Cruel (solitaire)

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Cruel is a solitaire card game played using a deck of 52 playing cards. Its arrangement and game play are almost like another solitaire card game Perseverance.

To start the game, the player must first take all the Aces and put them in a row as bases for the foundations to start the game. The rest of the cards are then put into 12 piles, each with four cards.

Only the top (or exposed) card in each pile is available for play. The cards in the tableau piles are built down by suit, while the foundations are built up by suit up to kings. For example, the 5♣ can be placed on the 6♣. Only one card can be moved at a time.

When no moves are available, all the remaining piles are put together and then put out in piles of four again. It is important not to shuffle these cards and to place one pile on top of the other face-up, starting from the last pile up to the first. The player can do this in an unlimited number of times.

The game is won when all the cards are put on the foundations. The game is lost, however, if the it is blocked, i.e. no more moves are possible.