A different kind of sequence

Keep these points in mind. The tableau has seven columns. Four complete King-to-Ace runs clear the game. Scorpion on fsguofeng.com uses one 52-card deck with four suits. Moves build down in the same suit rather than allowing cross-suit destinations.

Read the opening cards

A few details help explain this feature. Three cards remain in the stock. All cards in the last three columns are face up. Each opening column contains seven cards for a total of 49 tableau cards. The first three cards in each of the first four columns are face down.

Check rank and suit together

A few details help explain this feature. A King cannot land on another card because no higher rank exists. A seven of hearts can land on an exposed eight of hearts. A seven of hearts cannot land on an eight of spades. A moved group's leading card must land on a card exactly one rank higher in the same suit.

Move exposed groups

Keep these points in mind. The selected cards do not need to share a suit 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. The selected cards do not need to descend in rank to travel together.

The empty-column rule

Here are the details for this mode. An empty column is therefore less flexible than an empty column in ordinary Spider. Cards beneath a moved King do not need to be in sequence. 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.

Reveal the hidden cards

A few details help explain this feature. Undo restores the earlier hidden-card arrangement when the move is reversed. 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. The next hidden card is revealed automatically.

The final three cards

Keep these points in mind. This Scorpion version permits its stock deal when columns are empty. The stock contains one final deal of three cards. Dealing places a face-up card on each of the first three columns. There are no further stock cards after the three-card deal.

Collect ordered runs

A few details help explain this feature. The game removes a qualifying run automatically from the bottom of a column. All thirteen cards in a collected run must be face up. A completed run must descend from King to Ace in one suit. Moving an unordered group does not make that group a completed sequence.

Practice Scorpion decisions

Keep these points in mind. 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.

Your separate local record

Privacy & Cookie Settings lets you remove local saved games and results. Scorpion keeps a separate saved position when game saving is enabled. Random Scorpion shuffles are not advertised as guaranteed winnable. My Statistics records Scorpion starts and wins separately from other variants.