<chapter id="scorpion">
<chapterinfo><copyright><year>1999</year><holder>Rosanna Yuen</holder></copyright>
<author><firstname>Rosanna</firstname><surname>Yuen</surname></author>
<address><email>rwsy@mit.edu</email></address></chapterinfo>
<title>Scorpion</title>
<para>written by Rosanna Yuen</para>
<bridgehead>Setup</bridgehead>

<informaltable><tgroup cols="2"><tbody>
<row><entry>Type of Deck</entry><entry>
Standard Deck</entry></row>
<row><entry>Stock</entry><entry>
Top left pile.  The last three cards are placed here after the deal.
</entry></row>
<row><entry>Tableau</entry><entry>
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.
</entry></row>
</tbody></tgroup></informaltable>

<bridgehead>Goal</bridgehead>
<para>
Create four piles of thirteen cards each, each pile consisting of one
suit and in rank order.
</para>
<bridgehead>Rules</bridgehead>
<para>
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.
</para>
<para>
At any point, clicking on the Stock will deal the last three cards, one
each on the first three piles.
</para>
<bridgehead>Options</bridgehead>
<para>None</para>
<bridgehead>Scoring</bridgehead>
<para>
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.
</para>
<para>
Maximum possible score:  100
</para>
<bridgehead>Strategy</bridgehead>
<para>
Unknotting knots is not often easy.  Avoid tangling yourself up with no
way out.
</para>
</chapter>
