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Scorpion's tableau, tightened up: just three reserve cards instead of a stock, and single cards can jump straight to the foundation.

Chinese Solitaire takes Scorpion's tableau and reshapes it: a tighter layout, just three cards in reserve instead of a full stock, and unlike Scorpion, you can send single cards straight to the foundation instead of waiting on a full sequence.

Scorpion Solitaire and Dragon Solitaire are two solitaire games worth trying next.

If you like Chinese, the original Solitaire, the classic card game itself, is worth a try too.

If you run into anything odd or have an idea that would make the game better, please contact me.

Enjoy yourself!

How to play Chinese Solitaire

Foundation:

There are four foundation piles.

A card can join a foundation pile if it's one rank higher than the pile's top card and the same suit, so the only card that can follow a Q of clubs is the K of clubs.

Any card on top of a foundation pile can move back into play if another pile will legally accept it.

Reserve:

The reserve is made up of the three leftover cards.

Press the reserve button and those three cards deal out face-up, one on top of each of the first three tableau piles. There's just the one pass, with no redeals.

Tableau:

Seven tableau piles make up the layout. The first three are dealt seven cards face-up. The rest get progressively more buried: pile four holds three face-down cards under four face-up, pile five four under three, pile six five under two, and pile seven six face-down cards under a single card showing.

A card can join a tableau pile if it's one rank lower than the pile's top card and the opposite color, so the cards that can follow the J of clubs are the 10 of hearts or the 10 of diamonds.

Cards on the tableau that are not covered by another card are free to be played onto the foundation or any other tableau pile.

Only kings may fill empty spots in the tableau.

Any face-up card in the tableau can move to another tableau pile where it fits, bringing every card stacked on top of it along for the ride.