| Corona Solitaire is a fun solitaire game, requiring | | | | Clicking the talon will move a single card to the |
| skill, planning, and patience. There are decisions to | | | | waste pile. You can only cyclethrough the talon |
| make throughout the game, but you may not | | | | once. |
| know if the game can be finished until the very | | | | Only a single card can be moved at any time, and |
| last card. It is quite an obscure solitaire game, but | | | | stacks can not be moved as awhole. |
| those that play it find it immensely fun... in fact, it's | | | | Whilst the rules seem simple, the game itself is |
| one of my personal favourites, and I can't stop | | | | quite complex, often requiringconsiderable planning. |
| playing! | | | | In particular, deciding when exactly to clear a |
| The aim is to build 8 ascending suit sequences in | | | | stack can havea huge impact on the game, |
| the foundation stacks. | | | | because it changes what cards you currently |
| The opening tableau is maed up of 2 decks, and | | | | have inplay. It often pays to hold-off on clearing a |
| consists of: | | | | stack, so that a more valuable card isput into play. |
| - 8 foundation stacks, which are all empty, | | | | At the start of the game, it helps to look for |
| - 12 manoeuvre stacks, each with 3 face-up | | | | inversions. This is where a card isobscured by the |
| cards, and | | | | same suit but higher rank. For example, a 2 of |
| - a talon, with 68 face-down cards. | | | | Diamondsunderneath a 7 of Diamonds. Inversions |
| Cards can be moved in the manoeuvre zone if | | | | can make the underneath card hard toexpose, |
| they are the same suit and 1 less inrank. So a 7 | | | | and not paying attention to them can cause |
| of Diamonds can be played onto an 8 of | | | | games to become unsolvable. Itoften pays to try |
| Diamonds, and a Queen of | | | | and move inversions where possible, so in the |
| Spades can be played onto a King of Spades. | | | | example above, itwould be beneficial to move the |
| Kings cannot be moved in themanoeuvre zone at | | | | 7 of Diamonds onto an 8 of Diamonds, to |
| all. | | | | getaccess to the 2, rather than put a 6 of |
| When a manoeuvre stack becomes empty, a | | | | Diamonds onto the 7. |
| card is automatically taken from the topof the | | | | If you play solitaire, or like a challenge, then give |
| waste pile. If the waste pile is empty, a card is | | | | Corona Solitaire a go... I'm sureyou'll love it! |
| automatically taken from thetalon. | | | | |