Not Lag: The Impossible Games – WALK into MORDOR

(It's the off-season, so it's time to play with ideas for Jet Lag games that for one reason or another would never work. Probably.)

4 players, 2 teams (Adam and Ben, Frodo and Sam). Setting out from Rivendell, each team must make their way to the dark lands of Mordor, using whatever public transit is available... because one does not simply walk there. En route they must perform challenges, either based on location ("Enter the Mines of Moria") or cast by Sauron, the Dark Lord ("Fight Off Several Ring Wraiths"). The teams will have limited contact with the wizard Gandalf, who can provide them with clues to solve puzzles and travel advice. Each team carries power-up cards which can be played in moments of need, including the One Ring, Palantirs to see each other's location, the Phial of Galadriel, and a small supply of pipe weed. The SnackZone will feature lembas bread, po-tay-toes, and... lembas bread.

*This game is obviously impossible, because – unlike Oz, Neverland, or Narnia – there is no way to get to Middle Earth from here.*