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using two decks. The object of the game is to move all of the cards to the

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. Successfully winning the game is considered difficult. Play is much like that in the popular family of games based on

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, but with a tableau of 12 piles instead of 10. Corona is nearly identical to the variant of Limited, with the exception of an additional restriction that the deck is used to refill empty piles rather than letting you fill them as desired.

Rules

Layout

Corona has eight foundations that build up in suit from Ace to King, e.g. Ace♥, 2♥, 3♥, 4♥... There are twelve tableau piles that build down in suit, e.g. 10♦, 9♦, 8♦, 7♦... File:Corona (solitaire) Layout.jpg, Corona Layout

Play

Only one card on can be moved at a time, and this is the

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on each

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pile or the single card being dealt from the

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. These cards can be played onto the foundations or onto other tableau piles. The stock is dealt one card at a time, and automatically fills empty spaces in the tableau piles. Only one pass through the deck is allowed. The

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once all cards have been moved to the foundations.

References

* Coops, Helen L. ''100 Games of Solitaire'' * Hapgood, George. ''Solitaire and Patience'' (as "The Round Dozen") * Parlett, David. ''The Penguin Book of Patience''

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