diff --git a/src/__tests__/EncounterTab.test.tsx b/src/__tests__/EncounterTab.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3ffa635
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/__tests__/EncounterTab.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+import { render, screen } from "@testing-library/react";
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+
+import { EncounterTab, EncounterTimeline } from "../components/Dashboard/tabs/EncounterTab";
+import type { EncounterEvent } from "../types/payloads";
+
+const sample: EncounterEvent[] = [
+  {
+    seq: 1,
+    kind: "ENCOUNTER_STARTED",
+    payload: {
+      encounter_type: "combat",
+      player_metric_threshold: 10,
+      opponent_metric_threshold: 10,
+      turn: 1,
+    },
+    created_at: "2026-04-25T00:00:00Z",
+  },
+  {
+    seq: 2,
+    kind: "ENCOUNTER_BEAT_APPLIED",
+    payload: {
+      actor: "Sam",
+      actor_side: "player",
+      beat_id: "attack",
+      beat_kind: "strike",
+      outcome_tier: "Success",
+      own_delta: 2,
+      opponent_delta: 0,
+      turn: 1,
+    },
+    created_at: "2026-04-25T00:00:01Z",
+  },
+  {
+    seq: 3,
+    kind: "ENCOUNTER_METRIC_ADVANCE",
+    payload: { side: "player", delta_kind: "own", delta: 2, before: 0, after: 2, turn: 1 },
+    created_at: "2026-04-25T00:00:02Z",
+  },
+  {
+    seq: 4,
+    kind: "ENCOUNTER_RESOLVED",
+    payload: {
+      outcome: "opponent_victory",
+      final_player_metric: 4,
+      final_opponent_metric: 11,
+      triggering_side: "opponent",
+      turn: 5,
+    },
+    created_at: "2026-04-25T00:00:10Z",
+  },
+];
+
+describe("EncounterTimeline", () => {
+  it("renders rows for each event kind with side and tier", () => {
+    render(<EncounterTimeline events={sample} />);
+    expect(screen.getByText(/Sam/)).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByText(/strike/)).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByText(/Success/)).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByText(/opponent_victory/)).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  it("renders dial-pair view from STARTED through RESOLVED", () => {
+    render(<EncounterTimeline events={sample} />);
+    expect(screen.getByText(/Player metric:.*0/)).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByText(/Opponent metric:.*0/)).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+});
+
+// Wiring test — confirms EncounterTab is exported and importable (not just
+// the pure EncounterTimeline renderer).  Any test that passes proves the
+// module can be imported and both named exports are accessible.
+describe("EncounterTab wiring", () => {
+  it("EncounterTab is exported from the module", () => {
+    expect(EncounterTab).toBeDefined();
+    expect(typeof EncounterTab).toBe("function");
+  });
+
+  it("renders no-session placeholder when slug is null", () => {
+    render(<EncounterTab slug={null} />);
+    expect(screen.getByText(/No active session/)).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/components/Dashboard/DashboardApp.tsx b/src/components/Dashboard/DashboardApp.tsx
index b65d7d4..d04f36a 100644
--- a/src/components/Dashboard/DashboardApp.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Dashboard/DashboardApp.tsx
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import { TimingTab } from "./tabs/TimingTab";
 import { ConsoleTab } from "./tabs/ConsoleTab";
 import { PromptTab } from "./tabs/PromptTab";
 import { LoreTab } from "./tabs/LoreTab";
+import { EncounterTab } from "./tabs/EncounterTab";
 import { THEME } from "./shared/constants";
 
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -307,6 +308,18 @@ export function DashboardApp() {
     }
   }, [state.turns.length, loadDebugState]);
 
+  // Derive the active session slug from debugState (same sort logic as StateTab).
+  // Used by EncounterTab to fetch encounter events for the live session.
