1981 BGG rank #11891

The Return of the Stainless Steel Rat

1–2 players 60 min Ages 10+ 2.6/5 complexity 5.6/10 rating

About this 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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Simulation Area Movement Square Grid Narrative Choice / Paragraph Storytelling Science Fiction Novel-based Wargame Murder / Mystery

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