KE Exploring America


Welcome to KE's 1 year event!!
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We hope you enjoy it!
All Aboard!!!


The player with most trains, and has made it across the country in a continous track, from East coast to West coast will be eligible to win your choice of the following:

4 MONTH DIAMOND MEMBERSHIP
ONE YEAR GOLD AND 10K BUXX
1000 RATING POINTS

GOAL

In this great race, contestants will race across the USA connecting cities by building trains and collecting passenger cars and the caboose. Your first task will be to buy your locomotive. You can buy more than 1 locomotive at a time and have more than 1 train building at a time.
Train A connecting New York to Philadelphia may have a locomotive and 1 car.
Train B connection LA to San Francisco may have a locomotive and 3 cars.
All at the same time.
When all tracks are completed you win the Race or the one closest to finishing at the end of the event wins the race.


Tournaments that are not included in this event forthis event:
Birthday, Anniversary, Memorial
Top Rank
Toc


HOW DO YOU GET A LOCOMOTIVE?
Each locomotive can be bought with tickets.
Each locomotive will have a different amount of tickets needed to buy the Locomotive.
Once you have the correct amount of tickets, you can cash the tickets in by using the purchase box on the main page of the event.



HOW DO YOU GET A TICKET?

Every time you ENTER a tournament you will earn 1 ticket:
* Singles,or mini swiss tournament = 2 tickets.
* Any Swiss tournament = 3 tickets.
* Double Elimination tournament = 4 tickets.
* Doubles wins 2 tickets for entry and 5 tickets a piece for win


HOW DO YOU COMPLETE A TRACK
* Each track represents a different Canasta game we play.
* When you win that game, AFTER YOU HAVE THE LOCOMOTIVE, you win a passenger car and the last car to complete the track will be a caboose.

EXAMPLE
- LA to San Francisco Needs 4 cars (wins) to complete the track. Games related to this track could be Grouper Shuffle. So, you would have to win Grouper Shuffle 4 times to complete the track after buying the locomotive for that track.
- New York to Philadelphia needs 3 cars (wins) to complete the track. Game related to this track could be King Me. So, you would have to win King Me 3 times to complete the track after buying the locomotive for that track.

***YOU MAY NOT USE ANY SPECIAL CARDS ON THE SAME PERSON BACK TO BACK.***


SPECIAL GAMES
1. Avalanche Card - This card will remove all cars from a track on a selected person of your choice. This Special will be run once a month. The game format will be WEAKEST LINK on the 3rd Saturday of each month. ***You may NOT use this card on the same person 2 times in a row.***

2. Bank Robber Card - This card will/can take a single car away from a train except complete trains. The game format will be BEAT THE HOST on the every Thursday of each month.

3. Wild Card - This card can be used to block an Avalanche, Bank Robber or add 1 car to your existing train.
**You may chose to save this card, it may be used anyway of your choosing.**. The game format will be ANY TD CHOICE on every Wednesday and Saturday of each month.

4. 4 Way Railroad Crossing Card. - This card you will be able to either pick Locomotive or Caboose. If you pick a Locomotive you must also pick a destination as well. WITH THIS CARD Caboose to be placed in your Rail Yard for future use. Please let the td who is running it know which one you want. It will be played on any time slot of the Achievement Awards, be on the look out for it!

5. Locomotive Birthday - If you have a birthday in any month you will recive a BIRTHDAY FREE LOCOMOTIVE! All you have to do is let us know the start city and you will be ready to go.

6. Locomotive Holiday - If you win a Holiday Locomotive in any month you will recive a HOLIDAY FREE LOCOMOTIVE! All you have to do is let us know the start city and you will be ready to go.

7. Locomotive Give Away
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 - The winner of this tournament will get FREE LOCOMOTIVE! All you have to do is order a locomotive by color and start city and your card will be redeemed when ordered.
This tournament will run every Friday 3AM, 1PM, AND 8PM.

