Meet Scorpion
The following details apply here. Four complete King-to-Ace runs clear the game. Scorpion on penfedsp.com uses one 52-card deck with four suits. Moves build down in the same suit rather than allowing cross-suit destinations. The tableau has seven columns.
The initial seven columns
A few details help explain this feature. The first three cards in each of the first four columns are face down. All cards in the last three columns are face up. Three cards remain in the stock. Each opening column contains seven cards for a total of 49 tableau cards.
Build in the same suit
A few details help explain this feature. A seven of hearts cannot land on an eight of spades. A seven of hearts can land on an exposed eight of hearts. A moved group's leading card must land on a card exactly one rank higher in the same suit. A King cannot land on another card because no higher rank exists.
Order within a group may vary
Keep these points in mind. The selected cards do not need to share a suit to travel together. The selected cards do not need to descend in rank to travel together. Any face-up card can be selected together with every card beneath it. The leading selected card still has to meet the destination rule.
Only Kings fill empty space
A few details help explain this feature. An empty column is therefore less flexible than an empty column in ordinary Spider. An empty column accepts a King or a group led by a King. A group led by a lower rank cannot enter an empty column. Cards beneath a moved King do not need to be in sequence.
Uncover another choice
A few details help explain this feature. The next hidden card is revealed automatically. Removing all face-up cards above a hidden card turns that hidden card face up. An exposed card can carry the cards beneath it when its own destination is legal. Undo restores the earlier hidden-card arrangement when the move is reversed.
Use the stock once
Keep these points in mind. This Scorpion version permits its stock deal when columns are empty. There are no further stock cards after the three-card deal. The stock contains one final deal of three cards. Dealing places a face-up card on each of the first three columns.
Complete a suit
The following details apply here. A completed run must descend from King to Ace in one suit. All thirteen cards in a collected run must be face up. The game removes a qualifying run automatically from the bottom of a column. Moving an unordered group does not make that group a completed sequence.
Plan around blocked cards
The following details apply here. Checking the whole moved group helps you anticipate what will become blocked. A move can carry unwanted cards along with a useful leading card. Replay and Undo let you explore another approach to the same layout. Hint lists legal choices without promising a winning continuation.
Save a Scorpion session
Keep these points in mind. My Statistics records Scorpion starts and wins separately from other variants. Scorpion keeps a separate saved position when game saving is enabled. Random Scorpion shuffles are not advertised as guaranteed winnable. Privacy & Cookie Settings lets you remove local saved games and results.