Each time the group sits down at the table, they'll play through an Episode -- one co-operative adventure that will span several scenes with different story choices and conclusions. The game comes with over a dozen episodes, telling the story of the Odyssey's adventures. No two playthroughs of a given episode will be exactly alike, as your choices will impact the outcome of both scenes and how the episode's story turns out.

The stories and scenes are contained in two books. The Adventure Log contains a different scene on each page, and is placed on the table as the playing-area for tokens and actions to be placed. Activities within a scene will cause a paragraph to be read from the Book of Events, and these paragraphs will give additional information and inform how the scene proceeds. Crew members have an array of card based abilities that will let them collaborate and complete these activities.