8. Krazy DE Purple Ride - Enter and win this Krazy DE and you will win your very own PURPLE locomotive
This special is on SUNDAY OCTOBER 18th at 12am, 9am, 5pm, 9pm

9. Train Twister - You get
tickets for entering, and if you win the tournament you will win a trainload of Tickets! These can be Swiss or DE on Tuesday and Thursday. Times are: 12:30am, 4:30am, 8:30am, 12:30pm, 4:30pm, 7:30pm, 11:30pm.

10. TRAIN HALLOWEEN CARD
This Halloween you will ride the Halloween Train from Los Angeles CA to Seattle WA. The game is Battleship NTC and you will need 12 wins to complete the train. Along the way you will see scary ghosts, witches, vampires and much more. So buckle up for the scariet ride of you life. You may give this to someone and they will have to finish the ride (12 wins) before moving on to any other train. You may NOT win any othe games to earn cargo cars or place them on your train routes. You may not use any cards on others or gain cards by winning them. All you earn is tickets for entry/win.
ONCE A HALLOWEEN CARD HAS BEEN PLAYED ON A PLAYER,
THAT PLAYER CAN NEVER HAVE THE HALLOWEEN CARD PLAYED ON THEM AGAIN BY ANYONE.
DURING THIS TIME NO OTHER CARDS CAN BE PLAYED ON YOU BY ANYONE ELSE.


11. FLASH FLOOD CARD
Flash Floods can happen anywhere for various reasons. But in the train industry, the most prevalent states for numerous flash floods are the western mountainous regions (Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Montana, Nevada, Arizona, Washington, Oregon, and California).
The most common effect of a flash flood is the destruction of tracks, switches and signals, and the rail bed itself. All of these areas can cause a train to derail or crash! This results in lost cargo, cars, and mostly delays in running.
Winning this card enables the bearer to play it on anyone at any time. Since flash floods are acts chance, there is no defense againt the victim losing their train, all cars, caboose and the locomotive! Be careful, flash floods can be lurking anywhere!! How many cards can you win!!

12. HURRICANE CARD
Hurricanes can happen mostly along the gulf coast and the eastern seaboard. They can influence trains all across the country with delays and destruction.
The most common effect of a hurricane is the destruction of tracks, switches and signals, and the rail bed itself, along with damage to cargo cars and locomotives!
Winning this card enables the bearer to play it on anyone at any time. Since hurricanes are acts of chance, there is no defense against hurricanes damage. The victim will lose 2 trains of the winners choice. This will cause all cars and the locomotive to be lost!
This card can be played only once by the winner on the same victim, but the victim can be hit by a different players. How many cards can you win!!

13.
BUNNY HOP CARD
The Easter Bunny can travel nearly 20 miles in a single hop.
The Easter Bunny's initial velocity is well over 3,000 feet per second.
That is a huge hop. The Bunny Hop Card will let you hop onto someone's train page and remove all their cards.
You may only use this card on the same person once, this doesn't mean someone else couldn't use it on that same person. How many cards can you win!!

**AA SPECIAL GAMES**


THIS IS AA Special CARD GIVEAWAY'S

1. Train Crash Card - This card will cause a Train Crash and will knock off one of the cars off the track. Use this wisely. It will be played on any time slot of the Achievement Awards, be on the look out for it!

2. Derailment - This card will cause a Derailment and the lose of all cars except the Locomotive. You may use this on anyone of your choice pick it wisely as you can only use it on them once. It will be played on any time slot of the Achievement Awards, be on the look out for it!

3. Marshall Card - This card will help you if you have a Bank Robber in your mitts. You can only use this against a Bank Robber to stop them. It will be played on any time slot of the Achievement Awards, be on the look out for it!

4. Express Mail Card - This card will get you 2 Mail Cars. It will be played on any time slot of the Achievement Awards, be on the look out for it!

5. Cleaning Crew Card - This card will Prevent a Dereailment, you may use this as needed. It will be played on any time slot of the Achievement Awards, be on the look out for it!

6. Maintance Card - This card will block a Avalanche Card. You may use this card if someone throws a Avalanche Card on you. It will be played on any time slot of the Achievement Awards, be on the look out for it!

