Pyramid Review: Big Eyes, Small Mouth GM's Screen (for BESM 2nd Ed.)

Pyramid Review

Big Eyes, Small Mouth GM's Screen (for BESM 2nd Ed.)

Published by Guardians of Order

Screen Cover Art by Julie Dillon and Screen Design by Jeff Mackintosh

Supplement Written by Jesse Scoble

48 pages (adventure book) & screen; $12.95

Since its release last year, Guardians of Order hasn't exactly been the quickest to provide us with new material for use with the second edition of their exciting anime genre game, Big Eyes, Small Mouth. However, they have finally made a little bit of leadway, and there are even a few books for it on the horizon. The GM's screen is one of the first of this forthcoming material to hit the shelves, and while GM screens are seldom items to jump up and down about, this one bears some flaws that make it less useful than usual.

The screen itself is a four-part fold out, with the same digest-sized dimensions as the other books in the line (when folded). It is adorned with yet another graceful cover by artist Julie Dillon, whose art for the BESM line captures that anime flair and appeal just right with each piece. The interior is done in a layout similar to that of the core book, but in black-and-white. The tables included on the chart include the action modifiers charts, the degrees of success chart, the weapons chart, and others.

Now, one thing you may be wondering here is, do we really need a GM screen for this game? I mean, this is the Tri-Stat system we're talking about here. And if you know anything about this system, then you know that . . .

This article originally appeared in the second volume of Pyramid. See the current Pyramid website for more information.



Article publication date: February 2, 2001

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