Scorpion is a solitaire card game using a deck of 52 playing cards. Although somehow related to Spider, the method of game play is akin to Yukon. The object of this game is to form four columns of suit sequence cards from king down to ace. This article is about the solitaire family of card games. ... Some typical Anglo-American playing cards. ... Spider is a type of solitaire card game. ... Yukon is a version of solitaire similar to standard Klondike solitaire, but with the following additions: Groups of cards can be moved, the cards below the one to be moved do not need to be in any order, yet the starting and target cards must be built in sequence and...

The game starts with 49 cards dealt into seven columns of seven cards each on the tableau. The first four columns each have three face-down cards with four face-up cards placed over them. The cards in the remaining three columns are all faced up. The three leftover cards are set aside for later.

Cards in the tableau are built down by suit and every face up card is available for play, no matter where in the column it is. That means that any card can be placed on top of a card that is a rank higher. However, once a card from the bottom or middle of a column is moved, all cards on top of it are moved as well as one unit. Also, nothing can be placed on an ace and gaps on the tableau can only be taken by kings. Furthermore, once a face-down card is exposed, it is turned face up

When no more moves are possible, the three leftover cards are dealt onto the first three columns and put into play.

As earlier mentioned, the object of the game is to build four columns of suit sequences from king down to ace. So when one such column is built successfully, it is a general rule to leave this column alone, unless it covers a face-down card. Solsuite (http://www.solsuite.com)'s rules to game, however, states that once such a column is built, it is discarded from the tableau. Either way, it allows some "elbow room" for the other suit columns to be formed.

The game is won when the object is fulfilled and in the case of Solsuite's rules, the columns discarded.