Napoleon At Saint Helena was supposedly Napoleon`s favorite solitaire card game while he was improsoned on the island of Saint Helena by the british after his defeat at Waterloo. The game is played with 2 decks, and begins with 40 cards dealt into 10 piles of 4 cards each. The piles are built down by suit, and the 8 foundations must be built up from Ace to King by suit for the player to win the game.