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This topic is for thinking up and talking about alternate history scenarios. Think up any historical divergence like "What if Napoleon had won the battle at Waterloo?" and then talk about what the answer might be. Discussion of published books or "magical" scenarios should be taken to the Book Discussions or Alien Space Bats topics, respectively. Amateur fiction should be discussed in the Writer's Forum.

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This board is closedIan Montgomerie01-20-04  06:28 pm
Rough Draft of Crazy Days timelinePeterTDiffin51 01-19-04  04:35 pm
Jeffrey Dahmer-Milwaukee Race RiotsDavid Howery01-19-04  03:12 pm
North Korea wins the war 1953Mike Collins12 01-19-04  09:07 am
Australian Race RiotsSamuel Russell01-18-04  12:56 pm
Ireland - republic and northernmartin smith26 01-18-04  10:42 am
Spanish-Portuguese War 1910Sean Swaby55 01-17-04  08:08 pm
Try out the new boardMatt Quinn45 01-17-04  08:02 pm
This board is shutting downIan Montgomerie01-17-04  06:51 pm
Berlin Airlift:1948 WW3Kurt F Shapiro01-17-04  05:32 pm
Separate northern, southern ItalyKurt F Shapiro01-17-04  05:28 pm
The Whiskey Rebellion and the American MonarchNicholas Trist01-17-04  01:00 pm
The Ural BomberJohn Nance37 01-17-04  12:18 pm
UN standing armymartin smith01-17-04  11:51 am
WI: Virtual relaity based computersjosquius11 01-17-04  11:45 am
Hirohito tried for war crimesAlasdair Czyrnyj01-17-04  08:00 am
US with no depressionfrederic haessig01-17-04  06:39 am
POD for a static trench war in WWII?John Nance01-17-04  05:36 am
WI Benedict Arnold had not Changed SidesNicholas Trist01-16-04  08:28 pm
WI Benedict Arnold had not Changed SidesNicholas Trist01-16-04  08:27 pm
WI Benedict Arnold had not Changed SidesNicholas Trist01-16-04  08:27 pm
Margaret Shippen and the American RevolutionNicholas Trist01-16-04  07:08 pm
Margaret Shippen and the American RevolutionNicholas Trist01-16-04  07:08 pm
Cherokee War against Removal 1830sRaymann01-16-04  06:20 pm
WI Wellington killed at Assaye ?frederic haessig01-16-04  11:37 am
Eastern Wind, Western FrontMelvin Loh01-16-04  07:48 am
American Reich or A Bund/KKK allianceMelvin Loh01-16-04  07:25 am
United kingdom not created in 1707.nycforever01-16-04  03:58 am
Cancer Bacteria Disaster c.1972Jason Clark01-15-04  07:04 pm
Spanish discovery of New Zealand, 1607Christopher Plant01-15-04  06:18 pm
German-Polish Pact?Sean Swaby01-15-04  03:55 pm
Black US PresidentDavid Howery31 01-15-04  03:16 pm
AH Challenge: This is the pledge of allegiance...Tony D Groh37 01-15-04  12:03 pm
AH Challenge-A more liberal,less Christian black populaceChristopher Plant01-15-04  10:07 am
Hitler captured: executed in 1946 or caged until 1965?Dunash10 01-15-04  03:58 am
The Nazi HierarchyNapoleon XIV01-15-04  12:27 am
Taiwanese Nukes?Robert Harris01-14-04  03:58 pm
President Hamlin 1865-1873 or Real ReconstructionPM Nixon01-14-04  12:24 pm
WI USA in WW2 from startPeter David Hall14 01-14-04  11:10 am
Alternate US Capitals ChallengeRand Woy01-14-04  07:52 am
