In the Tom and Jerry game, players assume the roles of mice and try to steal cheese from the refridgerator under the titular cat's nose. A spinner is used to generate the number by which the mice and Tom are moved. While the players' mice move around on an outer path, Tom moves on his own on an inner path. Colored spots litter both paths and whenever Tom moves, all mice on the same color as his landed spot must move to the nearest black dot in their path. The first mouse to make a complete circuit (reaching the refriderator and back to the starting Mouse Hole) wins and ends the game.