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Designed By	Greg Costikyan
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Published By	SPI (Simulations Publications Inc.)
Year Published	1981
# of Players:	1 − 2
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 1 players Recommended with 1 players (2 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	60 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	10 and up
User Suggested Ages	(no votes yet) [poll]
Language Dependence	Extensive use of text - massive conversion needed to be playable (2 voters) [poll]
Category	Novel-based Science Fiction
Mechanic	Area Movement
Primary Name	The Return of the Stainless Steel Rat
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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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Return Of The Stainless Steel Rat full parts list

Corrected parts list, the list in the instructions is incorrect.

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2007-12-11

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