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How to Play Corona Solitaire

Corona Solitaire is a fun solitairecard to the waste pile. You can only
game, requiring skill, planning, andcyclethrough the talon once.
patience. There are decisions to makeOnly a single card can be moved at any
throughout the game, but you may nottime, and stacks can not be moved as
know if the game can be finished untilawhole.
the very last card. It is quite anWhilst the rules seem simple, the game
obscure solitaire game, but those thatitself is quite complex, often
play it find it immensely fun... inrequiringconsiderable planning. In
fact, it's one of my personalparticular, deciding when exactly to
favourites, and I can't stop playing!clear a stack can havea huge impact on
The aim is to build 8 ascending suitthe 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 2to hold-off on clearing a stack, so that
decks, and consists of:a more valuable card isput into play.
- 8 foundation stacks, which are allAt the start of the game, it helps to
empty,look for inversions. This is where a
- 12 manoeuvre stacks, each with 3card isobscured by the same suit but
face-up cards, andhigher 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 zoneInversions can make the underneath card
if they are the same suit and 1 lesshard toexpose, and not paying attention
inrank. So a 7 of Diamonds can be playedto them can cause games to become
onto an 8 of Diamonds, and a Queen ofunsolvable. Itoften pays to try and move
Spades can be played onto a King ofinversions where possible, so in the
Spades. Kings cannot be moved inexample above, itwould be beneficial to
themanoeuvre zone at all.move the 7 of Diamonds onto an 8 of
When a manoeuvre stack becomes empty, aDiamonds, to getaccess to the 2, rather
card is automatically taken from thethan put a 6 of Diamonds onto the 7.
topof the waste pile. If the waste pileIf you play solitaire, or like a
is empty, a card is automatically takenchallenge, 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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