The first new card I found in Forbidden Solitaire's new DLC The Discarded gave me the power to throw a card like a knife at whatever horror was trying to kill me. Although nothing warranted such a desperate move, I fear it won't be long before I find myself out of options now that I've seen the devilish new tricks the developers have dealt in the DLC's first hour.

I'm lucky I just spent the last week playing through the base game because The Discarded offers no help: From the moment you double click the DLC executable on the game's '90s-inspired PC interface, you're on your own. It's not quite enough to understand how to play solitaire; you need to know how to play Forbidden Solitaire, a haunted version of the classic card game where you must change your approach based on the modified cards the developers throw at you.

Some cards might be locked away until you play the right suits. Others might be surrounded by bones, requiring them to be played twice before leaving the board. Your deck will run out quickly if you don't strategize around these factors and try to knock off as many cards as you can in one turn.

Thankfully, you can cheat… by jamming gems into your flesh. The eyeball in the wall that compels you to mutilate your hand for power is back. This time, you can even sear glyphs into your skin, too. Each unholy decoration gives you bonuses that can help tilt the balance in your favor, like an increased chance to deal extra damage during combat—oh yeah, there's combat .

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