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The Return of the Stainless Steel Rat

The Return of the Stainless Steel Rat 1981

Design Greg Costikyan Art Redmond Aksel Simonsen , Timothy Truman Publisher SPI (Simulations Publications , Inc.)
6.7 /10
BGG rating
#11937
BGG rank
2.6
Weight
1–2
Players
1
Best at
60
Minutes
10
Age
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About the Game

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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Categories
Murder / Mystery Novel-based Science Fiction Wargame
Mechanics
Area Movement Narrative Choice / Paragraph Simulation Square Grid Storytelling
BGG ratings
148 · geek rating 5.56
BGG data
refreshed Sep 7, 2026

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