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Tag: BESM

Wyrms (box set)

August 9, 2024 theratholereviews

Let’s start with the most basic details. Wyrms is a small box set that uses a streamlined version of the…

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Posted in: Review by David Chapman, Roleplaying Games Filed under: Absolute Power, BESM, BESM 4, BESM4Life, Big Eyes Small Mouth, Dyskami Publishing Company, Tri-Stat, Wyrms

Absolute Power (Core Book 1: System)

October 21, 2022 theratholereviews

If you’re a regular reader here, you likely know that my reviewing history started with comic books. If we go…

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Posted in: Review by David Chapman, Roleplaying Games Filed under: Absolute Power, BESM, BESM 4, BESM4, BESM4Life, Dyskami Publishing Company, Japanime Games, Roleplaying Games, RPG, Silver Age Sentinels, Tri-Stat, TTRPG

BESM (Extras)

July 2, 2021 theratholereviews

[If this is your first exposure to BESM (previously known as Big Eyes, Small Mouth), you may wish to start…

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Posted in: Roleplaying Games Filed under: BESM, BESM4, Big Eyes Small Mouth, Dyskami Publishing Company, indie rpgs, Japanime Games, Roleplaying Games, RPG, TTRPG

BESM (Tokyo Sidekick)

June 4, 2021 theratholereviews

[If this is your first exposure to BESM (previously known as Big Eyes, Small Mouth), you may wish to start…

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Posted in: Review by David Chapman, Roleplaying Games Filed under: BESM, BESM 4, BESM4Liife, Dyskami Publishing Company, indie rpgs, Japanime Games, PlayRPGs, ReadRPGs, RPG, Tokyo Sidekick, TTRPG

BESM (Dramatis Personae)

March 26, 2021 theratholereviews

[If this is your first exposure to BESM (previously known as Big Eyes, Small Mouth), you may wish to start…

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Posted in: Review by David Chapman, Roleplaying Games Filed under: Anime, BESM, BESM 4, BESM Naked, Big Eyes Small Mouth, Dyskami Publishing Company, Japan, Japanime Games, Manga, Roleplaying Games

BESM Naked (Core Rulebook)

September 25, 2020 theratholereviews

If I wanted to be cheeky, I’d strip down my BESM 4th Edition review, taking out most of the fluff…

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Posted in: Review by David Chapman, Roleplaying Games Filed under: Anime, BESM, BESM 4, BESM Naked, Big Eyes Small Mouth, Dyskami Publishing Company, Japanime Games, Manga, PlayRPGs, ReadRPGs, RPG, TTRPG

BESM 4th Edition (Core Rulebook)

August 27, 2020 theratholereviews

BESM stands for Big Eyes, Small Mouth, named after the art style common in anime and manga. The first edition…

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Posted in: Review by David Chapman, Roleplaying Games Filed under: Anime, BESM, BESM 4, Big Eyes Small Mouth, Dyskami Publishing Company, Japanime Games, Manga, PlayRPGs, ReadRPGs, RPG, TTRPG

Tokyo Sidekick (Kickstarter)

August 19, 2020 theratholereviews 1 Comment

One of the most frustrating things for me, personally and professionally, coming out of this pandemic is extra excessive shipping…

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Posted in: Board Game, Cooperative Games, CrowdFUNding Spotlight, Deckbuilding Games, Review by David Chapman Filed under: BESM, Board Games, Deckbuilding Games, Japan, Japanime Games, Little Future, Tokyo, Tokyo Sidekicks

BESM Fourth Edition (Kickstarter)

July 10, 2019 theratholereviews

It may be surprising to many people, given how many Anime/Manga inspired games we review here in The Rat Hole,…

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Posted in: CrowdFUNding Spotlight, Review by David Chapman, Roleplaying Games Filed under: Anime, BESM, CrowdFUNding, Dyskami Publishing Company, Japanime Games, Kickstarter, Manga, RPG, Sailor Moon, Tri-Stat, TTRPG

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