diff --git a/class_info.go b/class_info.go
index 92c06b7..21fd0ec 100644
--- a/class_info.go
+++ b/class_info.go
@@ -6,7 +6,10 @@ import (
 	"github.com/jordanorelli/hyperstone/dota"
 )
 
+// classInfo container contains info about entity classes found in a given
+// replay
 type classInfo struct {
+	names map[int]string
 }
 
 func (c *classInfo) handle(m proto.Message) {
@@ -17,5 +20,6 @@ func (c *classInfo) handle(m proto.Message) {
 
 	for _, class := range v.GetClasses() {
 		fmt.Printf("class-id: %d network-name: %s table-name: %s\n", class.GetClassId(), class.GetNetworkName(), class.GetTableName())
+		c.names[int(class.GetClassId())] = class.GetNetworkName()
 	}
 }
diff --git a/dt/field.go b/dt/field.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d560760
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dt/field.go
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+package dt
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/jordanorelli/hyperstone/dota"
+)
+
+type Field struct {
+	_type             Symbol
+	name              Symbol
+	sendNode          Symbol
+	bits              *int
+	low               *float32
+	high              *float32
+	flags             *int32
+	serializer        *Symbol
+	serializerVersion *int32
+	encoder           *Symbol
+}
+
+func (f Field) String() string {
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	fmt.Fprintf(&buf, "{type: %s name: %s send: %s", f._type, f.name, f.sendNode)
+	if f.bits != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintf(&buf, " bits: %d", *f.bits)
+	}
+	if f.low != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintf(&buf, " low: %f", *f.low)
+	}
+	if f.high != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintf(&buf, " high: %f", *f.high)
+	}
+	if f.flags != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintf(&buf, " flags: %d", *f.flags)
+	}
+	if f.serializer != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintf(&buf, " serializer: %s", *f.serializer)
+	}
+	if f.serializerVersion != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintf(&buf, " serializer_v: %d", *f.serializerVersion)
+	}
+	if f.encoder != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintf(&buf, " encoder: %s", *f.encoder)
+	}
+	fmt.Fprint(&buf, "}")
+	return buf.String()
+}
+
+func (f *Field) fromProto(flat *dota.ProtoFlattenedSerializerFieldT, t *SymbolTable) {
+	f._type = t.Symbol(int(flat.GetVarTypeSym()))
+	f.name = t.Symbol(int(flat.GetVarNameSym()))
+	if flat.BitCount == nil {
+		f.bits = nil
+	} else {
+		f.bits = new(int)
+		*f.bits = int(flat.GetBitCount())
+	}
+	f.low = flat.LowValue
+	f.high = flat.HighValue
+	f.flags = flat.EncodeFlags
+
+	if flat.FieldSerializerNameSym == nil {
+		f.serializer = nil
+	} else {
+		f.serializer = new(Symbol)
+		*f.serializer = t.Symbol(int(flat.GetFieldSerializerNameSym()))
+	}
+
+	f.serializerVersion = flat.FieldSerializerVersion
+	// panic if we don't have a send node cause that shit is corrupt yo
+	f.sendNode = t.Symbol(int(*flat.SendNodeSym))
+}
diff --git a/dt/serializer.go b/dt/serializer.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eecb042
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dt/serializer.go
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package dt
+
+import (
+	"github.com/jordanorelli/hyperstone/dota"
+)
+
+type Serializer struct {
+	Name    Symbol
+	Version int
+	Fields  []*Field
+}
+
+func (s *Serializer) fromProto(v *dota.ProtoFlattenedSerializerT, st *SymbolTable, fields []Field) {
+	s.Name = st.Symbol(int(v.GetSerializerNameSym()))
+	s.Version = int(v.GetSerializerVersion())
+	s.Fields = make([]*Field, len(v.GetFieldsIndex()))
+	for i, fi := range v.GetFieldsIndex() {
+		s.Fields[i] = &fields[fi]
+	}
+}
diff --git a/dt/symbol.go b/dt/symbol.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..67e1731
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dt/symbol.go
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package dt
+
+// the internal representation of table data refers to all labels as
+// interned strings (symbols). This array of string contains the mapping of
+// symbol ids to symbol display representations. The sample replay I have
+// at the time of writing this contains 2215 symbols in its symbol table.
+// The dota replay format uses an ordered list of symbols.
+type SymbolTable []string
+
+func (t *SymbolTable) Symbol(id int) Symbol { return Symbol{id: id, table: t} }
+
+type Symbol struct {
+	id    int
+	table *SymbolTable
+}
+
+func (s Symbol) String() string { return (*s.table)[s.id] }
diff --git a/dt/tables.go b/dt/tables.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b436b93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dt/tables.go
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+package dt
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+
+	"github.com/jordanorelli/hyperstone/dota"
+)
+
+// TableSet represents a collection of tables.
+type TableSet struct {
+	SymbolTable
+	Fields      []Field
