The players have to move their playing pieces (1 hat, 8 hatstones, 4 cones) into the starting positions of their opponent and back again to their own starting positions. The hats move 1 space along their predrawn path. The hatstones move 1 space straight in any direction. The cones move any spaces diagonaly in any direction. Hatstones and cones may jump diagonaly over an opponent hatstone any number of spaces away. If an opponent hatstone blocks the movement of a hat, the player may roll a die. On the roll of a 1 or 6 the hat jumps on top of the hatstone, 2 or 4 the hat jumps over the hatstone and, if applicable, on top of a second headstone, 3 or 5 the hat has to use the detour (dashed line), if one branches off from the space it occupies.