diff --git a/lib/PatienceBoard.hs b/lib/PatienceBoard.hs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3253241
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/PatienceBoard.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+module PatienceBoard
+( Board
+
+,initBoard
+) where
+
+import CardDeck
+
+-- Representation of a Patience board
+data Board = Board {
+    -- 7 colums of cards (the 'playing field')
+    gameStacks   :: [Stack],
+    -- 4 ending stacks (top right corner, usually)
+    endingStacks :: [Stack],
+    -- Stack of cards that are not yet on the board
+    pile         :: Stack
+} deriving (Show)
+
+-- Show the first of a stack of cards.
+showFirst :: Stack -> Stack
+showFirst (c:cs) = (showCard c):cs
+
+-- Split a full deck into 7 gameStacks and one pile of unused cards.
+splitDeck :: Stack -> [Stack]
+splitDeck = reverse . splitDeck' 7
+    where splitDeck' :: Int -> Stack -> [Stack]
+          splitDeck' 0 cs  = [cs]
+          splitDeck' n cs  = let (stack,rest) = splitAt n cs
+                             in (showFirst stack):(splitDeck' (n - 1) rest)
+
+-- Return the initial board consisting of a stack of yet-to-be-turned
+-- cards and 7 stacks of increasingly large amount of cards (1, ..., 7)
+initBoard :: Board
+initBoard = let pile:stacks = splitDeck generateShuffledDeck
+            in Board {
+                gameStacks = stacks,
+                endingStacks = [[],[],[],[]],
+                pile = pile
+            }
+
+moveBetweenStacks :: Stack -> Int -> Stack -> Stack
+moveBetweenStacks from index to = undefined 
diff --git a/patience.cabal b/patience.cabal
index 3b89f9e..214f1fa 100644
--- a/patience.cabal
+++ b/patience.cabal
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ build-type:     Simple
 library
   hs-source-dirs: lib
   build-depends: base >= 4.7 && <5, random >= 1.1 && < 1.4
-  exposed-modules: CardDeck, Shuffle
+  exposed-modules: CardDeck, PatienceBoard, Shuffle
 
 executable patience
   main-is: Main.hs