section_path: Layout games/Patience or solitaire games/Single player patiences or solitaires
section_name: Single player patiences or solitaires
paragraph_text: Single player patiences or solitaires
  
  Patience games originated in northern Europe and were designed for a single player, hence its subsequent North American name of solitaire. Most games begin with a specific layout of cards, called a tableau, and the object is then either to construct a more elaborate final layout, or to clear the tableau and/or the draw pile or stock by moving all cards to one or more discard or foundation piles.