Ok, here's my simplest version of the jousting rules: the playing board is two squares wide and twenty-two squares long, however one of the line of squares is moved back like this:

x - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - x 

(a knight is placed on the square with an x) there is a space between each line in the above diagram, however the squares are actually touching just like in Camelot

Each player has one knight figure (of different colors) and six playing cards; ace, two, three, four, five and six of the same suit. At the beginning of each round each player arranges their six cards in any order they choose. Once the players have arranged their cards each player reveals their top card and then their knight figure is moved that number of squares straight forward along the list rail. Each player then reveals their next card and repeats the above movement until either the paths of the knights cross or the knights end on the same square across from each other.

Hits are scored as follows: the player who played the highest numbered card that round has scored a hit and receives two points, if both players played the same numbered card, each player has scored a hit and receives one point. If one player played an ace and the other a six, the player who played the ace has knocked his opponent completely off his horse and receives six points. The players then re-position their knights on their respective starting squares, rearrange their cars in any order they choose and conduct another round of jousting. The winner is the player who first attains six (or more) points. If both players attain six points simultaneously, continue another round of jousting until one player has more points than his opponent.

Today I've finally decided on what I'm going to name my variants of Camelot. There are a total of 4 variants of what I now call "jeux de guerre Camelot" (Camelot war games): (1) bataille de la foret - battle of the woodlands; (2) bataille pour la foret de Sherwood - battle for Sherwood Forest; (3) bataille de Stirling Bridge - battle of Stirling Bridge; and (4) lutte contre la Horde d'Or - battle against the Golden Horde.
I want to thank Michael Nolan for his input on naming my variants.

Hopefully GoldToken will make these variants of Camelot available soon on this site.

Well it's almost time for all valiant knights to gather at the lists for a day of jousting at the U of M Fairlane Center in Dearborn, Michigan. I have now completed my custom built Grand Camelot, Camelot and Cam gaming boards and by Friday the remainder of the painted miniatures will also be completed. Sir Wilfred of Ivanhoe will be there, MrWCF is committed to attend at least one of the two sessions. Will there be any other knights from GoldToken attending on Saturday, October 23rd?

Over on the Pro or Con convention website I've listed that I'll be giving away to the tournament champion a vintage 1961 Camelot game, but now I thinking about making that one of my custom built, ceramic tile Camelot gaming boards with miniatures. I'll probably be using the Point Camelot scoring system to determine the tournament champion.

To all knights that plan on attending, bring lots of extra lances!

Ok, I'm now registered with the Pro or Con war gaming convention, I'll be hosting gaming sessions for several of the Camelot family of games during both the morning (9am - 1pm) and afternoon (2pm - 6pm) sessions. I'll have gaming boards and miniatures for (1) Camelot; (2) Grand Camelot; (3) Cam; (4) actually jousting matches using my 28mm Bretonnian knight miniatures; (5) one on one sword combat using my 28mm Bretonnian foot knight miniatures.

The Pro or Con convention will be located at:
U of M Fairlane Center
19,000 Hubbard Drive
Dearborn, Michigan 48126

The admission price for all day Saturday gaming is $10.00 per person.

I just found out that there will be a war gaming convention in the Detroit, Michigan area on October 23, 2010. I've contacted the hosts of the gaming convention requesting tables so that I can host a day of jousting. I'll be hosting games of Camelot, Cam and possibly Grand Camelot, hopefully for either two or three sessions of the all day event. I will have available both regular Camelot board games as well as my Camelot gaming boards with miniatures. I will post the location and directions to the convention just as soon as it's confirmed that I've got a space.

I've almost finished my new Camelot gaming board and I'm really pleased with the way it's turned out. The lead picture on my photo album has a description of what I've done with it lately. I still need to built/paint a couple of tents (pavilions) and a berfrois (grandstand) plus some tournament attendees to complete the gaming board. I've built a wooden barrier so that my knights can joust properly.
Last week I was able to pick up a 1961 edition of Camelot for about $20.00, it's in pretty good condition. It's got the miniature knight pieces, I just might decide to give them one of my paint jobs.
Oh, I almost forget that I need to paint the four castles before my gaming board is complete. Camelot truly is the best game for men and boys!
Can't wait to see my variants of Camelot on this site, I think that all you Camelot players are going to enjoy them.

