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<sect1 id="Scorpion"><!--<sect1info>
		<copyright>
			<year>1999</year>
			<holder>Rosanna Yuen</holder>
		</copyright>
		<author>
			<firstname>Rosanna</firstname>
			<surname>Yuen</surname>
		</author>
		<address><email>rwsy@mit.edu</email></address>
	</sect1info>-->

	<title>Scorpion</title>

	<para>Written by Rosanna Yuen</para>

	        <sect2><title>Setup</title>


	<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>

	        </sect2>
        <sect2><title>Goal</title>

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

	        </sect2>
        <sect2><title>Rules</title>

	<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>

	        </sect2>
        <sect2><title>Scoring</title>

	<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>

	        </sect2>
        <sect2><title>Strategy</title>

	<para>Unknotting knots is not often easy. Avoid tangling yourself up with no way out.</para>
        </sect2>
</sect1>
