Meet Scorpion
A few details help explain this feature. Moves build down in the same suit rather than allowing cross-suit destinations. Four complete King-to-Ace runs clear the game. Scorpion on xalongli.com uses one 52-card deck with four suits. The tableau has seven columns.
The initial seven columns
A few details help explain this feature. Each opening column contains seven cards for a total of 49 tableau cards. All cards in the last three columns are face up. Three cards remain in the stock. The first three cards in each of the first four columns are face down.
Build in the same suit
A seven of hearts can land on an exposed eight of hearts. 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.
Move exposed groups
A few details help explain this feature. The leading selected card still has to meet the destination rule. 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 empty-column rule
The following details apply here. 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. 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.
Uncover another choice
Removing all face-up cards above a hidden card turns that hidden card face up. The next hidden card is revealed automatically. 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.
The final three cards
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. This Scorpion version permits its stock deal when columns are empty.
Collect ordered runs
The following details apply here. The game removes a qualifying run automatically from the bottom of a column. All thirteen cards in a collected run must be face up. Moving an unordered group does not make that group a completed sequence. A completed run must descend from King to Ace in one suit.
Plan around blocked cards
The following details apply here. Replay and Undo let you explore another approach to the same layout. A move can carry unwanted cards along with a useful leading card. Checking the whole moved group helps you anticipate what will become blocked. Hint lists legal choices without promising a winning continuation.
Your separate local record
Scorpion keeps a separate saved position when game saving is enabled. Privacy & Cookie Settings lets you remove local saved games and results. My Statistics records Scorpion starts and wins separately from other variants. Random Scorpion shuffles are not advertised as guaranteed winnable.