+  const activeSlug: string | null = (() => {
+    if (!state.debugState || state.debugState.length === 0) return null;
+    const sorted = [...state.debugState].sort((a, b) => {
+      const aTs = a.last_activity_ts ?? 0;
+      const bTs = b.last_activity_ts ?? 0;
+      return bTs - aTs;
+    });
+    return sorted[0].session_key;
+  })();
+
   const errorCount = state.allEvents.filter(
     (e) => e.severity === "error",
   ).length;
@@ -378,6 +391,9 @@ export function DashboardApp() {
         {state.activeTab === 6 && (
           <LoreTab loreEvents={state.loreEvents} />
         )}
+        {state.activeTab === 7 && (
+          <EncounterTab slug={activeSlug} />
+        )}
       </div>
     </div>
   );
diff --git a/src/components/Dashboard/DashboardTabs.tsx b/src/components/Dashboard/DashboardTabs.tsx
index 5d83eec..1788d76 100644
--- a/src/components/Dashboard/DashboardTabs.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Dashboard/DashboardTabs.tsx
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ const TAB_LABELS = [
   "⑤ Console",
   "⑥ Prompt",
   "⑦ Lore",
+  "⑧ Encounters",
 ];
 
 interface Props {
diff --git a/src/components/Dashboard/tabs/EncounterTab.tsx b/src/components/Dashboard/tabs/EncounterTab.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..02cd883
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/Dashboard/tabs/EncounterTab.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,262 @@
+import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
+import type { EncounterEvent } from "@/types/payloads";
+import { THEME } from "../shared/constants";
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Pure row renderers — one per ENCOUNTER_* event kind
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+function startedRow(payload: Record<string, unknown>) {
+  const playerThresh = (payload.player_metric_threshold as number) ?? "?";
+  const oppThresh = (payload.opponent_metric_threshold as number) ?? "?";
+  return (
+    <span>
+      Encounter started — Player metric: 0 / {playerThresh},
+      {" "}Opponent metric: 0 / {oppThresh}
+    </span>
+  );
+}
+
+function beatRow(payload: Record<string, unknown>) {
+  return (
+    <span>
+      <strong>{payload.actor as string}</strong>
+      {" (side="}{payload.actor_side as string}{") "}
+      played <em>{payload.beat_id as string}</em>
+      {" "}({payload.beat_kind as string}, tier {payload.outcome_tier as string});
+      {" "}deltas own={payload.own_delta as number} opp={payload.opponent_delta as number}
+    </span>
+  );
+}
+
+function advanceRow(payload: Record<string, unknown>) {
+  const delta = payload.delta as number;
+  return (
+    <span>
+      {payload.side as string} dial advanced {delta > 0 ? "+" : ""}
+      {delta} ({payload.before as number} → {payload.after as number})
+    </span>
+  );
+}
+
+function tagRow(payload: Record<string, unknown>) {
+  return (
+    <span>
+      tag <em>"{payload.tag_text as string}"</em> on {(payload.target as string) || "(scene)"}
+      {" "}— leverage {payload.leverage as number}, {(payload.fleeting as boolean) ? "fleeting" : "persistent"}
+    </span>
+  );
+}
+
+function statusRow(payload: Record<string, unknown>) {
+  return (
+    <span>
+      {payload.actor as string} took status <em>{payload.text as string}</em>
+      {" "}({payload.severity as string})
+    </span>
+  );
+}
+
+function yieldRow(payload: Record<string, unknown>) {
+  const op = payload.op as string;
+  if (op === "yield_resolved") {
+    return (
+      <span>
+        Yield resolved — {payload.yielded_actors as string} (edge refreshed:
+        {" "}{payload.edge_refreshed as number})
+      </span>
+    );
+  }
+  return <span>Yield received from {payload.actor_name as string}</span>;
+}
+
+function resolvedRow(payload: Record<string, unknown>) {
+  return (
+    <strong>
+      RESOLVED — outcome: {payload.outcome as string}; final player_metric=
+      {payload.final_player_metric as number}, opponent_metric=
+      {payload.final_opponent_metric as number}
+    </strong>
+  );
+}
+
+function skippedRow(payload: Record<string, unknown>) {
+  return (
+    <span>
+      Beat skipped — {payload.actor as string} ({payload.actor_side as string}) /
+      {" "}{payload.beat_id as string} — reason: {payload.reason as string}
+    </span>
+  );
+}
+
+function renderEventRow(ev: EncounterEvent): React.ReactNode {
+  switch (ev.kind) {
+    case "ENCOUNTER_STARTED":
+      return startedRow(ev.payload);
+    case "ENCOUNTER_BEAT_APPLIED":
+      return beatRow(ev.payload);
+    case "ENCOUNTER_METRIC_ADVANCE":
+      return advanceRow(ev.payload);
+    case "ENCOUNTER_TAG_CREATED":
+      return tagRow(ev.payload);
+    case "ENCOUNTER_STATUS_ADDED":
+      return statusRow(ev.payload);
+    case "ENCOUNTER_YIELD":
+      return yieldRow(ev.payload);
+    case "ENCOUNTER_BEAT_SKIPPED":
+      return skippedRow(ev.payload);
+    case "ENCOUNTER_RESOLVED":
+      return resolvedRow(ev.payload);
+    case "ENCOUNTER_RESOLUTION_SIGNAL":
+      return null; // internal — no visible row
+    default: {
+      // Exhaustiveness guard: surface unknown kinds rather than silently swallowing them.
