timeline

Let's say you end up in creative control of a movie or series based on a timeline you like. How would you choose to handle it?

Part 0 – A day in August [1387] Scandia, a great island in the northernmost parts of the world, as Pliny the elder described it. The sun seemed to offer no warmth that day in early August, it’s rays seemingly being blown away by cold winds, unusual for the season. In the fields of southern...

On December 23, 1950, a tragedy occurred in a land that had suffered a tragic six months. Korea, once colonised, now divided, was again a battlefield as the great powers fought for control of East Asia. Having consumed the lives of thousands of soldiers, and untold numbers of local civilians...

I was writing lore for my Hearts of Iron 4 Mod (discord here) and I figured out that I could just write the United States timeline out here as I go along. Please keep in note that the actual POD for this timeline happens a very long time before these events, though the history of the United...

Hello all! I've made other threads about this world in the past, but, in all honestly, those versions were horrendous. I'm starting anew this time, and I am going to try and make this world believable.

Introduction “It made of them great nations,” Children of the Plains of Abraham A View of the Attack on Quebec[1] The 13th of September 1759, New France, the night before a British army crossed the Saint Lawrence River and landed at L’Anse-au-Foulon. Thrice the British landing party tempted...

In 1938 the world had two sources of tension. In Europe Spain was in the second year of its civil war and a embryonic Fascist block was coalescing around the Kingdom of Italy and the ever aggressive German Third Reich. A general European war was feared by all: As diplomats raced to defuse...

Welcome to the fifth edition of Alternatehistory.com’s Telephone Map Game! Links to the First Edition, the Second Edition, the Third Edition, and the Fourth Edition. What’s a Telephone Map Game? A Telephone Map Game is a turn-based Map Game, inspired by the children’s “Broken Telephone” games...

The Death of Ferdinand: What If The Catholic Monarchs Didn't Come To Power? Our story begins, like so many others, on the field of battle in the year of our Lord 1476. This is the battle of Toro, part of the War of The Castilian Succession. Two armies, both alike in dignity and prestige, fight...

Welcome to the fourth edition of Alternatehistory.com’s Telephone Map Game! Links to the First Edition, the Second Edition, and the Third Edition. What’s a Telephone Map Game? A Telephone Map Game is a turn-based Map Game, inspired by the children’s “Broken Telephone” games. The game starts...

"I have not become the King's First Minister in order to preside over the liquidation of the British Empire." – Winston Churchill, 1942. Hello all! This is my first TL and it will be on the world of "The Grasshopper Lies Heavy". First, a little background, the book has it's origins in the...

This will be a sounding board for ideas on an alternate history timeline that was started almost 4 years ago. I admit that there are several fantastical ideas here, but that’s why I’d like input and assistance in ironing out the details of this timeline. Thank you to all that will participate...

(Disclaimer: No, Imperial German Ulster does not feature in this timeline. At least, not yet.) The name of the Great European War, of 1914-1916, is in a sense as multi-faceted as the conflict itself. The name refers to the vast scale of the conflict, with armies larger than ever seen before...

Way back in 2010, I conceived of an original character for a roleplay thread on AH.com involving personified countries ala Axis Powers Hetalia: The Royal Dominion of New Austria (RDNA for short, or if you're inclined, Francesca), hailing from a timeline where New Spain was handed to the Austrian...

Welcome to the second edition of Alternatehistory.com’s Telephone Map Game! Links to the First Edition and the Second Edition. What’s a Telephone Map Game? A Telephone Map Game is a turn-based Map Game, inspired by the children’s “Broken Telephone” games. The game starts with Player Nº1 making...

So, sadly there are many timelines that have been abandoned or paused as the authors have gone fishing. Which abandoned TL's are your favourites so far?

Operation FS, the Japanese invasion of the South Pacific islands, will likely always be the most ambitious military campaign ever attempted. The plan demanded that thousands of Japanese soldiers be transported as far as 7500km away from their home bases, to capture several islands including one...

Good day. My name is Reinhard Heydrich and they call me the hangman of Prague or the devil. Maybe it's me or not. I Reinhard fight for my country and those who will not do it will regret it. * Cough * so let's start. I was born on March 7, 1904. My mother Elisabeth Krantz came from a wealthy...

Welcome to the second edition of Alternatehistory.com’s Telephone Map Game! (This time on the Maps and Graphics forums!) Link to the First Edition What’s a Telephone Map Game? A Telephone Map Game is a turn-based Map Game, inspired by the children’s “Broken Telephone” games. The game starts...

After lurking for so long in these forums, I've decided to make my own timeline. The style is obviously heavily inspired by Planet of Hats' amazing and awesome Al-Andalus timeline, and I thank him here for his contributions. ---------------- "Right action is better than knowledge; but in order...