57 NOTED CAMELOTISTS

 

Banks, Newell William (1887-1977): Checkers blindfold prodigy and Grandmaster, Chess Master, and Camelot instructor.

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Berry, F.W.: Chess and Chivalry expert.

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Boyden, Elizabeth Clark: Bridge and Backgammon author and Camelot player.

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Brown, Ryan: Professor, computer graphics and animation, at Illinois State University in Normal, IL, and collector and historian of Parker Brothers games, specializing in Camelot, among others.

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Capablanca, Jose Raul (1888 - 1942): World Chess Champion 1921 to 1927 and Camelot expert.

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Carlson, Rich (1957 - ): Musician, game designer, and artist.  Created the Camelot and Cam offerings at The Game Crafter, the world’s first web-to-print game publishing company.

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Daniels, Calvin: Award-winning journalist and author of three books.  His blog, “Cals Board Game Musings,” has featured Camelot and the WCF.

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Davidson, H.: Chess, Checkers, and Chivalry expert.

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Davis, Edgar J.: Winner of the 1931 Metropolitan Theatre Camelot Tournament held in Boston, second prize winner of the 1931 National Camelot Contest, and expert Camelot problemist.

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Deitz, Howard (1896 – 1983): American publicist, lyricist, and librettist, and Camelot player.

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Eastwood, Myron: Expert Camelot problemist.

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Fadden, Richard (Rick) Gerry, Jr. (1958 - ): Hardware architect, graphics hardware and software, and creator of CHAXX, the world's first successful stand-alone Camelot computer program, and winner of the 2008 WCF Camelot Computer World Championship. 

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Fruit, Cameron (1964 - ): Bible translation consultant working with the Carolinian, Woleaian, and Chamorro languages on Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and creator of a Camelot Gamebox for the ZunTzu Online Boardgaming Platform.

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Handscomb, Kerry: Mathematics teacher, editor of the now defunct Abstract Games Magazine that featured Camelot in several of its issues, participant in the 2002-2003 WCF Camelot World Championship tournament.

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Hardy, Norvell (Oliver; 1892 - 1957): Film comedian and celebrity Camelot endorser.

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Heffernan, E. A.: Camelot authority and instructor.

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Holden, Mark: First teacher in U. S. history to use the playing of Camelot and Camette as learning tools.

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Howard, Leroy (Roy): Career Game Inventor at Parker Brothers and inventor of Cam.

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Hunter, Francis (Frank) Townsend (1894 - 1981): Gold medal winner for the United States at the 1924 Paris Olympics in men's doubles tennis, 1927 and 1929 Wimbledon mixed doubles champion, and Camelot player.

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Jefferson, Arthur Stanley (Stan Laurel; 1890 - 1965): Film comedian and celebrity Camelot endorser.

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Johnson, Winston (1948 - ): Also known as Sir Wilfred of Ivanhoe.  Inventor of River Camelot.

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Jones, Willoughby: Camelot expert.

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Kartak, Mary (1958 - ): Owner and Manager of the GoldToken website, an Internet game portal that facilitates the turn-based playing of abstract strategy board games through the use of a multiplayer game engine.  GoldToken offers Camelot and Cam, and was the first site to offer the turn-based play of Camette, Chivalry, Four-Handed Chivalry, River Camelot, and Grand Camelot.

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Kaufman, Karl: Creator of Camelot gameboxes for the Cyberboard PBEM Boardgaming System.

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Kennedy, John Fitzgerald (1917 – 1963): Thirty-fifth President of the United States, and Camelot enthusiast as a boy.

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Kile, Jenny: Game developer, reviewer, researcher, collector, and player.  Member of the Association of Game and Puzzle Collectors.  Her website, All About Fun and Games, has featured Camelot and the WCF.

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LaSala, Dr. Gerald (Jerry) (1949 - ): Professor and Chair of University of Southern Maine's Physics Department, Director of USM's Southworth Planetarium, Continuing Education Instructor of Forgotten Board Games, a course that includes Camelot, Chivalry, and Cam, participant in the 2002-2003 WCF Camelot World Championship Tournament, and Candidates Match finalist in the 2008-2009 WCF Camelot World Championship Tournament.

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Lenz, Sidney (1873 - 1960): Bridge author and hall of fame player and expert Camelot player and problemist.

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Maloney, Skip (1949 - ): Freelance writer for a variety of regional and national publications including GAMES Magazine and Knucklebones Magazine.  His specialty is the hobby of board gaming.  He is also a National Examiner for Examiner.com, a print and electronic magazine.  His column, “Board Game Examiner,” has featured Camelot and the WCF World Championship.

