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  • Thirsty Meeples Oxford
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    96-97 Gloucester Green
    Oxford OX1 2ND
    United Kingdom

    +441865244247

Free shipping on all orders £65+
Collect your order in store from either our Bath or Oxford cafés.
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All online orders are processed from our dedicated warehouse. We take great care to ensure your ordered items are securely packed before shipment. Whenever possible, we reuse cardboard boxes from our suppliers, though we also utilise new boxes and wrapping materials when necessary.

For orders placed before 1:30 PM, Monday through Friday, we aim to dispatch them on the same day. If this isn’t feasible, they will be sent out on the next working day. Orders placed outside of our office hours (Monday to Friday) will be dispatched the following working day.

We offer free delivery on orders totaling £65 or more. For orders under £65, delivery charges are as follows:

• £4.50 for Royal Mail Tracked 48 (delivery within 2-3 business days)

• £6.00 for Royal Mail Tracked 24 (delivery within 1-2 business days)


Please note that shipping times are estimates and not guaranteed. Occasionally, unforeseen circumstances beyond our control may cause postal delays. In such cases, we cannot accept responsibility and will not issue refunds for shipping fees.

At this time, we do not offer shipping outside the UK.

At checkout, you will have the option to collect your order from our cafés in either Oxford or Bath, allowing you to avoid the shipping charge. We will notify you by email once your order is ready for collection. Please allow up to 3 days for orders to be available at the Oxford location and up to 7 days for the Bath location.

Orders will be held for a maximum of 21 days before being returned to our warehouse.

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  • +3 Meeple Stars: For every £1 spent (VAT excluded – see notes)

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  • 300 Meeple Stars: £5 Store Credit
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Important Notes: 

1.   Meeple Stars can be earned on retail merchandise purchased through both our webstore and café shop.

2.   Most of our prices include VAT at 20%. Meeple Stars are not earned on the VAT
portion of the price. For example, if you buy a game for £50, you’ll earn Meeple Stars on the net amount of £41.67 (the remaining £8.33 goes to HMRC), which would give you 125 Meeple Stars.

3.   Cover charge payments and food and drink purchases at the café do not qualify for
Meeple Stars.

4.   Meeple Stars can be redeemed either during webstore checkout or when purchasing games
at the café. Each discount can only be applied to a single purchase. If the value of the item is less than the discount amount, the remaining balance will be forfeited.

5.   Discounts cannot be used for shipping costs, only for merchandise.

 

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Customer Reviews

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A.H.
Best Gift for Boyfriend!

I bought this board game as a birthday present for my boyfriend after we saw it on social media as a good game for couples to play (…he’s also a fan of Tolkien’s series!).

I wanted to support an independent retailer, rather than The Other Option, and found Thirsty Meeples when searching for the board game itself.

The game was shipped quickly, it was packaged well and the delivery process was smooth. The game came in perfect condition, no pieces missing!

We played it the night before his birthday (he couldn’t wait, although he was able to guess it was a board game by shaking the package…) and it was loads of fun!

I was initially hesitant as my boyfriend is a lot ‘better’ at board games like this, and I was worried there’d be a steep learning curve for me, but I found the game easy to pick up once you got going.

All in all, great experience and a great game :)

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M.M.
Love this game

Love this version of this game.

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Cole Leadon
Amazing service

The game arrived very well packaged and very quickly after ordering well in time for Xmas.

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Roj Fawcett
What's not to like?

LOTR: Duel for Middle Earth brings together two of my favourite things - the 7 Wonders Duel gameplay with the Lord of the Rings universe. The gameplay has been adapted to accommodate the application of the theme, but it does not reduce the enjoyment. If anything it increases it. The best mechanic is the chase between the Nazgul and Frodo with the ring. It is cleverly done and often a close run thing.

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Adam Marsden
Amazing!

This is all my 9yr old son wants to play at the moment. There are only three basic options to do on your round and three ways to win the game. There is surprisingly a lot of depth to this game and I’m finding it hard to win against my 9yr old son. My son and I enjoy this game so much we are going to have to buy 7 wonders duel now when I actually wasn’t that interested before. I highly recommend this game.