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Tag: Japanime Games

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

Robotech The Roleplaying Game (Core Rulebook)

September 11, 2020 theratholereviews

Like many people my age, Robotech was one of my first exposures to anime. I have fond, yet vague, memories…

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Posted in: Review by David Chapman, Roleplaying Games Filed under: Anime, Giant Robots, Japanime Games, PlayRPGs, ReadRPGs, Robotech, RPG, Strange Machine Games, TTRPG

Tokyo Sidekick (Kickstarter PREVIEW)

August 28, 2020 theratholereviews 1 Comment

[Editor’s note: The following preview is based on a complete, but not finalized, product; in advance of a crowdfunding campaign.…

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Posted in: Board Game, Cooperative Games, CrowdFUNding Preview, CrowdFUNding Spotlight, Solo Games Filed under: Board Games, Cooperative Games, CrowdFUNding, Japanime Games, Kickstarter, Solo Games, Tokyo Sidekick

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

Dragon Pets

August 4, 2020 theratholereviews

My friend’s reaction, upon picking up Dragon Pets for the first time: “They’re so cute… and… ugly. They’re not really…

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Posted in: Board Game, Card Game, Family Games, Review by David Chapman Filed under: Board Games, Card Games, Dragon Pets, Family Games, Japanime Games, Pendragon Game Studio

Cowboy Bebop: Space Serenade

April 16, 2020 theratholereviews

My list of anime shows that I need to watch is significantly longer than the list of ones I’ve had…

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Posted in: Board Game, Card Game, Deckbuilding Games, Review by David Chapman Filed under: Anime, Board Games, Card Games, Cowboy Bebop, Deckbuilding Games, Dont Panic Games, Japanime Games

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

Alicematic Heroes

July 2, 2019 theratholereviews

Alice in Wonderland. For more than 150 years it has been one of the most loved children’s stories in the…

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Posted in: Board Game, Review by David Chapman Filed under: Alice, Alice in Wonderland, Alicematic Heroes, Anime, Board Games, Chibi, Japanime Games, Lewis Caroll, Manga, Manifest Destiny, Through the Looking Glass

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