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Marshall, Frank J. (1877 - 1944): United States Chess Champion 1907 to 1936 and Camelot expert.

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Morgan, Anne Tracy (1873 - 1952): Philanthropist and Camelot expert.

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Morrill, Marjorie: 1930 U. S. Open Mixed Doubles Runner-up, 1932 Women’s Singles U. S. Indoor Tennis Champion, and Camelot player.

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Nolan, Michael Wortley (1946 - ): Retired banker, author, founder and current president of the World Camelot Federation, creator and owner of the WCF website, inventor of Camette, Cam 3-D, Anti-Camelot, and Tri-Camelot, and runner-up in both the 2002-2003 and 2008-2009 WCF Camelot World Championship Tournaments. 

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Ordway, Warren: Expert Camelot problemist.

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The Parker Brothers!

This is the only known photograph of the three together: George Swinnerton, Charles Hanford, and Edward Hegeman.

(Courtesy of Edward Parker, great great grandson of Edward Hegeman Parker.)

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Parker, Charles Hanford (1860 - 1936): Co-owner of Parker Brothers Games and expert Camelot problemist.

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Parker, Edward Hegeman (1855 - 1915): Co-owner of Parker Brothers Games.

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Parker, George Swinnerton (1866 - 1952): Inventor of Chivalry, Camelot, and Grand Camelot, and founder of Parker Brothers Games.

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Pauley, Katherine Pippin: Artist who used an altered Camelot board to create an original work of art entitled “A Man’s Home Is His Castle.”

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Perkis, Andrew (1953 - ): Game designer with expertise in working with people with learning difficulties, collector of board games specializing in traversal & attainment games, presenter at the Eighth Board Game Studies Colloquium in Oxford, England, and 2002-2003 WCF Camelot World Championship semi-finalist.

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Peters, Ralph and Kirana: Designers of magnetic folding/travel Camelot sets.

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Pillsbury, Harry Nelson (1877 - 1906): United States Chess Champion 1897 to 1906 and Chivalry expert.

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Rachunek, Filip (1972 - ): Programmer, and developer and owner of the BrainKing website, an Internet game portal that facilitates the turn-based playing of abstract strategy board games through the use of a multiplayer game engine.  BrainKing was the first site to offer the turn-based play of Camelot and Cam.

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Rodeffer, Clark D. (1970 - ): Automotive safety engineer, musician (see picture), abstract strategy game tournament organizer, creator of the first Camelot family (Grand Cam) Gamebox for the Thoth Boardgaming System, and participant in the 2008-2009 WCF Camelot World Championship Tournament.

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Saunders, Dr. Wayne (1946 - ): Counter Space columnist for Game Times, a publication of the American Game Collectors Association (now the Association of Game and Puzzle Collectors), collector and historian of table games, educator, and author of “A Camelot Story.”

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Schell, Jesse: Game design teacher and research project leader at Carnegie Mellon's Entertainment Technology Center.  His blog, “Things I Finished,” has featured Camelot and the WCF.

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Schroeder, Charles G.: First prize winner of the 1931 National Camelot Contest.

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Shepard, E.V.: Bridge and Camelot expert.

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Smith, Paul Bramwell (1970 - ): Inventor of Grand Cam.

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Tannenbaum, C.: Expert Camelot problemist.

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Taylor, Mrs. H. Russell: Expert Camelot problemist.

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Tchebotaryov, Artyom (Arty Sandler; 1978 - ): Developer and owner of the ig Game Center website, an Internet game portal that facilitates the real-time playing of abstract strategy board games through the use of a multiplayer game engine.  The ig Game Center was the first site to offer real-time play of Camelot and Cam.

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Troyka, William Daniel (Dan) (1968 -): Attorney, WCF Camelot World Champion 2003 to present, and author of computer programs that play Camelot, Grand Camelot, Cam, Camette, and Chivalry using the Zillions game-playing engine.

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Warren, Emily Stanley: Bridge and Mah Jongg author and Camelot expert.

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Work, Milton C. (1864 - 1934): Bridge author and hall of fame player and Camelot expert.

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Wray, Elizabeth: Winner of the 1932 American Women's Association Camelot Tournament held in New York, NY.

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Yearout, Dr. Paul Harmon, Jr. (1925 - ) Professor of mathematics, author of three Camelot articles that appeared in Abstract Games Magazine: "First Thoughts on Camelot End-Play," "First Thoughts on Camelot Opening Play," and "Camelogistics," 2002-2003 WCF Camelot World Championship semi-finalist, and expert Camelot player and theoretician.