The Book of Unwritten Tales is a classically styled point-and-click adventure that pays homage to, and pokes fun of, traditional RPGs and fantasy themes. Players take control of a colorful quartet, composed of the pirate Nathaniel Bonnet, his hairy, sloth-like companion Critter, Ivo, the elf princess, and the quixotic dwarf Wilbur Wetterquarz, and then guide them through more than 60 different scenes. The varied landscapes are populated by a collection of oddball characters, such as two-headed ogres and a vegetarian dragon, and there are over 200 items to collect and combine in order to solve more than 150 environmental puzzles.