A huge yellow 3-D cheese made from thin cardboard dominates the center of the board. Players use a spinner to move their mice in turn along the predetermined path, which meanders around the board & through the cheese a number of times. The cheese has many holes which correspond to normal board 'spaces' - some holes are just large enough to accept the mice pawns without them falling out; others are larger, causing the mice to slide through the cheese and back onto the board below.

The first player to reach the hole in the cheese leading to the throne is crowned 'KING OF THE CHEESE'.