camel-up-solver

A solver for Camel Up. Input: game state (rolls, tiles, ticket grabs) as the game plays out, then ask /sim for the EV of each available bet (or /sim verify for an exact answer).

camelup> /setup random
camelup> /take g mine
camelup> /tile 5 oasis mine
camelup> /roll y 3
camelup> /sim

Install

You need Python 3.9+. The recommended way is pipx, which installs camelup into its own isolated environment and puts it on your PATH:

pipx install camel-up-solver
camelup

Or with plain pip:

pip install camel-up-solver
camelup

Update later with pipx upgrade camel-up-solver (or pip install -U camel-up-solver).

From source

git clone https://github.com/mehularora8/camel-up
cd camel-up
pip install -e .   # editable: source edits take effect immediately
camelup

Or run it without installing:

PYTHONPATH=src python -m camel_up

Commands

All commands start with /. Type /help inside the REPL for the full list.

Colors: r b g y p for the racing camels (red/blue/green/yellow/purple); w (white) and k (black) for the crazy/backward camels.

How it works

• The leg is small enough to solve exactly (/sim verify enumerates every remaining permutation × outcome — tractable up to ~1M completions, instant once a die or two has been rolled).
• The full race spans many legs and is Monte Carlo only.
• Held tickets pay out automatically at /endleg from the final board: 1st = +face value, 2nd = +1, 3rd-5th = -1.