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Goal
Moving cards
- Build cards down in rank. In most games a card lands on any card
one rank higher; in Scorpion it must be the same suit.
- You can only pick up a group of cards that follows the game's rule
(a same-suit run, an any-suit run, or - in Scorpion - any face-up
card with everything on top of it).
- Any single card or valid group can move to an empty column.
- When a full King-to-Ace run in one suit forms on top of a column it
is cleared automatically. Clear them all to win.
Keyboard
These keys work while the game board has focus. Tab into the board
(or use the “Skip to the game board” link), then:
| Arrow Left / Right | Move to the previous or next column |
| Arrow Up / Down | Move up or down the current column |
| Home / End | Jump to the top card / bottom card of the column |
| 1 - 9, 0 | Jump to a column by number |
| Enter / Space | Pick up cards; press again on a column to drop, or on the same cards to auto-move them |
| Escape | Cancel the current pick-up |
| D | Deal a new row from the stock |
| U | Undo the last move |
| H | Suggest a move (hint) |
| R | Read the whole board aloud |
| C | Read the current column |
| N | Start a new game |
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