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(originally in “pods:non-historical pods”, originally started by “jolo”)
Points of Divergence : Non-historical PODs
Description
Most PoDs focus on events as they happened (the more spectacular the event, the more people tend to think about alternative outcomes). But there are quite a few times where history could have taken completely different turns more or less “out of the blue”. Wars could have started much earlier or later, technologies could have developed completely differently, and so on. Most wars and other developments started from rather minor events. Such events could have happened at any time.
PoDs
- Earlier WWI due to Morocco crisis, against Russia in 1905, or at any other time.
- WWII started not by Germany (in Europe), but by another country - Germany trying to unite with Austria in 1934 and Italy intervening, Britain trying to stop communist Russia from liberating her colonies, and so on.
- A Later American Civil War, usualy by giving more concessions to the South.
- A Earlier American Civil War, some “sparking points” are often the South Carolina Nullification Crisis of 1832, or the Compromise of 1850 falling though.
(originally in “alternate history:alternate political leaders”, originally started by “Akiyama”)
Alternate Political Leaders
United States
Presidential elections are held every four years.
2004
OTL result
50.7% - George W. Bush and Dick Cheney (R)
48.3% - John Kerry and John Edwards (D)
1.0% - all others
Possible Democrat candidates
Most likely: John Kerry (OTL candidate), Howard Dean, John Edwards, Al Gore
Less likely: Joe Biden, Carol Braun, Wesley Clark, Dick Gephardt, Bob Graham, Gary Hart, Dennis Kucinich, Joe Lieberman, Al Sharpton
Japan
The Japanese political system is similar to that of the United Kingdom. The leader of the largest party in the House of Representatives serves as Prime Minister. The monarch, advised by the Prime Minister, decides when elections are held; generally every four years. The electoral system is a mixture in which single member constituencies are elected by a first-past-the-post system and multi-member constituencies by proportional representation.
Since 1955, when the American occupation ended, the centre-right Liberal Democrats have won almost every election. Check out their cool logo! *link
Statistics are from Psephos. *link
The percentages are averages, taken by multiplying the percentage vote for each type of seat by the number of that type of seat, and then dividing the total by the total number of seats.
2001 Liberal Democrat leadership election
Yoshiro Mori, the Prime Minister, was one of Japan's most unpopular and incompetent prime ministers. He resigned in 2001. The subsequent leadership contest was contested by the former PM Ryutaro Hashimoto and the charismatic maverick Junichiro Koizumi. Mr Koizumi won.
2003 general election
40.7% - Liberal Democrats - Junichiro Kiozumi (237 seats)
37.0% - Democrats - Naoto Kan (177 seats)
6.4% - Komeito (34 seats)
8.0% - Communists (9 seats)
7.9% - all others (23 seats)
2005 general election
44.3% - Liberal Democrats - Junichiro Koizumi (296 seats)
34.4% - Democrats - Katsuya Okada (113 seats)
5.9% - Komeito (31 seats)
7.2% - Communists (9 seats)
8.2% - all others (31 seats)
2006 Liberal Democrat leadership election
Junichiro Koizumi's five-year term as party leader ended in 2006 and he decided not to stand in the next leadership contest. The candidates were Shinzo Abe, Taro Aso and Sadakazu Tanigaki. Yasuo Fukuda, a possible contender, decided not to run. Shinzo Abe, Mr Koizumi's favoured successor, was the winner.
United Kingdom
In the United Kingdom the leader of the largest party in the House of Commons becomes Prime Minister. The monarch, advised by the Prime Minister, decides when general elections are held; generally every four or five years. The first-past-the-post electoral system means a small majority in the percentage of votes can translate into a large majority in the number of seats in the House of Commons.
2001 general election
Labour under Tony Blair was seen as having done a good job of running the country.
40.7% - Labour - Tony Blair (412)
31.7% - Conservatives - William Hague (166)
18.3% - Liberal Democrats - Charles Kennedy (52)
9.3% - all others (28)
2001 Conservative leadership election
After the 2001 general election, William Hague resigned as leader of the Conservative party. Iain Duncan Smith, a right-winger, won the subsequent leadership election.
Most likely: Ken Clark, Michael Portillo
Less likely: Michael Ancram, David Davis, Iain Duncan Smith (OTL winner), Michael Howard, Francis Maude, John Redwood, Malcolm Rifkind, Ann Widdecombe
2003 Conservative leadership non-election
Iain Duncan Smith proved to be a poor leader of the Conservative Party, and in 2003 lost a vote of confidence by the party's MPs. Michael Howard was elected unopposed as the new leader.
Other possible candidates might have been Michael Ancram, Ken Clark, David Davis, Oliver Letwin, Theresa May or Michael Portillo. David Cameron was an unknown prior to the 2005 general election, after which he became shadow education secretary.
