A different kind of sequence
Here are the details for this mode. The tableau has seven columns. Scorpion on czhylk.com uses one 52-card deck with four suits. Four complete King-to-Ace runs clear the game. Moves build down in the same suit rather than allowing cross-suit destinations.
Read the opening cards
The following details apply here. 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.
Check rank and suit together
The following details apply here. A seven of hearts cannot land on an eight of spades. A seven of hearts can land on an exposed eight of hearts. A King cannot land on another card because no higher rank exists. A moved group's leading card must land on a card exactly one rank higher in the same suit.
Order within a group may vary
A few details help explain this feature. Any face-up card can be selected together with every card beneath it. 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. The leading selected card still has to meet the destination rule.
Only Kings fill empty space
Keep these points in mind. 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. Cards beneath a moved King do not need to be in sequence. A group led by a lower rank cannot enter an empty column.
Reveal the hidden cards
Undo restores the earlier hidden-card arrangement when the move is reversed. 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.
Use the stock once
A few details help explain this feature. There are no further stock cards after the three-card deal. 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.
Complete a suit
Keep these points in mind. 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. A completed run must descend from King to Ace in one suit.
Practice Scorpion decisions
A few details help explain this feature. Replay and Undo let you explore another approach to the same layout. Checking the whole moved group helps you anticipate what will become blocked. A move can carry unwanted cards along with a useful leading card. Hint lists legal choices without promising a winning continuation.
Save a Scorpion session
Random Scorpion shuffles are not advertised as guaranteed winnable. My Statistics records Scorpion starts and wins separately from other variants. Scorpion keeps a separate saved position when game saving is enabled. Privacy & Cookie Settings lets you remove local saved games and results.