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