2005 general election
Blair had become less popular, partly due to the Iraq war. However, as Conservative leader, Michael Howard was lacking in charisma.
35.3% - Labour - Tony Blair (356 seats)
32.3% - Conservatives - Michael Howard (198 seats)
22.1% - Liberal Democrats - Charles Kennedy (62 seats)
10.1% - Others (30 seats)
2005 Conservative leadership election
After losing the 2005 general election, the Conservatives elected a new leader, the little-known David Cameron, who presented himself as a modern, progressive candidate.
Most likely: Ken Clarke, David Davis
Less likely: Michael Ancram, David Cameron (OTL winner), Liam Fox, Boris Johnson, Oliver Letwin, Theresa May, George Osborne
Alternative Labour leaders, 1994 to 2007
During this period, John Prescott was deputy leader of the Labour Party. Had there have been a leadership contest for some reason, the following people might have become leader.
Gordon Brown (most likely), David Blunkett (2001-2004), Robin Cook (1994-2005), Alan Milburn (1999-2007), John Prescott (1994-2006), John Reid (2002-2007), Jack Straw
Canada
Like the United Kingdom, Canada's prime minister is leader of the majority political party in the House of Commons. Major political parties include the Liberals, the Conservatives, the New Democratic Party (NDP), the Green Party, and the Bloc Quebecois, with majorities usually being exchanged between the Liberals and Conservatives; the NDP and Bloc Quebecois usually constitute the second-highest majorities after the Liberals and Conservatives, and while the Green Party currently has no seat in the House of Commons, it is popular among Canadian hippies, retired highschool teachers, and university students. The Bloc Quebecois runs in, and seeks to represent, only the province of Quebec, with its sizeable French-speaking and generally independent-minded French-Canadian population.
Party Leadership
STEPHEN HARPER: Leader of the Conservative Party and current Prime Minister. Largely shuns the public spotlight, looks something like a robot, but as such leads his supporters to see him as a 'strong leader'.
STEPHANE DION: Leader of the Liberal Party and leader of the official opposition in the House of Commons. Ridiculed by the Conservatives for his bumbling nature and speech impediment which is actually a French accent.
JACK LAYTON: Leader of the NDP and vocal opponent of everything proposed by the Liberals and Conservatives.
GILLES DUCEPPE: Leader of the Bloc Quebecois; in keeping with the BQ leadership's traditional haughty nature.
… and who cares what the name of the Green Party's leader is.
2006 Elections
Conservatives: 36.3% (124 seats)
Liberals: 30.2% (102 seats)
NDP: 17.5% (29 seats)
BQ: 10.5% (51 seats)
Green: 4.5% (2 seats- members have since become Independents)
2008 Elections upcoming . . .
Germany
OTL candidates are always listed at the first place under “Alternate winners”.
2005 Elections
OTL winner: Angela Merkel (CDU)
Alternate winners: Gerhard Schröder (SPD, incumbent), Edmund Stoiber (CSU)
2002 Elections
OTL winner: Gerhard Schröder (SPD, incumbent)
Alternate winners: Edmund Stoiber (CSU), Wolfgang Schäuble (CDU) - without the OTL scandal, Roland Koch (CDU)
1998 Elections
OTL winner: Gerhard Schröder (SPD)
Alternate winners: Helmut Kohl (CDU, incumbent), Wolfgang Schäuble (CDU) - if Kohl had let him
1994 Elections
OTL winner: Helmut Kohl (CDU, incumbent)
Alternate winners: Rudolf Scharping (SPD), Gerhard Schröder (SPD), Björn Engholm (SPD) - without the OTL scandal, Oskar Lafontaine (then SPD)
1990 Elections
OTL winner: Helmut Kohl (CDU, incumbent)
Alternate winners: Oskar Lafontaine (then SPD), Johannes Rau (SPD)
1987 Elections
OTL winner: Helmut Kohl (CDU, incumbent)
Alternate winners: Johannes Rau (SPD), Hans-Jochen Vogel (SPD)
1983 Elections
OTL winner: Helmut Kohl (CDU, incumbent)
Alternate winners: Hans-Jochen Vogel (SPD), Johannes Rau (SPD)
1980 Elections
OTL winner: Helmut Schmidt (SPD, incumbent)
Alternate winners: Franz Josef Strauß (CSU), Helmut Kohl (CDU)
1976 Elections
OTL winner: Helmut Schmidt (SPD, incumbent)
Alternate winners: Helmut Kohl (CDU), Franz Josef Strauß (CSU)
1972 Elections
OTL winner: Willy Brandt (SPD, incumbent)
Alternate winners: Rainer Barzel (CDU), Franz Josef Strauß (CSU)
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Alternate History Discussion: Before 1900
The World Would be Better Off Today If . . .
