Rules
How to play Scorpion Solitaire
Move flexible face-up packets to assemble four same-suit king-to-ace columns.
Build down by rank in the same suit.
Move any face-up card with all cards below it as one packet, even when that packet is not ordered.
Only a king-led packet may enter an empty column.
Deal the three reserve cards to the first three columns.
A complete same-suit king-to-ace run leaves the table.
How to win
Assemble and remove all four suited king-to-ace sequences.
Physical deck
Set up the table
Use the steps below to play this rules version with ordinary cards and no screen.
- Deal seven cards into each of seven columns, leaving three cards for the reserve.
- In the first four columns, keep the bottom three cards face down. All remaining tableau cards are face up.
- Keep the final three cards face down until their single reserve deal.
Scorpion Solitaire opening deal
These counts summarize the opening table; follow the numbered steps above for exact placement and overlap.
- Three-card reserve
- 1 pile3 cards · 0 face up
- Seven tableau columns
- 7 piles49 cards · 37 face up
Strategy
Strategy for Scorpion Solitaire
Use packet freedom to expose hidden cards early.
Avoid burying a needed same-suit connector.
Reserve empty columns for kings.
Common mistakes
- Assuming a moved packet must already be ordered.
- Putting a non-king into an empty column.
- Spending the reserve before checking all tableau moves.
Sources & variant
The chosen rules, documented
This playable beta uses rules version 1.0.0. The references below support this version; other tables may use different redeal, wrapping, movement, or scoring rules. A saved deal always keeps the rules it began with.