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Unusual Solitaire doubles Cruel's deck to 104 cards, eight foundations, and twenty-four four-card tableau piles. Medium difficulty, 20% win rate, and skill beats luck.

Unusual Solitaire is Cruel Solitaire played with two decks instead of one: 104 cards, eight foundation piles instead of four, and twenty-four tableau piles instead of twelve. It's medium difficulty, with a 20% chance of winning, and skill matters more than luck.

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How to play Unusual Solitaire

Layout:

8 foundation piles: Build up from Ace to King in the same suit. Each pile starts with an ace already in place.

24 tableau piles: Build down in suit, four cards to a pile at the start. Only one card moves at a time, and there are no empty spaces to fill.

Foundation:

There are eight foundation piles.

Each foundation pile is handed an ace at the start.

A card can be added to a foundation pile only if it's one rank higher and the same suit as the pile's current top card, so the only card that fits on a 9 of diamonds is a 10 of diamonds. A pile can never hold more than thirteen cards.

The top card of each foundation can be moved back into play if another pile will accept it.

Tableau:

Twenty-four tableau piles hold four cards each, all dealt face-up.

A card can be added to a tableau pile only if it's one rank lower and the same suit as the pile's current top card, so the only card that fits on a 6 of clubs is a 5 of clubs.

Any tableau card not covered by another card can move to the foundation or to any other, non-empty tableau pile.

Tableau spaces stay empty once cleared, and only one card may be moved at a time; sequences are not permitted.