7. Lost Luggage Swiss -As in any travel trip, there are hazards, and Lost Luggage is often one of them. The winner of this card can use it on anyone with an active route running. By playing the card on someones active route you, divert them to a different route (game) which YOU need to win. The win will count on your regular train route but THEY can not win other games until you have picked up your luggage on the other route (game). EXAMPLE MARY NEEDS ONE WIN ON GAME BRAIN AND EGGS PU. SHE PLAYS THE CARD ON DONALD, WHO THEN MUST WIN BRAIN AND EGGS PU ONE TIME AND THE WIN IS GIVEN TO MARYS TRAIN. WHILE PLAYING BRAIN AND EGGS PU, DONALD CAN ONLY COLLECT TICKETS ON THE TOURNEYS HE ENTERS. HE IS NOT AWARDED ANYTHING ELSE. HE CAN NOT PURCHASE CARGO CARS, LOCOMOTIVES OR SPECIAL CARDS UNTIL THE LUGGAGE IS PICKED UP AND RETURNED TO MARY. DURING THIS TIME NO OTHER CARDS CAN BE PLAYED ON DONALD BY ANYONE ELSE.
This special is on EVERY WEDNESDAY at 12am, 9am, 5pm, 9pm


8.Grinch -WHEN YOU WIN THIS CARD YOU WILL GIVE 1 WIN TO SOMEONE OF YOUR CHOICE.
THEY CAN USE THE WIN ON ANY TRAIN OF THEIR CHOICE. AND FOR YOUR BEING SO GOOD HEARTED YOU WILL RECEIVE 100 TICKETS ADDED TO YOUR TICKET COUNT.
THIS CARD CAN BE PLAYED ON ANYONE MORE THAN ONCE.

9. TRAIN BANKRUPTCY CARD

There are ups and downs in all ventures and the same is in the KE Exploring America event. The winner of this card can use it on any member currently playing the event. Once the card is played, the victim will lose all available tickets AND all the contents of the Rail Yard! There is no defense for this card...nothing can stop it so play wisely! You CAN NOT play this card on the same player a second time ever again! Watch for this ticket in the Mystery Grab Bag Swiss.

10. KE STOCK SPLIT CARD
There is always unexpected gains in life all the time and the lucky holder of this card gains a bonus which is dependent on what you already have! As in real life, a stock split doubles the number of stocks you have. We have tickets, so if you have 100 tickets you now double that to 200 tickets! The greater total tickets you have, the more tickets you will get. Watch for this ticket in the Mystery Grab Bag Swiss.

11. Gobble Gobble Gobble
If you win this card you have your choice of any other member to GOBBLE up 50% of their tickets and they are added to your tickets. Pick wisely this card could be used on you too. ONCE THIS CARD IS PLAYED ON A PERSON NO ONE ELSE CAN PLAY ANOTHER ONE ON THEM.
GOOD LUCK EVERY HAPPY BUILDING!

KE EXPLORING AMERICA

12. Blizzard Card
1. MUST BE PLAYED IMMEDIATELY AFTER WINNING THE TOURNAMENT AND MUST BE USED ON SOMEONE IN THE TOURNAMENT.
1A. IF THEY ARE THE LAST PERSON YOU USED A CARD ON, YOU CAN NOT USE IT ON THAT PERSON
2. THIS CARD TAKES ALL CARGO FROM A TRAIN BUT DOES NOT HURT THE LOCO
3. It must be a train in the state that the game your playing, if no has a active train in that state, the card in null and voided.
EXAMPLE. Merrie wins dancing magic NTC tournament which start city is Bozeman MT. Also in the tournament is Tiger, becky and lilnude. She can play the card only only those three people. Lilnude has completed all trains in MT, so he is no eligible to be hit. Tiger has no train in MT with cargo, so he is not eligible. Becky has alladdin with 3 cars. Merrie hits becky and becky loses those 3 cargo on Aladdin NT (Billings MT to Nampa ID). PLEASE READ AND THUMBS UP IF UNDERSTAND OTHERWISE ASK QUESTIONS.
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