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Favorite Lost Cause?
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More reasonable Islam?
Mostly discussion.
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The British Empire……LIVES!!!
Mostly discussion.
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WI: A Third Hittite Empire is established.
POD circa 1200 BC.
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The Sea People
POD 1178 BC.
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Ancient Egypt survives to this day
POD circa 600 BC.
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Answers for Milinda
POD 183 BC.
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Historia Mundi
POD 103 BC.
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Roman Timeline
POD 47 BC.
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A much larger Rome that survives until the present day.
POD 44 BC.
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Basileus' Interference Timeline
POD circa 30.
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Mithras Supreme
Mostly discussion
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The Coronation of the Hun
POD 450.
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Composite TL II
POD 500.
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ATL Dark ages map
POD 540.
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No Islam
POD unspecified, but probably before 622.
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The Song of Roland
POD 778.
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The Guns of the Tawantinsuya
POD circa 800.
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Medieval Map II
Mostly discussion *link
These Hills Sing of Saxon Kings
POD 1066.
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The Greater Norman Empire and its successor states
POD 1066.
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A fractured HRE (a map of a WI)
POD 1069.
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Unholy Roman Empire
POD circa 1190.
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Prince of Peace (edited) by Faeelin
POD 1196.
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Chaos TL: A world without Genghis Khan's conquests
POD 1200.
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The Anti-Habsburg TL
POD circa 1250.
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Northern Star, a timeline with a united Scandinavia
POD 1387.
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The Sport of Kings
POD 1425.
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1493 Sign Up Thread
POD 1493.
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Henry the Great.
POD 1612.
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Anglo-Dutch Empire
POD 1678.
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Darien Succeeds….
POD 1695.
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Look to the West
POD 1727.
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God is a Frenchman
POD 1759.
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The Franco-American War of 1798
POD 1798.
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The Three Thrones
POD 1808.
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Decades of Darkness
POD 1809.
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If you wait you may become King of Sweden
POD 1809.
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Anglo-Hanoverian TL
POD 1819.
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The Talleyrand Plan
POD 1830.
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Carving up Russia and China
POD circa 1856.
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A healthy baby boy…
POD 1859.
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So the Union looses a war with the British then what?
POD 1860s.
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Another preview of one of my timelines
POD circa 1862.
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Britain declares war on the Union in 1862….
Mostly discussion.
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Would Qing China done better as a colony by foreigners?
POD 19th century; mostly discussion.
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Famous quotations that never were
Mostly discussion.
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Alternate History Discussion: After 1900
XXth C: Discussion Thread
POD 1900.
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The 20th Century
POD 1900.
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Anglo-German Alliance
POD 1901.
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Pour le coeur
POD 1904.
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In His Own Right
POD 1904.
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In His Own Right, Part II
POD 1904.
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In His Own Right, Part III
POD 1904.
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In His Own Right, Part IV
POD 1904.
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Zionist Uganda
POD 1905.
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Superpower Empire: China
POD 1912.
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The Collaborative Central Powers TL?
POD 1914 or shortly after.
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Rule Britannia!
POD 1915.
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Treaty of Brest-Litovsk post-CP victory map!
POD 1917/18.
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Aurora Australis
POD 1919.
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Our Treaty of Versailles
POD 1919.
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Logical Middle East Borders
POD ~1920.
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AH Challenge: The Weimar Republic survives TL
POD 1920.
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A Fitter Italian Military
POD 1922-40.
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New Britain (My Latest Attempt at a TL)
POD 1929.
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The Death of Göring and the Victory of the Luftwaffe
POD 1935.
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US politics in a Nazis Win TL
POD 1939-45 (not specified).
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Ministry of Space, or Briiiiiits iiiiin Spaaaaace!
POD 1945.
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The Cuban Missile War Timeline
POD 1962.
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The War of Mexican Intervention? (~1995)
POD 1995.
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A Spanish-Moroccan War in 2002
POD 2002.
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AH challenge:more liberal america
mostly discussion.
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the best movies never made
mostly discussion.
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Alternate Headlines
mostly discussion.
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Best case scenario for mid-east
mostly discussion.
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How did you live the war: Geo-Politics and Technology
POD deliberately unclear (later became 1861).
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DBWI: how did you live the war?
POD deliberately unclear (later became 1861).
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Timelines and Scenarios
None yet - threads here tend to be rather short.
Alternate History Books and Media
Rules/Cliches of AH
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A Map Thread
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A Flag Thread
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Map Thread II
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Map Thread III
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A Blank Map Thread
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All the OTL maps from 500 CE to 2007
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The NEW Our TimeLine Maps Thread!
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MAP CONTEST: General Discussion.
