With my family gaming group now well into its second campaign—battling the sinister machinations of the devil Strahd—I have discovered that I can never have too many D&D resources, be they guidebooks, ...

So you’re wandering around the map, minding your own business, just trying to get to the next town. You know, the place with the mystical coconut which you can bring to the king who will build you an ...

At the start of open-world games, you welcome random encounters with any enemy. This is because they give you a chance to practice combat and earn some precious XP. A few hours in, though, battling ...

Erin Rice is a Contributor from the United States. She has a Master of Arts in Composition and Rhetoric and works as a professor and Academic Advisor. She has been writing about video games for a ...

I’m not a fan of random encounters in RPGs anymore. As someone who had adult responsibilities on top of reviewing video games, I find my time to be much more valuable than when I was 13 years old. I ...

Before making his official comeback in Serious Sam 3: BFE, developer Vlambeer takes Sam Stone into some uncharted territory in Serious Sam: The Random Encounter. The opening narration sets Sam up for ...

It wouldn’t be a proper Bethesda game without funny random encounters with NPCs, and Starfield doesn’t disappoint. The silly little moments which crop up as you travel through the star systems are a ...

Ben is a writer for Game Rant. He has a passion for gaming and has been playing video games since he was 6. Ben has always been a fan of open-world games, having gotten into them back when RuneScape ...

Update: During E3 2019, we had a chance to speak to Pokemon Sword and Shield produce Junichi Masuda and director Shigeru Ohmori about the upcoming games. They confirmed that Sword and Shield don’t ...

Follow Serious Sam: The Random Encounter Prioritise us on Google Serious Sam: The Random Encounter, a retro, turn-based RPG take on the shooter series, launches on PC mid-October. The Random Encounter ...