A guide to your next move.
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 heryhuang.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
All cards in the last three columns are face up. The first three cards in each of the first four columns are face down. Each opening column contains seven cards for a total of 49 tableau cards. Three cards remain in the stock.
Check rank and suit together
The following details apply here. A seven of hearts cannot land on an eight of spades. 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. A seven of hearts can land on an exposed eight of hearts.
Order within a group may vary
A few details help explain this feature. 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 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
An empty column is therefore less flexible than an empty column in ordinary Spider. A group led by a lower rank cannot enter an empty column. 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.
Uncover another choice
The following details apply here. The next hidden card is revealed automatically. Removing all face-up cards above a hidden card turns that hidden card face up. Undo restores the earlier hidden-card arrangement when the move is reversed. An exposed card can carry the cards beneath it when its own destination is legal.
Use the stock once
Dealing places a face-up card on each of the first three columns. The stock contains one final deal of three cards. This Scorpion version permits its stock deal when columns are empty. There are no further stock cards after the three-card deal.
Complete a suit
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. The game removes a qualifying run automatically from the bottom of a column.
Plan around blocked cards
Keep these points in mind. Checking the whole moved group helps you anticipate what will become blocked. Hint lists legal choices without promising a winning continuation. Replay and Undo let you explore another approach to the same layout. A move can carry unwanted cards along with a useful leading card.
Save a Scorpion session
Keep these points in mind. 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. Privacy & Cookie Settings lets you remove local saved games and results.