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Nov 6, 2025·Playthrough·02:19:28·98·Watch on YouTube

Return of the Stainless Steel Rat

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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
2.5/5 weight

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

Categories

Murder / MysteryBooks & Novels

Mechanics

Area MovementStorytelling & Narrative
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The Return of the Stainless Steel Rat

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