Anyone like riddles? I heard this really good riddle recently

Well, I'm assuming the dungeon is an obvious metaphor for basement. And the maze represents the basement staircase. The minotaur = mom. The boxes represent various life choices and decisions made by the basement troll that contributed to his spiritual demise.

Irrespective of these details, certain death awaits everyone, troll or not.

I'm the man in the box

Buried in my shit

Won't you come and save me, save me

LDOPA wrote:

not a fan wrote:

The instruction sign doesn't mention that one box has nothing under it, so the person wouldn't know this. That means they must all have nothing under them, except of course the table, which is the tool for escape. The person either realizes the table is the way out and escapes, or doesn't and dies. So he lifts any box out of the way, climbs on the table and then over the wall to freedom.

This answer would be SO CLOSE if you weren't thinking so literally.

Seriously, you'll kick yourself when you hear the answer.

Fine, so the table is made of glass and the tool is a map - so he just crawls under the table, looks up, sees which boxes have a map under it, goes back up, lifts a box with a map and walks out.

not a fan wrote:

LDOPA wrote:

This answer would be SO CLOSE if you weren't thinking so literally.

Seriously, you'll kick yourself when you hear the answer.

Fine, so the table is made of glass and the tool is a map - so he just crawls under the table, looks up, sees which boxes have a map under it, goes back up, lifts a box with a map and walks out.

You're thinking laterally but also literally. You need to think laterally and NOT literally.

not a fan wrote:

The instruction sign doesn't mention that one box has nothing under it, so the person wouldn't know this. That means they must all have nothing under them, except of course the table, which is the tool for escape. The person either realizes the table is the way out and escapes, or doesn't and dies. So he lifts any box out of the way, climbs on the table and then over the wall to freedom.

Boxes can be on top of each other. Which means that the boxes themselves are the tools. The bottom box has nothing under it. Obviously you need to arrange the boxes like a stair to climb over the wall.

boxed in wrote:

not a fan wrote:

The instruction sign doesn't mention that one box has nothing under it, so the person wouldn't know this. That means they must all have nothing under them, except of course the table, which is the tool for escape. The person either realizes the table is the way out and escapes, or doesn't and dies. So he lifts any box out of the way, climbs on the table and then over the wall to freedom.

Boxes can be on top of each other. Which means that the boxes themselves are the tools. The bottom box has nothing under it. Obviously you need to arrange the boxes like a stair to climb over the wall.

This is a REALLY good, lateral answer, but still too literal.

HINT: What are the boxes really?

So, what is the riddle? As of the end of the setup, the guy has already lifted the correct box and escaped.

You have to figure out his process of escape.

boxed in wrote:

not a fan wrote:

The instruction sign doesn't mention that one box has nothing under it, so the person wouldn't know this. That means they must all have nothing under them, except of course the table, which is the tool for escape. The person either realizes the table is the way out and escapes, or doesn't and dies. So he lifts any box out of the way, climbs on the table and then over the wall to freedom.

Boxes can be on top of each other. Which means that the boxes themselves are the tools. The bottom box has nothing under it. Obviously you need to arrange the boxes like a stair to climb over the wall.

Ah, right, so initially the boxes are organized on the table with three boxes on top of another three boxes and four singles. In this way under three of the boxes are already tools for escape - the the box beneath it. He then simply lifts three of the four single boxes to complete the stairs to form stacks of 1, 2, 3, 4 - then up and over the wall.

step 2: put your junk in that box

"Lost in a dungeon maze, a man finds himself..."

So he's not lost anymore? Odd choice of words to start the riddle.

- Ok, here I go:

It's a metaphor for life. We all wander endlessly till death, like the man in the maze. Our/his way out: suicide (we take action), faith (we choose to believe in something bigger than us, a possible afterlife, etc.), legacy (through work of art, creation, children, etc.).

Is the light the tool?

LDOPA wrote:

boxed in wrote:

Boxes can be on top of each other. Which means that the boxes themselves are the tools. The bottom box has nothing under it. Obviously you need to arrange the boxes like a stair to climb over the wall.

This is a REALLY good, lateral answer, but still too literal.

HINT: What are the boxes really?

The boxes are ... TOMBS!

With zombies in six of them.

coffins...

Well the table is under all of the boxes. If there does exist a unique solution, then it can only be that the table is the tool used to escape. Otherwise randomly looking under a box could result in death.

not a fan wrote:

boxed in wrote:

Boxes can be on top of each other. Which means that the boxes themselves are the tools. The bottom box has nothing under it. Obviously you need to arrange the boxes like a stair to climb over the wall.

Ah, right, so initially the boxes are organized on the table with three boxes on top of another three boxes and four singles. In this way under three of the boxes are already tools for escape - the the box beneath it. He then simply lifts three of the four single boxes to complete the stairs to form stacks of 1, 2, 3, 4 - then up and over the wall.

Sorry - he can only lift one box - so they are staked in threes and then a single box beside the three stacks. 3-3-3-1. He lifts the box off the third stack and puts it on the 1st stack to make 4-3-2-1. And, out.

He just got lucky. He picked a box, in it was a lamp/key/map an he left.

LDOPA wrote:

"Under each of these boxes is either a tool for escaping the maze, or certain death.

--> The table is under each of the boxes. That's either a tool if used properly, or certain death if unused.

LDOPA wrote:

"He lifts a box, takes the tool, and then uses said tool to escape the maze."

--> He lifts a box to make room (or stack on top of another one), stands on the table (the tool), and uses said tool to climb over the wall.

No one has gotten it yet. After 100 posts I will post the answer if no one has gotten it by then.