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Article #369: How to Play Corona Solitaire

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






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