In Terror in Meeple City you arrive in Meeple City as a gigantic famished scaly-skinned monster! Your goal Dig your claws & dirty paws into the asphalt destroy buildings & devour innocent meeples – in short sow terror while having fun The monster who has caused the most damage after the carnage finally ends wins the game The buildings in Meeple City are comprised of floor tiles & meeples with the meeples serving as pillars that support the floors Four wooden vehicles are on the ground in the eight neighborhoods in the city Each monster which consists of a wooden paws disc & a wooden body starts in one corner of the game board On a turn you take two actions from four possibilities repeating an action if desired Move Pick up your monster body flick the paws disc then place the body back on the disc Demolish If your paws are on the sidewalk surrounding a building you can pick up your monster body drop it onto a building then collect any floors that have no meeples on them Toss a vehicle If you&re in a neighborhood with a vehicle you can pick up the vehicle place it on your body then flick the vehicle at a building or another monster Breathe Even while away from sidewalks with no vehicles you can cause destruction by placing your chin on your monster&s body & blowing across the board Monsters tend to be messy when obtaining meals but if you knock meeples off the city board you might be punished for letting food go to waste costing you a tooth or letting other players take an additional action After your two actions you can eat unprotected meeples on the ground in your neighborhood but you can eat only as many as the number of teeth you have If you knock another monster to the ground you break off one of its teeth thereby keeping it from stealing your food! Meeples come in six colors with the colors representing different types of inhabitants blue (journalists) green (military) yellow (blondes) grey (old people) red (heroes) & black (businessmen) For each set of six you collect in your stomach you score 10 points at game&s end You score points for collecting floors & teeth too & you can also score for achieving the goal on your character card In addition to the character card each player has a power card & a superpower card unique to his monster with the former lasting the entire game & the latter being a one-shot effect that&s revealed only upon use Terror in Meeple City

Includes:: rules for monsters that evolve over the course of the game that lose points for meeples not in sets & that want to combine two game boards to allow for play with up to eight players

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Why would anybody believe that God could sanction terrorism? Why has the rediscovery of religion's power in recent years manifested in such a bloody way? What if anything can be done about it? Terror in the Mind of God now in its fourth edition answers these questions & more Thoroughly revised & expanded the book analyzes in detail terrorism related to almost all the world's major religious traditions European Christians who oppose Muslim immigrants; American Christians who support abortion clinic bombings & militia actions; Muslims in the Middle East associated with the rise of ISIS al Qaeda & Hamas; Israeli Jews who support the persecution of Palestinians; India's Hindus linked to assaults on Muslims in the state of Gujarat & Sikhs identified with the assassination of Indira Gandhi; & Buddhist militants in Myanmar affiliated with anti-Muslim violence & in Japan with the nerve gas attack in Tokyo's subway Drawing from extensive personal interviews Mark Juergensmeyer takes readers into the mindset of those who perpetrate & support violence in the name of religion Identifying patterns within these cultures of violence he explains why & how religion & violence are linked & how acts of religious terrorism are undertaken not only for strategic reasons but to accomplish a symbolic purpose Terror in the Mind of God continues to be an indispensible resource for students of religion & modern society ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play A candid look at pilot errors technical failures near misses & emergency landings across the world&s crowded airways Everyone knows that air travel is statistically the safest form of transport but when things go wrong disaster looms Aeronautical engineer Professor Brendan Walker celebrates the unsung heroes who keep us airborne but warns that modern aviation is too technologically complex to be entirely safe Plane crashes are mercifully rare but in today&s congested skies near misses & narrow escapes are anything but Every day around the world over 100000 passenger planes take to the air each flight depending on the careful actions of thousands from assembly line workers to maintenance staff pilots cabin crew & air traffic controllers Tiny cracks circuit breaks & any number of computer errors can lead to catastrophe while flight & land crew must be alert to external forces from lightning & bird strikes to unexpected turbulence or volcanic eruptions Combining user-generated content cabin & control tower audio recordings & archive news footage including Captain Chesley Sullenberger&s heroic 2009 emergency landing of a passenger jet on the Hudson in central Manhattan this four-part series investigates all the perils & precautions from take-off to landing ...

