At the start of the game, only the top card is face up. Each pile has the corresponding number of cards: the 1st pile has 1 card, the 2nd has 2, the third has 3, etc. the ' Tableau' consists of 28 cards made up of 7 piles that increase in size.The game's layout consists of three different parts: Solitaire is a game of patience that, as the name suggests, is played alone!