# Scorpion

written by Rosanna Yuen

Setup

Type of Deck | Standard Deck
Stock | Top left pile. The last three cards are placed here after the deal.
Tableau | Seven piles to the right of Stock. * Deal one cards face down on each of the first four rows. Deal one card face up on the last three rows. Repeat from * two more times, dealing a total of three rows. Deal one card face up on each pile for four more rows.

Goal

Create four piles of thirteen cards each, each pile consisting of one suit and in rank order.

Rules

Cards in the Tableau are built down by suit. Groups of cards can be moved regardless of sequence. An empty pile in the Tableau can be filled with a King or a group of cards with a King on the bottom.

At any point, clicking on the Stock will deal the last three cards, one each on the first three piles.

Options

None

Scoring

For every sequence in suit, points given is (length of sequence - 1). Each time a sequence of thirteen is created and is in its own slot, four extra points are awarded. Reaching a card that was face down gives three points.

Maximum possible score: 100

Strategy

Unknotting knots is not often easy. Avoid tangling yourself up with no way out.