for Examiner.com, a print and electronic magazine. The article highlights Camelot and the recent WCF World Championship Match. 18 June 2009 Michael Nolan's retrospective look at the 2009 championship match has been added here. 17 June 2009 An annotated score of the sixth game of the World Championship Match in the form of a Camelot "movie" (showing the position after every move) has been added here. 16 June 2009 An annotated score of the fifth game of the World Championship Match in the form of a Camelot "movie" (showing the position after every move) has been added here. 14 June 2009
The ig Game Center Internet game portal has implemented Cam. This is the first release of on-line real-time Cam play. 31 May, 2009 The 2008-2009 WCF Camelot World Championship Tournament that began on July 20, 2008, has been decided. Dan Troyka of Saline, Michigan, USA, has retained his title of WCF Camelot World Champion. The original eight challengers for the crown were divided into two four-man round robin candidates groups. Each group member played a best-two-out-of-three-game match against each of the other three members of his group. The two group winners, Michael Nolan and Jerry LaSala, played off in a best-three-out-of-five-game Candidates Final Match. Mr. Nolan won the contest, giving him the right to challenge Mr. Troyka, the reigning World Champion, in a best-four-out-of-seven-game match for the Championship. That match began on February 7, 2009, in Troy, Michigan, USA. A second session was held on March 8, and a third and final session on May 31. The time limit for all games was set at 40 moves in 2.5 hours. After sixteen total hours of play, the match was won by Mr. Troyka by a score of 4-1/2 to 1-1/2 (four wins, one loss, one draw), thus he retains his title of WCF Camelot World Champion. 17 March 2009 Eric Whitford of Wasilla, Alaska is in the process of creating Camette sets for the Fur Rondy Arts and Crafts Fair in Anchorage, Alaska. 15 March 2009 An annotated score of the fourth game of the World Championship Match in the form of a Camelot "movie" (showing the position after every move) has been added here. 13 March 2009 An annotated score of the third game of the World Championship Match in the form of a Camelot "movie" (showing the position after every move) has been added here. 11 March 2009 An annotated score of the second game of the World Championship Match in the form of a Camelot "movie" (showing the position after every move) has been added here. 8 March 2009 The WCF Camelot World Championship Match resumed today at 10:00 a.m. EST in Troy, Michigan, USA. After five hours of play, the match between the current champion, Dan Troyka, and the challenger, Michael Nolan, was adjourned with two games (the third and fourth of the match) completed, each player having won one game. Mr. Troyka now leads the best-four-out-of-seven-game match by a score of two wins to one. (Of the first two games played on February 7, one was drawn, and one resulted in a win for Mr. Troyka). 21 February 2009 An annotated score of the first game of the World Championship Match in the form of a Camelot "movie" (showing the position after every move) has been added here. 18 February 2009 Photographs taken at the World Championship Match have been added here. 7 February 2009 The WCF Camelot World Championship Match began today at 10:00 a.m. EST in Troy, Michigan, USA. The best-four-out-of-seven-game contest pits the challenger, Michael Nolan, against the current world champion, Dan Troyka. This is the first over-the-board Camelot World Championship contest in history. The time limit for all games is 40 moves in 2.5 hours. Mr. Troyka has been world champion since 2003. Mr. Nolan won a series of Candidates Elimination Matches to earn the right to be the challenger. After five hours of play, the match was adjourned with two games completed. The first game was drawn, and the second game was won by Mr. Troyka, who now leads the best-four-out-of-seven-game match with one win. 20 January 2009 The World Camelot Federation is ten years old today! 18 January 2009 Added to this website here is the first known recorded game of Camelot that ended in, what may be, a theoretically drawn position. 9 January 2009 In the Candidates Final Match of the 2008-2009 WCF Camelot World Championship Tournament, Michael Nolan has won the right to challenge the current champion, Dan Troyka, for the WCF Camelot World Championship. 1 January 2009 Cameron Fruit has designed a Camelot Gamebox for the ZunTzu Boardgaming System. 30 December 2008
The BrainKing Internet game portal has implemented Cam. This is the first release of on-line turn-based Cam play. 26 December 2008 The Group 2 winner in the 2008-2009 WCF Camelot World Championship Tournament has been decided. Jerry LaSala has won a very hard-fought third and deciding game of his match with John Lawson, and will face Michael Nolan, the winner of Group 1, in the Candidates Final, a best-three-out-of-five-game match for the right to challenge the current champion, Dan Troyka, in a best four-out-of-seven-game match for the WCF Camelot World Championship. 27 November 2008
