Scorpion Solitaire Rules

(Spider type; 1 deck (52 cards); no redeal)

• Game time: Medium

• Difficulty level: Easy

• Skill level: Mostly skill

• Chance of winning: Very low; about 1 in 50; 2.0%

Object of the game: To create on the tableau 4 suites of 13 cards in a descending suit sequence from King to Ace.

Solitaire Rules

• Build down in suit (for example, a 10 can be played only on a Jack).

• When an entire suite of 13 cards becomes exposed, it is automatically removed from the tableau.

• Any face-up card, no matter how deep it is in a column, may be moved to make a build. All the covering cards are moved with it as a unit.

• Spaces may be filled only with a King, a King–sequence or a King with any overlapping cards.

• A King cannot move, except to an empty space.

• Nothing can be placed on an Ace.

• The game is won if the entire deck in all four suites is discarded and nothing is left on the tableau.

Reserve
(3 cards)

• After all possible moves are made, the three cards in this pile are dealt onto the first three columns of the tableau to create more possibilities.

• There is no redeal.