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NEWS
3 December 2009
After the first twenty-three weeks of tracking visits to this website, this map shows (in green) where the 1,182 visitors from 73 countries (speaking 26 different languages) 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. 27 September 2009 The WCF Man vs. Machine Camelot World Championship Match has now been tentatively scheduled for January 2010. The best four-out-of-seven-game contest will pit the reigning Computer Camelot World Champion, CHAXX, against the reigning (human) Camelot World Champion, Dan Troyka. All of the games will be played under a time control of forty moves in two and one-half hours. 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 larger 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
WCF Camelot World Champion Dan Troyka
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
Dan Troyka and Michael Nolan
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, after the completion in 2009 of the World Championship Tournament that is currently being contested, the right to compete in a best four-out-of-seven-game match for the Man vs. Machine World Championship against the reigning (human) World Champion to be held in 2010. 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. 26 April 2007
9 February 2006
Clark Rodeffer has designed the first Camelot family (Grand Cam) Gamebox for the Thoth System. 10 November 2005
Paul Bramwell Smith has unveiled his beautiful creation and clever invention--a Grand Cam set. 26 December 2004
Dan Troyka has published his Chivalry program for the Zillions engine. 12 September 2003
Dan Troyka has published his Camette program for the Zillions engine. 22 June 2003 11 May 2003 11 January 2003 28 November 2002 26 October 2002
Michael Nolan has invented the Camelot variant of Camette. 21 October 2002 12 October 2002
Dan Troyka has published his Cam program for the Zillions engine. 17 August 2002
Karl Kaufman has designed Camelot, Cam, and Grand Camelot Gameboxes for the CyberBoard PBEM Boardgaming System. 10 August 2002 4 July 2002 18 May 2002
Dan Troyka has published his Grand Camelot program for the Zillions engine. 10 May 2002 23 March 2002
Michael Nolan has invented the Camelot variant of Tri-Camelot. 5 January 2002
Dan Troyka has published his Camelot program for the Zillions engine. 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.
HISTORICAL NEWS CHRONOLOGY
1882 George S. Parker begins work on Chivalry 1887 Chivalry is published by Geo. S. Parker & Co. 1888 Chivalry is published by Parker Brothers 1930 Parker Brothers reduces Chivalry’s board size and pieces per side, and renames this new version Camelot. 1931 Parker Brothers changes the rules of Camelot by limiting Castle Moves to two per game. 1931 Parker Brothers releases Point Camelot, a Camelot Variant 1931 Parker Brothers releases Point Camelot For Tournaments and Progressive Parties, a Camelot Variant 1932 Parker Brothers releases Three-Handed Camelot, a Camelot Variant 1932 Parker Brothers releases Four-Handed Camelot, a Camelot Variant 1932 Parker Brothers releases Grand Camelot, a Camelot Variant 1932 Parker Brothers releases Camelotta, a Camelot Variant 1949 Parker Brothers releases Cam, a Camelot Variant 1968 Parker Brothers discontinues Camelot 1985 Parker Brothers reissues Camelot under the name of Inside Moves 1986 Parker Brothers discontinues Inside Moves
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