+	Serializers []Serializer
+}
+
+func (t *TableSet) DebugPrint(w io.Writer) {
+	fmt.Fprintln(w, "Symbols:")
+	for _, sym := range t.SymbolTable {
+		fmt.Fprintf(w, "\t%s\n", sym)
+	}
+	fmt.Fprintln(w, "Fields:")
+	for _, f := range t.Fields {
+		fmt.Fprintf(w, "\t%s\n", f)
+	}
+	fmt.Fprintln(w, "Serializers:")
+	for _, s := range t.Serializers {
+		fmt.Fprintf(w, "\t%s (%d):\n", s.Name, s.Version)
+		for _, f := range s.Fields {
+			fmt.Fprintf(w, "\t\t%s\n", f)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// ParseFlattened parses a flattened TableSet definition, as defined by the
+// Dota replay protobufs.
+func ParseFlattened(m *dota.CSVCMsg_FlattenedSerializer) *TableSet {
+	ts := &TableSet{SymbolTable: SymbolTable(m.GetSymbols())}
+	ts.parseFields(m.GetFields())
+	ts.parseSerializers(m.GetSerializers())
+	return ts
+}
+
+func (ts *TableSet) parseFields(flat []*dota.ProtoFlattenedSerializerFieldT) {
+	ts.Fields = make([]Field, len(flat))
+	for i, f := range flat {
+		ts.Fields[i].fromProto(f, &ts.SymbolTable)
+	}
+}
+
+func (ts *TableSet) parseSerializers(flat []*dota.ProtoFlattenedSerializerT) {
+	ts.Serializers = make([]Serializer, len(flat))
+	for i, s := range flat {
+		ts.Serializers[i].fromProto(s, &ts.SymbolTable, ts.Fields)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/entities.go b/entities.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5d35f65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/entities.go
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/golang/protobuf/proto"
+	"github.com/jordanorelli/hyperstone/dota"
+)
+
+// type CSVCMsg_PacketEntities struct {
+// 	MaxEntries                    *int32
+// 	UpdatedEntries                *int32
+// 	IsDelta                       *bool
+// 	UpdateBaseline                *bool
+// 	Baseline                      *int32
+// 	DeltaFrom                     *int32
+// 	EntityData                    []byte
+// 	PendingFullFrame              *bool
+// 	ActiveSpawngroupHandle        *uint32
+// 	MaxSpawngroupCreationsequence *uint32
+// }
+
+func dumpEntities(m proto.Message) {
+	switch v := m.(type) {
+	case *dota.CSVCMsg_PacketEntities:
+		data := v.GetEntityData()
+		if len(data) > 32 {
+			data = data[:32]
+		}
+		fmt.Printf("{MaxEntries: %d UpdatedEntries: %v IsDelta: %t UpdateBaseline: %t Baseline: %d DeltaFrom: %d EntityData: %x PendingFullFrame: %t ActiveSpawngroupHandle: %d}\n", v.GetMaxEntries(), v.GetUpdatedEntries(), v.GetIsDelta(), v.GetUpdateBaseline(), v.GetBaseline(), v.GetDeltaFrom(), data, v.GetPendingFullFrame(), v.GetActiveSpawngroupHandle())
+	}
+}
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 6fbbad0..20c394a 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -124,12 +124,16 @@ func main() {
 		handle = printTypes
 	case "pretty":
 		handle = prettyPrint
+	case "send-tables":
+		handle = sendTables
 	case "string-tables":
 		st := newStringTables()
 		handle = st.handle
 	case "class-info":
 		ci := new(classInfo)
 		handle = ci.handle
+	case "entities":
+		handle = dumpEntities
 	default:
 		bail(1, "no such action: %s", flag.Arg(0))
 	}
diff --git a/send_tables.go b/send_tables.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c7013ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/send_tables.go
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+
+	"github.com/golang/protobuf/proto"
+
+	"github.com/jordanorelli/hyperstone/bit"
+	"github.com/jordanorelli/hyperstone/dota"
+	"github.com/jordanorelli/hyperstone/dt"
+)
+
+func sendTables(m proto.Message) {
+	v, ok := m.(*dota.CDemoSendTables)
+	if !ok {
+		return
+	}
+
+	// sendtables only has one field, a binary data field.
+	data := v.GetData()
+	br := bit.NewBytesReader(data)
+
+	// body is length-prefixed
+	size := int(bit.ReadVarInt(br))
+
+	buf := make([]byte, size)
+	br.Read(buf)
+
+	serializer := dota.CSVCMsg_FlattenedSerializer{}
+	if err := proto.Unmarshal(buf, &serializer); err != nil {
+		fmt.Printf("error: %v\n", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	ts := dt.ParseFlattened(&serializer)
+	ts.DebugPrint(os.Stdout)
+}
diff --git a/string_tables.go b/string_tables.go
index 13d78bd..6e121a3 100644
--- a/string_tables.go
+++ b/string_tables.go
@@ -2,11 +2,13 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"unicode/utf8"
+
 	"github.com/golang/protobuf/proto"
 	"github.com/golang/snappy"
 	"github.com/jordanorelli/hyperstone/bit"
 	"github.com/jordanorelli/hyperstone/dota"
-	"os"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -101,10 +103,15 @@ func (s stringTableEntry) String() string {
 	if s.value == nil {
 		return fmt.Sprintf("{%s nil}", s.key)
 	}
+
+	if utf8.Valid(s.value) {
+		return fmt.Sprintf("{%s %s}", s.key, s.value)
+	}
+
 	if len(s.value) > 32 {
-		return fmt.Sprintf("{%s %x}", s.key, s.value[:32])
+		return fmt.Sprintf("{%s 0x%x}", s.key, s.value[:32])
 	}
-	return fmt.Sprintf("{%s %x}", s.key, s.value)
+	return fmt.Sprintf("{%s 0x%x}", s.key, s.value)
 }
 
 func (s *stringTables) handle(m proto.Message) {