How to Play Cruel Solitaire

There are hundreds of different ways to play solitaire. The object of Cruel Solitaire is to group all your cards in ascending order by suit. The intricacies of the game are easy for all to follow.

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Deck of cards with jokers removed

1. Remove all 4 aces from your deck of cards and place them face up in a row, side by side. Shuffle the remaining cards and make 12 piles of 4face-up cards below the aces in 2 rows of 6. Only the top card in each of these piles is available for play.

2. Place the remaining cards face down in a pile to the side.

3. Look for a 2 of any suit to place on top of the ace. The object is to make piles of cards in order by suit starting with the ace, then 2, then 3 and so on with the king being the last card. Move only 1 card from the 12 piles at a time.

4. Collect all 12 piles from the top-left to top-right, and then to bottom-left to bottom-right when you come to a point that you can no longer make a move.

5. Make new piles of 4 to replace the 12 piles. Do not shuffle the cards before dealing out the new piles. Deal them out by placing 4 cards at a time just as you picked them up, from top-left to top-right. Then go bottom-left to bottom-right. You may do this an unlimited amount of times.

6. Win the game when all the cards are in order by suit. Lose the game if no more moves are possible and all the cards aren't arranged in suit.

Tips & Warnings

• You can also play Cruel Solitaire online. But be warned, it isn't easy to win this game. The trick is to understand how the re-deal works. Play it a few times and you will soon catch on.