Tableau is a solitaire that founds its own style, which means all cards are open and arranged to the left and right of the foundations. This is a similar setup like Little Napoleon Patience (solitaire), Beleaguered Castle

Beleaguered Castle

Beleaguered Castle is a solitaire card game played with a deck of 52 playing cards. It is one of the card games touted as "Freecell without cells" because its game play is somehow akin to the popular solitaire computer game but without extra empty spaces to maneuver...

, Fortress (solitaire)

Fortress (solitaire)

Fortress is a solitaire card game which is played with a deck of playing cards, of the Castle family. It has two more tableau piles than Belaguered Castle and the piles are shorter....

, Kings Solitaire (solitaire), or Fürst Bismark (solitaire). This is a thinking and planning game that starts hard and gets easier the farther you advance.

Rules

Cascades are built down in suit. The foundations are built up from the aces in suit. You can move multiple cards that are descending in suit between cascades.