Soviet Democracy - a reality somewhere??Mike King01-14-04  06:28 am
Esau doesn't leave the mishpocheh: a Judaic World.01-13-04  07:56 pm
Nazi britainMatthew Perry01-13-04  06:42 pm
Market Garden:1st, 82nd and 101st Airborne all annihilatedThe Arctic Falcon10 01-13-04  12:35 am
British North America 1776 - 2004Christopher Plant01-12-04  10:49 pm
Stonewall Jackson's WayDuquense01-12-04  08:22 pm
The Glory that was CarthageMatthew Perry01-12-04  06:15 pm
John Andre Gets byEugene Marquis01-12-04  05:21 pm
Protestant Reformation - Forming the "Protestant Empire" Volker Carlton Bach01-12-04  12:33 pm
Anglo-American amaglamationmartin smith12 01-12-04  06:46 am
No Deal- Brown & Blair fight for LeadershipDerek Jackson01-12-04  03:24 am
More successful '45 rebellionKurt F Shapiro01-11-04  08:31 pm
1290: Longshanks doesn't expel the JewsSanjay Mathew01-11-04  08:08 pm
Nuclear weapons spread furtherChris01-11-04  02:43 pm
How many states?nycforever22 01-11-04  12:29 pm
Invasion of Lousiana 1793Eugene Marquis01-11-04  11:51 am
Longer War of 1812Eugene Marquis01-11-04  11:39 am
Different voting agesmartin smith12 01-11-04  10:42 am
European countries witdraw from UNDuquense01-11-04  01:25 am
Clinton's dippy dipping:President DoleChristopher Brielman01-10-04  11:08 pm
President HughesDaniel Roberts01-10-04  05:22 pm
Lord Clive in AmericaNicholas Trist01-09-04  05:41 pm
Carving the TurkeyJohn Piccone01-09-04  12:03 pm
No One-Drop rule or Apartheid AmericaDuquense01-09-04  02:41 am
WI Books not written?Filip Janssen26 01-09-04  02:13 am
Unified Medieval Germany and ColonizationVolker Carlton Bach12 01-09-04  12:22 am
Post-WWII Permanent ICCMelvin Loh01-08-04  11:59 pm
Market Garden SucceedsScott Rosenthal22 01-08-04  08:18 pm
Confederate black troopsJohn Berndt20 01-08-04  11:57 am
Nuclear-armed AustraliaWalter Kenneth Willi10 01-08-04  08:30 am
Von Hindenburg lives until 1940Steffen B. Jørgensen01-07-04  11:10 pm
1944: Rommel not strafed on July 17Bob Rait01-07-04  10:16 pm
No ScandanaviaDuquense01-07-04  04:10 pm
RussiaPeter Ward01-07-04  03:48 pm
Germany broken up after WWIIPeter Ward17 01-07-04  03:44 pm
Grab bag of 20th century PODsRand Woy23 01-07-04  11:48 am
In Defense of George McClellanScott Rosenthal01-07-04  09:14 am
What if Korea never united?Duquense01-07-04  08:35 am
Nuclear weapons outlawedAlasdair Czyrnyj01-06-04  01:07 pm
Some WIs to toss aroundGrey Wolf17 01-06-04  09:00 am
Your biggest PODJohn Piccone13 01-06-04  07:53 am
How does American change with Proportional Rep?Derek Jackson19 01-06-04  04:05 am
1656: Cromwell rejects Jewish entry into England Kurt F Shapiro01-05-04  08:10 pm
Waterloo the UmpteenthShawn Endresen01-05-04  03:25 pm
What would the USA turn out post CSA secession?Grey Wolf14 01-05-04  02:35 pm
Challenge: Preserve SlaveryDuquense14 01-05-04  09:37 am
Nieuw Holland - ChallengeGuilherme Loureiro01-05-04  02:35 am
WI - no UN Big Power Veto?John Berndt19 01-05-04  12:59 am
Canadian colonies join AmericanDaniel Roberts13 01-04-04  05:57 pm
WI Presiden Hubert Humphrey?PM Nixon01-04-04  02:07 pm
AH holidaysPeter Ward13 01-04-04  01:21 pm
