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How to Play Corona Solitaire

Corona Solitaire is a fun solitaire game,card  is  automatically  taken from thetalon.
requiring skill, planning, and patience.
There are decisions to make throughout theClicking the talon will move a single card to
game, but you may not know if the game can bethe waste pile. You can only cyclethrough the
finished until the very last card. It istalon  once.
quite an obscure solitaire game, but those
that play it find it immensely fun... inOnly a single card can be moved at any time,
fact, it's one of my personal favourites, andand  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 suitis 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.
- 12 manoeuvre stacks, each with 3 face-upAt the start of the game, it helps to look
cards,  andfor 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 ifcard hard toexpose, and not paying attention
they are the same suit and 1 less inrank. Soto them can cause games to become unsolvable.
a 7 of Diamonds can be played onto an 8 ofItoften pays to try and move inversions where
Diamonds,  and  a  Queen  ofpossible, 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 atthan  put  a  6  of  Diamonds  onto  the  7.
all.
If you play solitaire, or like a challenge,
When a manoeuvre stack becomes empty, a cardthen give Corona Solitaire a go... I'm
is automatically taken from the topof thesureyou'll love it!
waste pile. If the waste pile is empty, a



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