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  1. DBWI: Reverse the reputations of Saint Rick and Tricky Ron

    Former president Richard ‘Saint Rick’ Nixon has a sterling reputation within the Republican Party and even outside of it with his character and ideals frequently cited as an inspiration for modern politicians while Ronald ‘Tricky Ron’ Reagan’s presidency is overshadowed by the scandal that...

  2. What Would Aztec Horror Media Look Like?

    This is inspired by the conversations about Norse and Egyptian Horror Media. My first instinct was that Aztec culture and mythology would be particularly well suited to the horror genre, with all the human sacrifices. However, thinking about it more I'm not so sure. Human sacrifices served a...

  3. DBAHC: Hiram Fong considered one of America’s great presidents

    Been seeing a lot of these recently and it got me thinking about Fong’s presidency. Now a days he’s mostly known for being America’s first nonwhite president and serving as a care taker president for Nixon. (OOC: ITL Nixon decided that someone with no hope of winning the presidency on his own...

  4. AHC: Kitakyo (北京) and Dongjing (东京)

    The literal translations for Beijing and Tokyo are Northern Capital and Eastern Capital respectively. Your challenge is to move China’s center of power farther east and Japan’s to the north.

  5. WI: The Mayflower makes it to Virginia

    When the Mayflower first set off from England their goal was to sail down to the already established colony in Virginia but inclement weather and dwindling supplies forced them to land in modern day Massachusetts. Part of the reason for this was that the Mayflower was supposed to sail with...

  6. AHC: Over By Christmas

    Chances are you've probably heard the infamous phrase, 'It will be over by Christmas,' when discussing WWI. Your challenge is to make the First World War as short as possible (bonus points if it ends on or before Christmas 1914). Double bonus points if you don't use a POD from before the war...

  7. Plausibility Check/AHC: Great Civil War of the 1860s

    I have an idea for a World War timeline where the conflict would begin in late 1850s with Russians giving assistance to Gwalior and Oudh during the Indian Rebellion which would lead to a tit-for-tat escalation between the two powers that would drag much of the rest of the world into the...

  8. Great Men and Women That Could've Been

    So, if you are not aware the Great Man theory is an idea that history should focus on a few individuals (such as Julius Caesar, Genghis Khan, and Napoleon) that managed to radically reshape the word in their lifetime. When I see the idea brought up here it always seems to be looking at what...

  9. DBWI: Mao Zedong survives

    If you don’t know, Mao Zedong was a Hunanese pesant that rose to become one of the founders of the Chinese Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army as well and served as a leader in the Jiangxi Soviet. It was during that time that he was in his own words, “brought low,” by being pushed into a less...

  10. DBWI: Video games were more heavily marketed for boys.

    So if you don't know in the early history of video games, games were sold as electronic entertainment meant for an entire family but when the video game market crashed in the early 1980s game manufacturers chose to market games as toys in hopes of winning over a new audience. However, with toy...

  11. AHC: Make an Iatracratic State

    I recently saw this word in a dictionary once 'iatracracy,' it means rule by physicians but to the best of my understanding there is no example of and actual iatracracy anywhere in history. Your challenge is to explain how medical doctors could establish themselves as a ruling class and manage...

  12. Healthier Food Culture in America

    Inspired by this video, the sort of cheap, fried food that is readily available in the United States is one of the major reasons why the country has such a big problem with obesity. With a POD on April 15, 1955 (the day that the McDonald's Corporation was founded) what could be done to make...

  13. AHC: Democratic Personal Union

    With a PoD of 1900, get one person elected to government positions in two different countries at the same time. Points if both elections are fair, they are one of the most powerful people in at least one of the countries and it sets a precedent.

  14. Alternate Capital of Nerd Culture

    Recently I have been thinking about Japan's role as a cultural exporter and how anime, manga, video games, otakus and weeaboos have made Japanese culture (or at least a version of it) well known and popular worldwide. With a POD in the 1950s there any other nation that had a chance to make that...

  15. AHC: Earlier Women's Rights in the United States

    First of all Happy Women's History Month! In honor of this I wanted to share a historical footnote that I have always found intriguing. From the year 1776 to 1807, women were allowed to vote in New Jersey if they passed the other qualifications for voting. Very few did and none seem to have...

  16. AHC: Black Nova Scotia

    Something that I have always found kind of interesting about the history of Canada is that Nova Scotia briefly acted as a hub of African Canadian life before these people were shipped over to Sierra Leone. I was thinking how significant could Nova Scotia's black population become and how would...

  17. Help with an ARW TL

    So I've had an idea for a while now of a TL where American Revolution ends up increasing women's power in society by a significant margin but I'm having some trouble figuring out how to realistically start it off. Do any of these ideas sound reasonable? Deborah Sampson avoids getting injured...

  18. DBWI: Independent Russia?

    In case you don't know the Northeastern portion of the Polish Commonwealth used to be an independent nation called Russia. However, this nation was absorbed into Poland in 1585. What if they had managed to remain an independent nation? What sort of influence might they have had on Eastern Europe?

  19. WI: Aboriginal New Zealand

    So I've seen the concept of a Polynesian settled Australia talked about on the site but what about the other way around, an Aboriginal settled New Zealand. The biggest problem I see if how you would get a society without a strong maritime tradition to get across the Tasmanian Sea but once they...

  20. AHC: Earliest United States

    Basically the challenge is what it says on the tin, how early can we get the United States to form. For our purposes we will describe the United States as: a nation formed from an alliance of provinces spanning most of North America's east coast, this nation has to successfully win its...
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