Since I started wargaming in 1978 I've attended numerous wargaming conventions over the past 32 years. It's great to be among those who share your same interests. Yesterday I messaged bobbyb1947 about the possibility of my hosting a day of jousting (playing any and/or all of the Camelot family of games) here in Elkhart, Indiana. I'm located just off the Indiana toll road (Interstate 80/90) 15 miles east of South Bend, Indiana (home of Notre Dame). Looking at some of the profiles here on GoldToken I see that MrWCF is located in the Detroit area, bobbyb1947 is in the Chicago area and another gentleman is located in Bloomington, Illinois. With me being located in Elkhart, Indiana that puts me just about in the middle of those three, it would be about a 3 or 3 1/2 hour drive for each of them. Is there anyone else that plays games here on GoldToken within a reasonable driving distance of me? If so, who's interested in participating in such an event? Either a Saturday or Sunday in September or October would work for me.
I've got several Camelot boards (can make more if necessary) and of course my 28mm Bretonnian knight miniatures. I also have several Dragon 1/6 scale (12" tall) knight action figures plus two horses, so we could have individual knight combat tournaments -- bigger is better! If anyone is interested please contact me so I can make arrangements to host this event.

Here's something to think about. I see that MrWCF is located in the Detroit area, I'm located halfway between Chicago and Detroit just off 80-90 interstate, bobby1947 is in the Chicago area and another gentleman (can't remember who) in located in Bloomington, IL. Would there be any interest in me hosting a day of jousting here in Elkhart, Indiana. We could play the whole family of Camelot games including my variants using my miniatures. Also I've got miniatures and rules for actual jousting, it's possible that I'll have 6 or so of my 1/6 scale action figure knights ready to game with. Right now I've got two of the 1/6 scale horses so we could have a jousting tournament using these highly detailed 12" fully poseable action figures. I'll be posting pictures of two of these knights later tonight. I've been attending wargaming converntions since 1978 driving as far away as Pennsylvania.
I don't know if any of you would even be available to do something like this, but I think that it would really be cool. Any thoughts?

One of the guys that I've been playing Camelot with here on GoldToken suggested that I contact them and ask if they would be willing to put my Camelot variants on this site. I'd thought about it previously but didn't give it a second thought because I really didn't think that they would be interested. Never the less I contacted GoldToken and they've agreed to see what can be done to get my variants up and running on this site - they thought it was a great idea. It will probably be 30 days or more, but some different ways of enjoying Camelot will soon be available to all of us who joust.
Last night I realized that I've got 2 or 3 of the Dragon 1/6 scale knight action figures. They are 12" tall and are fully poseable, the detail is so good that they almost look like real knights! Later today I'll be posting a picture or two of them engaged in mortal combat on my custom built Camelot gaming board. The caption will be about my ongoing combat with Sir Face of the Gold Table, I think you're going to enjoy it.

Well that's what is printed on the 1930's Camelot box that I bought at a flea market back in 1995.

I've been wargaming with miniatures since 1978, so when I picked up my first Camelot game I decided to play the game using my 28mm Warhammer Bretonnian knight miniatures. Prior to playing here I've only played maybe 25-30 games since 1995, and only one game in the past 3 years. I'm really not that good at playing Camelot but I sure do enjoy the thrill of the joust!

My current Camelot project is the game board shown in my profile pictures, it measures 34" x 26", I used a oak hollow core door for the base, I used 1 7/8" x 1 7/8" ceramic tiles for the squares, trimmed the edges out with a decorative molding, I'm going to put raised relief type knight figures on each corner of the board. I plan on making inserts which will block off some of the squares thereby allowing me to play Cam and Camette. Eventually I'm going to make a larger board with inserts which will allow me to play all of the Camelot family of games: Chivalry, Grand Camelot, Camelot, Cam and Camette.

Until I started playing here I've actually played very few 'real' games of Camelot. Most all of the games of Camelot that I've played have been played using my modified version of Camelot. One version allows each player to place 3 trees on their half of the board, first player places a tree then the other player until all trees have been placed. Trees cannot be jumped over so they make excellent 'cover' to hide behind. Another 'tree version' has 12/15 trees placed on the game board, I call this version the battle of the forest. Playing Camelot in a forest of trees is a whole different animal - the knight's charge is still possible to set up but much more difficult. Another version has a 2 square wide river running diagonally across the board, essentially cutting it in half. Two bridges are placed allowing only two crossings. My final version pits 4 knights and 8 men-at-arms (the normal Camelot set-up) against either 8 or 10 mounted Mongol miniatures (all considered knights).

I also have 28mm Samurai miniatures (both mounted and foot) that I've used to play the above versions. I'm currently painting up 28mm English Civil War miniatures (actually they're Thirty Years Wars miniatures) to play Camelot with. In this version each player will have the normal 4 mounted figures and 2 or 3 pikemen which the cavalry miniatures cannot jump over (only if they are adjacent to each other) and 5 or 6 musketeers for a total of 8 foot figures.

Anyway I really enjoy the thrill of the joust especially while playing Camelot with my miniatures.