The Scrambled States of America Game

***The Scrambled States of America Game*** is a card game published by GameWright. It is based on *The Scrambled States of America* book series by Laurie Keller. This game is for ages 8 and up and is played for 2-4 players.

## Back cover text

### Original Edition

Quick! Find a state that ends with the letter A. Now locate one that borders Tennessee. Have fun learning about the United States in this madcap game of observation and quick reflexes. Collect state cards by matching them to a Scramble challenge. Or “Go the Distance” and find a state’s closest neighbor. Whoever scrambles to collect the most state cards wins.

### Deluxe Edition

Quick! Find a state that ends with the letter A. Now find one that borders Tennessee. Have fun learning about the United States in this madcap game of observation and quick reflexes. Collect state cards by matching them to a Scramble challenge. Or “Go the Distance” and find a state’s closest neighbor. Win the most cards and call yourself the Head of States! New deluxe edition features new art, new challenges, and a copy of "The Scrambled States of America" book!

## Contents

This game features four Scrambled United States maps, fifty state cards, sixty scramble cards, and one rules guide.

## How to play

Each player starts off with five State Cards on their deck. When a Scramble Card is drawn, the player must find the state in their deck that goes with that Scramble Card. For example, when a Scramble Card says "Borders Tennessee", the player would discard Mississippi next to the Scramble Card. If you don't have a state that goes with that Scramble Card, you stay put. When that State Card is discarded, the player draws another State Card. The player who has the most State Cards wins.

### Go The Distance

"Go The Distance" is when you pick a State Card in your deck and find another state in your deck that's the closest to that state.

### Cards

Each State Card features details of a state: its picture, name, capital, and nickname.

## Scramble Cards

1. Border has 3 or more straight edges *(Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Idaho, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)*
2. Capital does not contain the letter E *(Hartford CT, Atlanta GA, Honolulu HI, Indianapolis IN, Frankfort KY, Augusta ME, Annapolis MD, Boston MA, Lansing MI, Saint Paul MN, Jackson MS, Lincoln NE, Carson City NV, Concord NH, Albany NY, Bismarck ND, Columbus OH, Oklahoma City OK, Harrisburg PA, Columbia SC, Austin TX, Richmond VA, Olympia WA, Madison WI)*
3. Capital has 2 words *(Little Rock AR, Des Moines IA, Baton Rouge LA, Saint Paul MN, Jefferson City MO, Carson City NV, Santa Fe NM, Oklahoma City OK)*
4. Capital has 7 letters *(Phoenix AZ, Atlanta GA, Augusta ME, Lansing MI, Jackson MI, Lincoln NE, Concord NH, Trenton NJ, Santa Fe NM, Raleigh NC, Olympia WA, Madison WI)*
5. Capital has a 3-letter word hidden in it *(phoeNIX AZ, LITtle Rock AR, sacraMENto CA, DENver CO, hARTford CT, tALLahassee FL, atlANTa GA, indiaNAPolis IN, TOPeka KS, fRANkFORt KY, BATon rouge LA, anNAPolis MS, bosTON MA, jackSON MS, jefferSON city MO, CARSON city NV, trenTON NJ, alBANy NY, rALEigh NC, columBUS OH, SALem OR, PROviDENce RI, PIErre SD, ausTIN TX, montpeLIEr VT, charlesTON WV, MADiSON WI)*
6. Capital has a person's first name hidden in it *(JUNEau AK, DENVER CO, INDIAnapolis IN, FRANKfort KY, AUGUSTa ME, ANNApolis MD, Saint PAUL MN, JACKSON MS, JEFFerson City MO, HELENA MT, LINCOLN NE, CARSON City NV, TRENTon NJ, SANTA FE NM, HARRISburg PA, COLUMBIA SC, PIERRE SD, NASHville TN, AUSTIN TX, RICHMOND VA, OLYMPIA WA, CHARLESton WV, MADISON WI)*
7. Capital starts with A or B *(Albany NY, Annapolis MD, Atlanta GA, Augusta ME, Austin TX, Baton Rouge LA, Bismarck ND, Boise ID, Boston MA)*
8. Capital starts with C or D *(Carson City NV, Charleston WV, Cheyenne WY, Columbia SC, Concord NH, Denver CO, Des Moines IA, Dover DE)*
9. Capital starts with S or T *(Sacramento CA, Saint Paul MN, Salem OR, Salt Lake City UT, Santa Fe NM, Springfield IL, Tallahassee FL, Topeka KS, Trenton NJ)*
10. Does not touch the ocean (not counting the Great Lakes States) *(Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming)*
11. Is red *(Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, West Virginia)*
12. Is orange *(Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Montana, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Wisconsin)*
13. Is green *(Hawaii, Kentucky, Michigan, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina)*
14. Is blue *(Alaska, Connecticut, Delaware, Minnesota, New Hampshire, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas, Washington, Wyoming)*
15. Is purple *(Arizona, Georgia, Idaho, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, South Dakota)*
16. Is brown *(Alabama, Indiana, Iowa, New Jersey, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Utah, Virginia)*
17. Is east of Missouri
18. Is north of Nebraska
19. Is not showing teeth *(Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Kansas, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, West Virginia, Wyoming)*
20. Is showing teeth *(Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin)*
21. Is south of Colorado
22. Is wearing something *(California, Georgia, Hawaii, Kansas, Massachusetts, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania)*
23. Is west of Kansas
24. Nickname contains 4 different vowels
25. Nickname does not contain the word "state" *(Alabama, Alaska, New Mexico)*
26. Nickname has 3 or more words
27. Nickname has 3 syllables
28. Nickname has a plant or animal in it *(Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Mississippi, Ohio, Oregon, South Carolina)*
29. Nickname starts with A, B, or C
30. Nickname starts with E, F, or G
31. Nickname starts with H, K, or L
32. Shows only one eye *(Connecticut, Delaware, Idaho, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia)*
33. State ends in A *(Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Virginia, West Virginia)*
34. State has 2 same letters in a row *(Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Tennessee)*
35. State has 2 words *(New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota)*
36. State has 4 or more syllables *(Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Indiana, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, West Virginia)*
37. State has 10 or more letters *(California, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, West Virginia)*
38. State has same number of letters as its capital *(Juneau AK, Phoenix AZ, Sacramento CA, Atlanta GA, Boise ID, Topeka KS, Saint Paul MN (if "St." is written as "Saint"), Nashville TN, Richmond VA)*
39. State has the letter X, Y, or Z in it *(Arizona, Kentucky, Maryland, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Texas, Wyoming)*
40. State starts and ends in a vowel *(Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Ohio, Oklahoma)*
41. State starts with M *(Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana)*
42. State starts with N *(Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota)*
43. Touches 2 or more states directly below it *(Arkansas, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, Wyoming)*
44. Touches at least 6 other states *(Arkansas, Colorado, Idaho, Kentucky, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah)*
45. Touches Canada or Mexico *(Alaska, Arizona, California, Idaho, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Texas)*
46. Touches Tennessee *(Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia, Kentucky, Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi)*
47. Touches the Atlantic Ocean *(Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Virginia)*
48. Touches the Gulf of Mexico *(Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida)*
49. Touches the Pacific Ocean *(Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, Washington)*
50. Go the distance x11

