Darkest Dungeon  © 2016 Red Hook Studios It's October again, which means another great opportunity to discuss horror elements in Pat...

Twin Peaks: the Return (2017) I was thrilled and captivated by the triumphant return of the cult classic Twin Peaks after more than two ...

By now you've possibly been living in the Upside Down if you haven't heard of the Netflix hit Stranger Things . This unabashed lov...

The Ultimate Intrigue Playtest.   Recently, Paizo unveiled the public playtest for the Vigilante class. The vigilante (a part of the u...

Corypheus from Dragon Age: Inquisition Before we get to the meat of today's very fleshy article, I just wanted to take the time out...

Updates have been few and far between lately but the Encounter Table is still here! I've been working more steadily as a freelance aut...

Paizo's Social Combat  cards for Pathfinder. Paizo recently released their Social Combat card deck , featuring a quick and handy way...

Paizo Designer Mark Seifter This week the Encounter Table is fortunate enough to sit down with the newest member of Paizo's family, ...

A geth platform from Mass Effect. Back in December, when the Encounter Table was first getting its footing we did an article detailing t...

Tyranny of the Stars  by Robert Brookes. July continues to be a busy month for me as new opportunities come in and old projects reach th...

The titular creatures from Gallowwalkers . It's not a surprise to most people who know me that I'm an avid watcher of bad movies...

Tyranny of the Stars,  by Robert Brookes With Paizocon over things are returning to normal here at the Encounter Table. If you enjoy the...

Paizocon has ended and I'm back at home from a whirlwind experience in Seattle. I'd like to take a moment to thank the Paizo staff...

Wayfinder #11  - Cover art by Nick Russell . We're just a few days away from Paizocon 2014! The Encounter Table will be there Friday...

Terra Branford's esper form in Final Fantasy: Dissidia Spring is drawing to a close and convention season is upon us! That means mo...

Strange Brew: The ultimate Witch and Warlock . Cover by Peter Bradley. This week the Encounter Table sits down with Tim Brannan and Rob...

Tyranny of the Stars  by Robert Brookes. This week has been a busy one for the Encounter Table, we have a new interview that will be com...

Tyranny of the Stars , by Robert Brookes. Paizocon 2014 is just a few weeks away and the Encounter Table will be there covering events ...

Tyranny of the Stars  by Robert Brookes The response to the Encounter Table's first Spotlight article has been overwhelmingly positi...

Today marks the first in the Encounter Table's monthly "spotlight" series, focusing on a settlement or site of interest in Gol...

Hawke from Dragon Age 2 utilizes blood magic—one example of the ways magic can be a corruptive force. While the approach of summer means...

Tyranny of the Stars  by Robert Brookes Today on the Encounter Table we continue following the adventures of Aribessa and Patris in Tyra...

Owen K. C. Stephens It's been an exciting week at the Encounter Table and I'm proud to showcase our newest industry interview to...

The xenomorph from Aliens vs. Predator May 12th marks the passing of visionary artist H. R. Giger , renowned for his groundbreaking des...

Tyranny of the Stars , by Robert Brookes Given the positive response from yesterday's introduction to the Encounter Table's new ...

Tyranny of the Stars  by Robert Brookes There's a lot going on behind the scenes at the Encounter Table this week. Among which I...

The Sandman, from FOX's Sleepy Hollow It's been a busy couple of weeks for me, as evidenced by the lack of an update last week. ...

One of last year's most spectacular console titles was Sony's The Last of Us , a story about survival in a post-apocalyptic world ...

The vanguard class overview from Mass Effect 2. You may have noticed a subtle change to the Encounter Table this week. As a part of the...

The Mummy's Mask , Part 2: The Empty Graves , by Crystal Frasier Innumerable pieces of fiction include mummies as antagonists. From...

Iron Gods part 1: Fires of Creation Paizo recently revealed support books for their upcoming Iron Gods Adventure Path, the Technology ...

People of the Stars  by Paizo Inc. This week Paizo announced — and almost had people thinking it was an April Fool's joke — two new ...

In-game poster of a Handyman from Bioshock: Infinite . As noted in the last update, I've recently jumped on the Bioshock: Infinite ...

The Devil's Kiss  vigor advertisement from Bioshock: Infinite. Image courtesy of the Bioshock Wiki . 2013 was a banner year for gami...

The  Advanced Class Guide  playtest. Today's Encounter Table is the second look into custom hybrid classes, the likes of which will ...

The Advanced Class Guide  playtest from Paizo Inc. With Paizo's RPG Superstar competition having ended and Victoria Jaczko crowned ...

The Mummy's Mask, Book I: The Half-Dead City. It's been a busy week for me, as you've probably been able to tell by the abse...

The sylvari from Guild Wars 2 . What a wild week it has already been! Right now I'm in the middle of working on a freelance assignme...

A marut caste knight of axis; art by Robert Brookes Before I get into today's System Shock article, which comes straight from the pa...

A thresher maw on the world of Edolus, as seen in Mass Effect. Screenshot courtesy of the Mass Effect Wiki . Today's Pop Creature en...

A deathclaw from Fallout: New Vegas. "Big! Big! The size of three men! Claws as long as my forearm! Ripped apart! Ripped apart!...

The Mummy's Mask, Book 1: The Half-Dead City, by Jim Groves. The cover image today comes from Paizo Publishing's upcoming first ...

Pathfinder Player Companion: People of the Sands This month Paizo is giving us a look at some of the desert nations of Garund with its l...

Aspects of Axis  fan-made companion. Cover art by Carolina Eade. Today I thought I'd share some finalized character vignettes from ...

Wander climbs a colossus in Shadow of the Colossus. It's a feat practically as old as storytelling itself: the daring hero climbing ...

The demon Kee-Oth from Adventure Time  season 5, episode 41: The Pit Another Encounter Table entry, another Adventure Time inspired cre...

"We are all geth." Legion, from Mass Effect 2 . That line, spoken by the character Legion, from the video game Mass Effect 2...

The Outsider, as seen in one of Sokolov's paintings in Dishonored.  One of the best video games I've played in 2013 was Dishono...