Trotsky Seizes Control of US Communist PartySamuel Russell01-04-04  12:47 pm
Marx dies...John01-04-04  10:04 am
Cuban Missile Crisis Under The TableJohn01-04-04  07:50 am
WI British lose TrafalgarScott Blair01-04-04  06:18 am
Experimental AH ebookGrey Wolf01-04-04  03:15 am
Canadian Mandate in the West IndiesMaximillianXV701-03-04  08:58 pm
King Arthur--Part DieuxRobert P. Perkins26 01-03-04  08:14 pm
Could India have done it?Sanjay Mathew01-03-04  07:11 pm
Confederate Navy/part 2MaximillianXV701-03-04  01:49 pm
Create A Country/part 3G. Bone01-03-04  01:01 pm
Normandy EspionageDuquense01-03-04  09:44 am
Why no women?Dan F.54 01-03-04  09:07 am
AH Highlights of the YearMike King26 01-03-04  08:59 am
Shays' Rebellion Fails......and then Succeeds.......Arne Grombeck10 01-03-04  03:49 am
Is this possible?Christopher Brielman01-02-04  08:21 pm
No Communists in Italy or Orthodox Nationalists in RussiaPeterTDiffin36 01-02-04  07:21 pm
Smaller Western StatesNot one step back12 01-02-04  03:26 pm
A Composite ATLNot one step back183 11 01-02-04  02:15 pm
Confederate/Empire of Brazil/Empire of Mexico/FranceDavid S Poepoe19 01-02-04  01:40 pm
WI Hitler had kids.Max Sinister01-02-04  08:02 am
Empire Loyalists Unite (An incoherent political rant)Macsporan103 01-02-04  12:23 am
US without no Monroe doc.Grey Wolf01-01-04  10:10 pm
Oddity + Jewish AH AgainRobert Harris01-01-04  09:31 pm
More equitable situation for blacks in colonial SouthRobert Harris01-01-04  07:50 pm
The Confederate Slave TradeRobert Harris15 01-01-04  05:41 pm
Best Local PODs.Stephen19 01-01-04  05:20 pm
Germans gain air supremacy at KurskScott Rosenthal01-01-04  03:05 pm
Russian fighter pilots- Korean WarAmerigo Vespucci22 01-01-04  02:47 pm
ATL Dreamsmattias persson12 01-01-04  12:36 pm
WI Megalith Buildres...John Hartley01-01-04  10:59 am
WI a 1918 style flu in the great depression?Straha01-01-04  10:59 am
Articles of Confederation ???Straha01-01-04  10:37 am
Masonic AmericaNapoleon XIV22 01-01-04  10:26 am
What if France was an islandLuka Novak12 01-01-04  10:20 am
For All Strange DaysStraha01-01-04  10:08 am
WI Increased SRStraha17 01-01-04  09:52 am
Could the Native Americans have done different?Straha01-01-04  09:48 am
Reversed SeccessionJohn Hartley01-01-04  07:05 am
Wars that never happenedDuquense18 01-01-04  04:49 am
Angry australiaNapoleon XIV01-01-04  04:07 am
Australian war of independencescott oneill28 01-01-04  03:00 am
Crazy Days! (Rough Draft)PeterTDiffin12-31-03  10:33 pm
Crazy Days rough draft...PeterTDiffin12-31-03  10:30 pm
Rough Draft of "Crazy Days" AHPeterTDiffin12-31-03  09:51 pm
Rough Draft of "Crazy Days" AHPeterTDiffin12-31-03  09:51 pm
AH Challenge: Generation KeatonDavid Howery15 12-31-03  06:05 pm
Western States of AmericaMr. Yeah11 12-31-03  05:57 pm
Episode IV ad. 2000.John Hartley12-31-03  11:33 am
A fully ambulant FDR not polio-strickenJohn Hartley12-31-03  10:46 am
No Vietnam War.John Hartley10 12-31-03  10:41 am
Pompey PODsForty Seven17 12-31-03  10:31 am
Reverse SecessionRobert P. Perkins12-31-03  09:16 am
Ah Challenge: prudish teetoaling autralia and laid back americaStraha12-31-03  08:44 am