## Trivia

### 2001 edition

* The states' pictures are from the cast list from the first book.
* Scramble Card Pictures:
	+ "Does not touch the ocean" has a resemblance, which is the corn (Iowa) from the Scrambled State Symbols tidbit pages from the first book.

### Deluxe Edition

* State Card Pictures:
	+ Alaska and Texas are made to come *through* the frame.
	+ Iowa is wearing the same comedian costume from the Talent Show book.
	+ Kansas is wearing the same hat from the Talent Show book.
* On the cover, Missouri has the same misaligned eyes on page 12 of the first book.

## Errors

* Sometimes, the eight orange states have a shade of yellow, amber, or goldenrod.

### 2001 edition

* The four islands of Hawaii's Maui County are right above the Honolulu and Kauai Counties.
* Michigan's upper peninsula is tilted 45 degrees counterclockwise.
* New York's Long Island doesn't have a face.
* Oregon's eastern region is crooked.

### Deluxe Edition

* Hawaii's small islands are in their wrong place, and Kahoolawe is missing.

## 10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition Updates

### Box art

* Alaska, Idaho, Indiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, South Carolina, Utah, West Virginia, and Wisconsin weren't in the original box art. California, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Vermont appear in both the original the updated box arts.
* Rhode Island and South Carolina are now holding the "BASED ON THE BOOK BY LAURIE KELLER" sign.

### State Cards

* Alaska's eyes are closed, and his teeth are shown.
* California's nose is shown.
* Delaware's mouth is closed.
* Florida's two eyes and nose are shown.
* Georgia's eyes and mouth are open, and she is wearing a flower hairpin.
* Hawaii's small islands are mixed up while Kauai and Molokai have arms.
* Illinois's eyes are closed.
* Iowa is wearing his comedian costume.
* Kansas' eyes and mouth are closed and is wearing a hat.
* Louisiana's two eyes and nose are shown, and her mouth is open.
* Massachusetts' glasses are yellow.
* Michigan's (lower peninsula) eyes are closed.
* Minnesota's mouth is open, and his eyes are looking down.
* Mississippi's two eyes and nose are shown, and the eyes are looking northwest.
* Missouri's eyes are looking southwest, and her mouth is open.
* Nebraska's mouth is shaped like a 3 like he’s whistling.
* New Mexico has one eye and no nose.
* New York's Long Island has a face.
* Ohio has one eye and no nose.
* Oklahoma's hat is updated.
* Oregon's glasses are removed and is now wearing a bow tie.
* South Carolina's eyes are open.
* Tennessee's mouth is open.
* Texas' two eyes and nose are shown.
* Washington's mouth is open.
* Wisconsin's eyes are closed, and her mouth is open.
* Wyoming's mouth looks shocked, surprised, curious, or who knows!

### Scramble Cards

* Color Cards:
	+ Red: Oregon
	+ Orange: Colorado
	+ Green: Nebraska
	+ Blue: Minnesota
	+ Purple: Arizona
	+ Brown: North Dakota
* The "Is showing teeth" card features Alaska in place of Wisconsin.
* In the "Touches at least 6 other states" card, Texas replaces Alaska.

### Other

* The back of the State and Scramble Cards has different designs of Sam.
* The back of the Maps has pages 31-32 from the Talent Show book; however, there are some changes:
	+ The states' names are missing.
	+ Illinois, Oklahoma, and Texas's eyes are open.
	+ Indiana, Missouri, and Texas have no arms.