In the worker placement game Fields of Arle set in the German region of East Frisia players develop an estate & expand their territory by cutting peat & building dikes The game lasts nine half-years with alternating summer & winter seasons & each season allows or denies specific player actions Different & detailed manufacturing processes allow a player to create goods needed to expand her estate In addition trades with adjoining municipalities can help a player gain the needed resources or goods for building & expanding Fields of Arle is the most autobiographical game designed by Uwe Rosenberg Its story is set in the village where his father was born & his parents married One of the scattered settlements around Arle Beemoor is a travel destination in this game This is where Rosenberg’s father grew up on a secluded farm The Textile House building in this game is based on the textile house Kanngießer in Aurich which has been managed by Rosenberg’s mother since 1989; before it was managed by his grandfather In the past centuries the area around Arle stood out due to its excellent farmland It was said that the best flax of all North Germany grew in Arle As the demand for this versatile resource was great the local farmers quickly became rich & the people of Arle had a considerably better life than the residents of any other place in East Frisia Today about 1100 people live in & around Arle Only the size of the church gives clues as to Arle&s former importance Components 1 large game board 1 supply board 2 home boards 2 storage boards 60 wooden animals 40 wooden peat tokens & 18 wooden playing pieces 31 buildings & over 150 other tiles 1 scoring pad 1 rule book 1 sticker sheet Players 1-2 Playing Time 120 minutes 2 overview sheets ...

It is the most persistent myth of our time religion is the cause of all violence But history suggests otherwise Karen Armstrong former Roman Catholic nun & one of our foremost scholars of religion speaks out to disprove the link between religion & bloodshed Religion is as old as humanity Fields of Blood goes back to the Stone Age hunter-gatherers & traces religion through the centuries from medieval crusaders to modern-day jihadists The West today has a warped concept of religion we regard faith as a personal & private matter but for most of history faith has informed people's entire outlook on life & often been inseparable from politics Humans undoubtedly have a natural propensity for aggression the founders of the largest religions
- Jesus Buddha the rabbis of early Judaism the prophet Muhammad
- aimed to curb violence & build a more peaceful & just society but with our growing greed for money & wealth came collective violence & warfare With the arrival of the modern all-powerful secular state humanity's destructive potential has begun to spiral out of control Is humanity on the brink of destroying itself? Fields of Blood is a celebration of the ancient religious ideas & movements that have promoted peace & reconciliation across millennia of civilization

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During the Second World War a secret department was formed at Britain's Air Ministry to co-ordinate a strategy to defeat German bombing by means of deception With the help of leading technicians from the film industry ingeniously designed decoy airfields towns & military bases were built throughout the island This campaign of illusion masterminded by the charismatic Colonel John Fisher Turner did more to protect Britain's forces & civilians from the Nazi threat than at the time they were allowed to know This is the only detailed study of Britain's bombing decoys both at war through their design locations & operations & at peace through their fragmentary survival as enigmatic features in today's landscape It draws upon a wealth of new research into wartime documents &

Includes:: detailed maps & data showing the patterns of decoy sites across the country Compiled in support of English Heritage's initiatives to study & preserve Britain's wartime remains Fields of Deception explores the history & the legacy of one of the least-known aspects of Britain at war

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In Fields of Fire Vol II With the Old Breed you pin on your captain's bars & take command of a rifle company in the 5th Marines the most decorated regiment in the US Marine Corps Test your mettle in three campaigns spanning World War II Korea & Vietnam Battle ashore in the blazing heat of Peleliu in September 1944 to discover the Japanese have changed their strategy & you are forced to dig them out of the coral ridges Flares reveal waves of Chinese pouring over the rugged mountains of the Chosin Reservoir Korea in sub zero weather in November 1950 Fight house to house in Hue City Vietnam in February 1968 These three campaigns live on in the legends & history of the United States Marine Corps Fields of Fire is a solitaire game system that gives players the challenge of commanding a rifle company between World War II & Present Day The game is different from many tactical games in that it is diceless & card based There are two decks used to play The Terrain Deck is based on a specific region & is used to build a map for the various missions your company must perform The Action deck serves many purposes in controlling combat command & control various activity attempts The units of the company are counters representing headquarters elements squads weapons teams forward observers individual vehicles or helicopters A single playing is a mission & several missions from an historical campaign are strung together for the player to manage experience & replacements A mission can be played in about 1 &8211; 2 hours This volume of Fields of Fire is based on three actual campaigns experienced by units of the 5th Marines of the 1st Marine Division Blue Diamond in World War II Korea & Vietnam & is the second volume of the Fields of Fire series ...

Fields of Green takes place in the second half of the 20th century Players take the role of farm owners trying to expand their property & business By adding fields livestock & facilities they build an economic engine that will bring them closer to victory Fields of Green inspired by Among the Stars is played over four rounds (years) during which players draft cards & add them to their ever-expanding farms At the end of each year comes the harvest season when they must water their fields feed their livestock & pay maintenance costs in order to receive valuable resources that will allow them to further expand in the next year Through various means player eventually convert their wealth to victory points & the player who gathers the most by the end of the fourth year wins 2–4 Players 45 Min Playing Time Age 12 ...

The final book in the famine trilogy For Eily Michael & Peggy the memory of the famine is still strong But Mary-Brigid Eily's first child has the future to look forward to What kind of future is it? ...

Tracklist Moonchild Chord Of Souls Last Exit For The Lost Preacher Man Love Under Will Power Psychonaut Lib 111 For Her The Light Blue Water Vet For The Insane Watchman Dawnrazor (Live) ...

The Super 7 x Misfits collaboration continues with 375 Re Action Figures inspired by the band's discography This one commemorating the 1986 compilation Collection I! ...

Description below is for brand new sealed products & may not represent the item fully Images are for illustration only Contents & item condition may vary All items are sold in working condition Instruction manuals guides downloadable or online accessible content listed on the product are not guaranteed to be included The Super 7 x Misfits collaboration continues with 375 Re Action Figures inspired by the band's discography This one commemorating the 1986 compilation Collection I! ...

The Super 7 x Misfits collaboration continues with 375 Re Action Figures inspired by the band's discography This one commemorating the 1995 compilation Collection II! ...