EXIT: The Game – The Lord of the Rings: Shadows over Middle-earth

This is an EXIT escape-room-in-a-box set in Tolkien's Middle-earth, rated 2 out of 5 for difficulty, so it sits at the gentler end of the series. Gandalf sends your fellowship on a mission, and you move through familiar places while Nazgul, orcs and other dark figures close in on the companions. You solve riddles, decode clues and work out what to do with the puzzle material, all together around one table. As in the rest of the EXIT line, you finish the box in one sitting and it is a one-time experience for most of its parts. It suits a group that knows the books or films and likes puzzling out loud. It also works solo or with up to four people, and about ninety minutes is a fair guess.