Spider & Scorpion · The Web
Play a same-suit tableau game that sits somewhere between Spider and Yukon. Move any face-up card with everything above it and complete full King-to-Ace suit runs to win.
Click any face-up card to select it, then click a valid column to move it.
Scorpion gives you powerful movement freedom, but demands strict same-suit construction. That combination makes early planning and suit organization much more important than in more forgiving tableau games.
The 52 cards are dealt into seven columns. Columns 1–4 receive seven cards each: the bottom three are face-down and the top four face-up. Columns 5–7 are fully face-up. Three cards remain as a reserve, dealt one to each of the first three columns when chosen.
Any face-up card moves with everything above it, provided the destination is one rank higher and the same suit. Empty columns accept only a King-headed group. Build all four complete K–A same-suit runs in the tableau to win.
Scorpion requires same-suit placement, but any face-up card can carry the cards above it even when that tail is unordered. Spider requires its moved group to be an ordered same-suit run. Both games automatically remove a completed run in this implementation.
You cannot place a card on a different suit. You can, however, carry an unordered tail above a correctly placed lead card. Check whether that tail will cover a useful rank at the destination and where it can move next. Evaluating the whole group is the core strategic habit in Scorpion.
Scorpion is part of The Web · Spider & Scorpion.