The ig Game Center and BrainKing Internet game portals have both implemented Camelot. These are the first releases of on-line Camelot play. The ig Game Center offers real-time play, and BrainKing offers turn-based play. 22 November 2008 Another Camette opening move has been found to result in a forced loss of the game for White: C2-C4. That means twelve of the possible twenty-two opening moves result in a win for Black. 21 November 2008 Two more Camelot opening moves have been discovered to immediately lose material: C6-B7, and its left-right reflection J6-K7. Here's the main line: 1.C6-B7 E10-D9, 2.B7-A6 G10-E10-C8, 3.D7xB9 I10-G10-E10-C10xA8 winning a Knight for a Man. That brings the total of the one hundred possible opening moves that lose material to Black to fourteen. 10 November 2008 The Group 1 winner in the 2008-2009 WCF Camelot World Championship Tournament has been decided. Michael Nolan will face the Group 2 winner (still to be determined) in the Candidates Final, a best-three-out-of-five-game match for the right to challenge the current champion, Dan Troyka, for the Camelot World Championship. 20 October 2008
The World Camelot Federation website has a a permanent new home at www.WorldCamelotFederation.com, a URL owned for many years by Michael Nolan. The website's content at its old location of http://groups.msn.com/WorldCamelotFederation has been transferred to the new location and greatly expanded. This move allows much greater design flexibility and storage volume, and avoids unwanted, forced MSN advertising. The WCF also has a new logo. 18 September 2008 Chaxx 1.13 has won a best four-out-of-seven-game match for the World Computer Camelot Championship against the other entrant, Zillions Camelot. Chaxx easily won four games in a row, the match, the Computer World Championship, and the right to compete in a match for the Man vs. Machine World Championship against the reigning (human) World Champion, Dan Troyka, to be held in 2012. 20 July 2008 The 2008-2009 WCF Camelot World Championship Tournament has begun, with eight participants divided into two four-man round robin candidates groups, with each group member playing a best-two-out-of-three-game match against each of the other three members in his group. The two group winners will play off in a best-three-out-of-five-game Candidates Final Match for the right to challenge the current Camelot World Champion, Dan Troyka of Saline, Michigan, in a best-four-out-of-seven-game match for the Camelot World Championship. 21 April 2008 Chaxx 1.00, the first independent Camelot computer program, has been introduced to the Camelot World. Written by Rick Fadden, it should prove to be a worthy opponent for many a human challenger. See it here. 26 April 2007 Ralph and Kirana Peters (with some design input from Michael Nolan) have begun the development of magnetic folding/travel set versions of Camelot, Grand Camelot, Cam, and Camette for eventual sale to the general public. See the prototypes here. 9 February 2006 Clark Rodeffer has designed the first Camelot family (Grand Cam) Gamebox for the Thoth System. See it here. 10 November 2005 Paul Bramwell Smith has unveiled his beautiful creation and clever invention--a Grand Cam set. See it here. 26 December 2004 Dan Troyka has published his Chivalry program for the Zillions engine. See it here. 12 September 2003 Dan Troyka has published his Camette program for the Zillions engine. See it here. 22 June 2003 11 May 2003 11 January 2003 28 November 2002 26 October 2002 Michael Nolan has invented the Camelot variant of Camette. See the rules here. 21 October 2002 12 October 2002 Dan Troyka has published his Cam program for the Zillions engine. See it here. 17 August 2002 Karl Kaufman has designed Camelot, Cam, and Grand Camelot Gameboxes for the CyberBoard PBEM Boardgaming System. See them here. 10 August 2002 4 July 2002 18 May 2002 Dan Troyka has published his Grand Camelot program for the Zillions engine. See it here. 10 May 2002 23 March 2002 Michael Nolan has invented the Camelot variant of Tri-Camelot. See the rules here. 5 January 2002 Dan Troyka has published his Camelot program for the Zillions engine. See it here. 4 December 2000 Jason Yearick of Santa Barbara, California, USA has joined the WCF as member #100. 15 July 2000 The World Camelot Federation website has been initiated at http://groups.msn.com/WorldCamelotFederation. 20 January 1999
The World Camelot Federation has been established by Michael Wortley Nolan. The WCF, successor to The Associated Camelot Clubs of America, is an international non-profit organization that has been formed in an attempt to preserve and popularize Camelot, one of the finest abstract strategy board games ever invented. 1986 Parker Brothers discontinues Inside Moves. 1985 Parker Brothers reissues Camelot as Inside Moves. 1968 Parker Brothers discontinues Camelot. 1949 Parker Brothers releases Cam, a Camelot Variant. 1932 Parker Brothers releases Camelotta, a Camelot Variant. 1932 Parker Brothers releases Grand Camelot, a Camelot Variant. 1932 Parker Brothers releases Four-Handed Camelot, a Camelot Variant. 1932 Parker Brothers releases Three-Handed Camelot, a Camelot Variant. 1931 Parker Brothers releases Point Camelot For Tournaments and Progressive Parties, a Camelot Variant. 1931 Parker Brothers releases Point Camelot, a Camelot Variant. 1931 Parker Brothers changes the rules of Camelot by limiting Castle Moves to two per game. 1930 Parker Brothers reduces Chivalry’s board size and pieces per side, and renames this new version Camelot. 1888 Chivalry is published by Parker Brothers. 1887 Chivalry is published by Geo. S. Parker & Co. 1882 George S. Parker begins work on Chivalry.
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