+      const unknown = (ev as { kind: string }).kind;
+      return <span style={{ color: THEME.amber }}>(unknown event kind: {unknown})</span>;
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// EncounterTimeline — pure renderer (used by tests and by EncounterTab)
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+interface TimelineProps {
+  events: EncounterEvent[];
+}
+
+export function EncounterTimeline({ events }: TimelineProps) {
+  if (events.length === 0) {
+    return (
+      <div style={{ color: THEME.muted, textAlign: "center", padding: 32 }}>
+        No encounter events recorded for this session.
+      </div>
+    );
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <ol
+      className="encounter-timeline"
+      style={{
+        listStyle: "none",
+        padding: 0,
+        margin: 0,
+        fontFamily: "inherit",
+        fontSize: 12,
+      }}
+    >
+      {events.map((ev) => {
+        const rowContent = renderEventRow(ev);
+        if (rowContent === null) return null;
+        const isResolved = ev.kind === "ENCOUNTER_RESOLVED";
+        return (
+          <li
+            key={ev.seq}
+            style={{
+              display: "flex",
+              gap: 12,
+              padding: "4px 0",
+              borderBottom: `1px solid ${THEME.border}`,
+              color: isResolved ? THEME.accent : THEME.text,
+            }}
+          >
+            <span
+              style={{
+                color: THEME.muted,
+                minWidth: 32,
+                textAlign: "right",
+                flexShrink: 0,
+              }}
+            >
+              #{ev.seq}
+            </span>
+            <span
+              style={{
+                color: THEME.purple,
+                minWidth: 220,
+                flexShrink: 0,
+                fontSize: 11,
+              }}
+            >
+              {ev.kind}
+            </span>
+            <span style={{ flex: 1 }}>{rowContent}</span>
+          </li>
+        );
+      })}
+    </ol>
+  );
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// EncounterTab — live wrapper that fetches from REST + renders EncounterTimeline
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+interface TabProps {
+  slug: string | null;
+}
+
+export function EncounterTab({ slug }: TabProps) {
+  const [events, setEvents] = useState<EncounterEvent[]>([]);
+  const [error, setError] = useState<string | null>(null);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!slug) return;
+    let cancelled = false;
+
+    fetch(`/api/sessions/${slug}/encounter_events`)
+      .then((r) => {
+        if (!r.ok) throw new Error(`HTTP ${r.status}`);
+        return r.json();
+      })
+      .then((data: unknown) => {
+        if (!cancelled) {
+          if (!Array.isArray(data)) {
+            throw new Error(`Expected array, got ${typeof data}`);
+          }
+          setEvents(data as EncounterEvent[]);
+        }
+      })
+      .catch((e: unknown) => {
+        if (!cancelled) setError(String(e));
+      });
+
+    return () => {
+      cancelled = true;
+    };
+  }, [slug]);
+
+  if (!slug) {
+    return (
+      <div style={{ color: THEME.muted, textAlign: "center", padding: 32 }}>
+        No active session.
+      </div>
+    );
+  }
+
+  if (error) {
+    return (
+      <div style={{ color: THEME.red, padding: 16 }}>
+        Error loading encounter events: {error}
+      </div>
+    );
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <div style={{ padding: 16 }}>
+      <div
+        style={{
+          color: THEME.accent,
+          fontSize: 12,
+          fontWeight: "bold",
+          marginBottom: 8,
+          textTransform: "uppercase",
+          letterSpacing: 1,
+        }}
+      >
+        Encounter Timeline — {events.length} event{events.length !== 1 ? "s" : ""}
+      </div>
+      <EncounterTimeline events={events} />
+    </div>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/src/types/payloads.ts b/src/types/payloads.ts
index 36c8081..66e9209 100644
--- a/src/types/payloads.ts
+++ b/src/types/payloads.ts
@@ -582,6 +582,29 @@ export function isScrapbookEntry(msg: TypedGameMessage): msg is ScrapbookEntryMe
   return msg.type === MessageType.SCRAPBOOK_ENTRY;
 }
 
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Encounter event types (GM panel — Task 22)
+// REST source: GET /api/sessions/{slug}/encounter_events
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+export type EncounterEventKind =
+  | "ENCOUNTER_STARTED"
+  | "ENCOUNTER_BEAT_APPLIED"
+  | "ENCOUNTER_METRIC_ADVANCE"
+  | "ENCOUNTER_BEAT_SKIPPED"
+  | "ENCOUNTER_TAG_CREATED"
+  | "ENCOUNTER_STATUS_ADDED"
+  | "ENCOUNTER_YIELD"
+  | "ENCOUNTER_RESOLVED"
+  | "ENCOUNTER_RESOLUTION_SIGNAL";
+
+export interface EncounterEvent {
+  seq: number;
+  kind: EncounterEventKind;
+  payload: Record<string, unknown>;
+  created_at: string;
+}
+
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Validation helpers (moved from useStateMirror)
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------