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L Neil Smith - now in color!
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Europa Universalis II
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Your region in Dies the Fire?
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Map Contest Two: Discussion
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TIMELINE CONTEST: Sign-up & Planning Thread
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Prime Minister Francis Urquhart and 9/11
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Alternate Weapons of War thread…
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Map Continuation - WORLD
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The Map Thread for Turtledove's Great War/Southern Victory series
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The Official What-If Comic Character List
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UCS Map Thread Proposal
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Future History
Future History: 1967+ Timeline
POD 1967 (but mostly FH, so it's OK here). *link
DominusNovus Future History Thread
POD 2006. *link
Alternate Present: Discussion Thread
POD 2006. *link
FH TL: The Lunar Dream
POD 2018. *link
Future of Russia
Discussion. *link
Future Map Thread
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Challenge: Future newspaper headlines and quotes
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Where is the World Capital?
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Alternate History Writer's Forum
THERE'LL ALWAYS BE AN ENGLAND - New Story!!
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THE BLADE AND THE CROSS: The Final Volume of the Moonstruck Trilogy
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Photos from Alternate Worlds
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Endless Summer?
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Jihad on their Arse (Posleen In Saudi)
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NEW STORY - WHEN THE EMPIRE FALLS…
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The Counterfactual War
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SHADES OF GREY - WHEN THE EMPIRE FALLS, BOOK 2!
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Graf Zeppelin (The Multiverse War Book 7)
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Second Chance - Britain in the sea of time…
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The War After Roswell (The Multiverse War 4)
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The Three-Edged Sword (When the Empire Falls conclusion)
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The Third World War: Armageddon Rising
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The OtherWorld War (The Multiverse War Book 3)
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Alternate world Propaganda
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Skunk Works
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Axis of Evil (Second Chance Sequel)
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THE ARM'S-LENGTH WAR (Sequel to Moonstruck)
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NEW STORY - Outside Context Problem
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An unexpected turn of events - an ISOT story
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The Long Hard Road (Second Chance/Axis of Evil conclusion)
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Bootstrap (The Multiverse War Book 5)
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Disunited States: The Second American Civil War
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The Slightest Hope of Victory (Outside Context Problem - book 2)
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Carrier Wars - NEW STORY!!
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MOONSTRUCK: Luna in the Sea of Time
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AH.com series Bible
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The Yeomen of England - Posleen in England
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Alternate Newspapers
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CrossTime Semester at Sea
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Want to be in the Series? Don't Want to be in the Series?
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Anglo-Saxon Thread
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The Third World War: Trial of Strength
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Filling Stirling's Pockets
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EXTINCTION EVENT
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New Story - False Profits
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The Final Countdown
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Star Wars: Balance of Power
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The Lady of Anachrony … (TABAE v2.0 volume 1, New(ish) Story!!!!)
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The Fall of Night
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Alien Space Bats and Other Magic
New Interactive Nations Game
http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=72724
A new cross time scooper
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Star Trek - Non Federation timeline
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AH.com members rule! (literally)
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2025 USA ISOTed to Peshawar Universe
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Mimas and the Death Star
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Britain of 1876 ISOTed to 1776
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Continuation of Feudal lord thread
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Draka Worldwar Aldenata Timeline
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ASBs make Board Members Rulers of Planet
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Dark Potter
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WI Everyone who viewed HAD to post
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DBWI: What if the Aliens had Crashed at Roswell, NM?
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DBWI: No Nonhuman races
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Alliance Triumphant
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Washington's Warlocks
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A Rusted Morning
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What's the silliest WI you can come up with?
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The ASB Map Thread
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Fantasy Map!
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1790 America ISOTed 400 years back to 1390
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Australia ISOT
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The Claims of Mikhail Gorbachev
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The League of extraordinary gentlemen continued to modern times
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The Time Television
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Dystopic Return of Magic
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The Lost Regiment of Videssos
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Shared Worlds
The Brave New World project
Central discussion thread for this project.
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New Interactive Nations Game
Central discussion thread for this project.
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(100+ more threads yet!)
A Little Trip
ALT Chat
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[ALT] We're all going on a little trip…
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ALT-2 Chat
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ALT: Major Items for Community Request
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ASB send us to the old west in 1878
POD today/1878
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Old Board Archive
AH Discussion
You can tell you're in an AH when…….
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The Dark Czar: Fire Eagle/Snow Bear 1926-46
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A Light In The East: Timeline of the Holy Roman Empire of Constantinople
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Fire Eagle/Snow Bear: Imperial Germany vs the Nafobor Revolution 1916-1946
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Playing around with headlines
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Mustafa the Pretender, The Ottomans stillborn, and italia: the last gasp of byzantium
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AH Websites:
Strange Days
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