What is a terrorist? A shocking moving & timely novel about the choices that shape us Rico knows trouble He knows the look of it & the sound of it He also knows to stay away from it as best he can Because if there's one thing his Romany background has taught him it's that he will always be a suspect Despite his efforts to stay on the right side of the law Rico is angry & frustrated at the injustices he sees happening at home & around the world He wants to do something
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play A terrorist threat A captain in panic & only one man who can end the danger Some unknown maniac is threatening a navigation company to blow up one of its luxury transatlantics the & Britannic& now in high sea with 1200 passengers He is asking for a £500000 ransom otherwise 7 bombs aboard will explode An experienced anti-bomb squad is sent to the & Britannic& but although all the bombs are located a very high skill level will be necessary to dismantle them perhaps a that task is impossible ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Terror Trap is everyone&s worst nightmare about what can happen in a rural Southern town Corrupt law enforcement isolation sick & violent rednecks & no way to leave Driving to a weekend getaway a car breakdown strands young couple Don & Nancy (David James Elliot & Heather Marsden) while passing through a small rural Louisiana town Finding the couple on the roadside the town&s inhospitable Sheriff Taylor (Jeff Fahey) tells them there&ll be no one to repair their car before morning He directs them to a nearby motel for the night run by Carter (Michael Madsen) Checking into the seedy rundown establishment Don & Nancy have no way of knowing how this place deals with outsiders Badge aside the Sheriff answers to Carter as do a gang of twisted masked kidnappers torturers & killers By the time Don & Nancy realize what&s happening it&s too late to flee They must fight to survive the night or be the next victims of the Terror Trap ...

Written by a cult survivor & renowned expert on cults & totalitarianism Terror Love & Brainwashing draws on the author's 25 years of study & research to explain how almost anyone given the right set of circumstances can be radically manipulated to engage in otherwise incomprehensible & often dangerous acts Illustrated with compelling stories from a range of cults & totalitarian systems from religious to political to commercial the book defines & analyses the common & identifiable traits that underlie almost all these groups It focuses on how charismatic authoritarian leaders control their followers' attachment relationships via manipulative social structures & ideologies so that emotionally & cognitively isolated they become unable to act in their own survival interests Using the evolutionary theory of attachment to demonstrate the psychological impact of these environments & incorporating the latest neuroscientific findings Stein illustrates how the combined dynamic of terror & love' works to break down people's ability to think & behave rationally From small local cults to global players like ISIS & North Korea the impact of these movements is widespread & growing This important book offers clarity & a unique perspective on the dynamics of these systems of control & concludes with guidance to foster greater awareness & prevention It will be essential reading for mental health professionals in the field as well as policy makers legal professionals cult survivors & their families as well as anyone with an interest in these disturbing groups Students of social & developmental psychology will also find it fascinating ...

Written in the white heat of revolutionary Russia's Civil War Trotsky's Terrorism & Communism is one of the most potent defenses of revolutionary dictatorship In his provocative commentary to this new edition the philosopher Slavoj Zizek argues that Trotsky's attack on the illusions of liberal democracy has a vital relevance today ...

Packed with engrossing examples & the most cutting-edge coverage available best-selling TERRORISM & HOMELAND SECURITY provides a theoretical & conceptual framework that enables you to understand how terrorism arises & how it functions Acclaimed national terrorism expert Jonathan R White discusses the theories of the world's best terrorist analysts while focusing on the domestic & international threat of terrorism & basic security issues You'll learn about the essential historical background on the phenomenon of terrorism & the roots of contemporary conflicts current conflicts shaping the world stage emerging groups (ie Boko Haram Ansaru & ISIS) & theoretical & concrete information about Homeland Security organizations Each chapter also contains a new analysis of probable future trends in terrorism & security The analysis of homeland security also discusses controversies surrounding human rights & protecting civil liberties What's more the Mind Tap (R) that accompanies this text helps students practice & master techniques & key concepts while engaging them with video cases career scenarios visual summaries & more ...

A Delta Force team is sent to Mexico to stop a terrorist organization Members of the organization are working on a new chemical weapon & they want a ransom from the local government ...