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The Return of the Stainless Steel Rat

The Return of the Stainless Steel Rat

1981·Greg Costikyan

1 - 2 players
60 min
Medium weight: Teach it in one sitting

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Ares Magazine #10. Based on Harry Harrison's famous character, Slippery Jim diGriz, aka the Stainless Steel Rat, this solitaire paragraph game pits the SSR against a deadly maze controlled by a computer programmed to kill.

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About The Return of the Stainless Steel Rat

From BoardGameGeek:

Ares Magazine #10. Based on Harry Harrison's famous character, Slippery Jim diGriz, aka the Stainless Steel Rat, this solitaire paragraph game pits the SSR against a deadly maze controlled by a computer programmed to kill.

Designer

Greg Costikyan

Artists

Redmond A. Simonsen, Timothy Truman

Publisher

SPI (Simulations Publications, Inc.)

Categories

Murder / MysteryBooks & NovelsScience FictionWargame

Mechanics

Area MovementStorytelling & NarrativeSimulationGrid Movement
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