Christmas Gift Ideas For The Discerning The Crystal Maze/Puzzle Fan

'Tis the season where for one day a year, it's socially acceptable to drink with breakfast. And, unless your name rhymes with Jebeneezer, it's quite common to buy your loved ones/not as loved ones/the couple next door/your sister's partner's niece's goldfish a present. So should they have even a passing interest in our favourite challenge based game show, then perhaps these ideas will stuff a stocking or two:



The Crystal Maze Board Game

Ideal for the family to play together on Chrismas Day, there's so much packed into the box to make up the game, you get an extra challenge at the end getting it all back in the box.

Available from Amazon for £25.99

The Crystal Maze Eastern Zone Mini Game

An ideal extra present to accompany the board game or simply playable on its own, the Eastern Zone Mini Game comes with all you need to add some games themed around this year's new Eastern Zone to the existing base game

Available from Amazon for £13.99

The Crystal Maze Challenge: Let The Games Begin!

Written by series executive producer Neale Simpson, this book is ideal for younger fans as its packed full of ideas for games to play at home. It also has facts on the revived series and a chat with original series producer David G Croft.

Available from Amazon for £6.00

The Paper Labyrinth

A book-wide adventure puzzle written by the mind behind some of the games at the live experience venues, Charlie Wheeler. We cannot confirm rumours of similar books called "The MDF Entanglement" or "The Terracotta Route to the Toilets in Weatherspoons".

Available from Amazon for £6.99

Ultimate Quest 25 Day Christmas Puzzle Advent Calendar

If you feel like something a bit different to a bit of chocolate so small you barely taste it, how about a puzzle to get your brain going on the cold mornings. For around the price of a meal deal, you can have an anagram or visual puzzle to start your December day.

Available from eBay for £3.50

Kidult Addict-A-Ball

A toy that could easily be made large scale for a game on TCM, the Addict-A-Ball is a 19cm 3D maze encouraging precision, patience and a sense of direction as you move the ball around its three-dimensional route.

Available from Amazon for £14.65.

Tobar Wooden Labyrinth

Something of a traditional tabletop toy, this wooden labyrinth is a test of precision that invites practice to perfect your skill.

Available from Amazon for £11.35

Thinkmax Money Maze

A great little stocking stuffer that can also be used to make the recipient do a little task for their gift. instead of popping a tenner in a card, pop a fiver in one of these.

Available from Amazon for £6.99

Crystal Maze Challenge

If you've got younger people who've discovered the original series after watching the revival, how about a book to go with it. In the style of the recent Crystal Maze Challenge release, this one has plenty of photos and stats on the original set, puzzles and also a slightly out of date competition to be a contestant.

Available from Amazon and eBay for £Not Much