US with no depressionDuquense12-31-03  08:04 am
Latin-Norse WarDuquense12-31-03  07:50 am
Norse-Latin WarNorman12-31-03  06:40 am
French CanadaDuquense12-31-03  05:39 am
Prince Charles' illegitimate son assassinated in ViennaGrey Wolf12-31-03  04:37 am
ATL Marshal Tito care of the L.A. TimesDavid S Poepoe12-30-03  07:11 pm
Norse-Latin WarTom Mazanec12-30-03  04:14 pm
Confederacy/Empire of Brazil/Empire of Mexico/FranceGrey Wolf12-30-03  02:54 pm
Second ACW 2000 between red and blueStraha12-30-03  02:04 pm
A non-polio afflicted FDRGrey Wolf12-30-03  12:44 pm
WI Britain loses TrafalgarGrey Wolf12-30-03  11:46 am
AH/FH Challenge: Pledge of AllegianceJohn Hartley12-30-03  11:43 am
Latin-Norse WarTom Mazanec12-30-03  11:01 am
Horses wiped outNorman28 12-30-03  10:43 am
A Fascist AmericaJose Ricardo G. Bond38 12-30-03  10:19 am
CIA AssassinationsMelvin Loh12-30-03  09:30 am
WI domesticated species of ZebraMike Ford12-30-03  09:16 am
WI Oliver Law survived Spanish Civil War ?Melvin Loh12-30-03  08:59 am
Confederacy/Empire of Brazil/Empire of Mexico/FranceStraha12-30-03  08:52 am
No 3/5 compromise - reverse secession?Robert P. Perkins12-30-03  08:33 am
Reversed SeccessionPeter David Hall12-30-03  07:12 am
Old SF as AHNorman12-30-03  06:43 am
Fascist America, the PoDMatt Quinn12-30-03  06:40 am
Splintered CSANorman15 12-30-03  06:37 am
WI French win TrafalgarGrey Wolf12-30-03  03:16 am
No Monroe DocumentsNapoleon XIV12-30-03  02:48 am
Fritz X and Henschel 293Dunash12-30-03  02:01 am
Strom Thurmond's Scandalous Affair...1953Isaiah Tanenbaum17 12-30-03  01:34 am
AH Challenge: politically active generation XJose Ricardo G. Bond18 12-30-03  12:50 am
Out of One ManyDavid S Poepoe12-30-03  12:01 am
Oddity + Jewish AH!Rafi Issagholian12-29-03  11:25 pm
WI Baseball was the most popular sport?Christopher Brielman29 12-29-03  09:55 pm
Dazed and confusedStraha12-29-03  08:50 pm
For All Strange Days V 2.0Straha12-29-03  08:39 pm
What if the ottoman empire instead of the russian empire went commieStraha12-29-03  08:09 pm
Empire Loyalists Unite (An incoherent political rant)Lonnie Hughes12-29-03  06:18 pm
Bloody Kansas starts ACW 5 years earlyRobert P. Perkins12-29-03  03:28 pm
Post-WWI war crimes trialsIan Montgomerie39 12-29-03  02:04 pm
Worse Holocaust: JudenreinKurt F Shapiro12-29-03  11:28 am
Mississippian civilisationNapoleon XIV12-29-03  11:27 am
The Aztec Empire and other American Indian EmpiresJohn Piccone16 12-29-03  11:23 am
Wilson Dies in Car Accident.Napoleon XIV12-29-03  11:02 am
Napoleon's Mid-East CamapaignJohn Piccone12-29-03  10:25 am
US breaks apart after Independence TimelineTom Mazanec69 12-29-03  10:03 am
No ClintonJohn Piccone12-29-03  09:52 am
ACW Battle PODsRobert P. Perkins12-29-03  09:01 am
East of MoscowMax Sinister12-29-03  08:01 am
Scurvy prevention accepted/discovered earlierMax Sinister12-29-03  07:51 am
The state of PhilippinesMax Sinister12-29-03  07:36 am
Jeb Bush for presidentDavid Howery15 12-29-03  06:45 am
1996: Karadzic and Mlaidc arrested by NATOMatt Quinn12-29-03  06:17 am
Individual Military Biography PODsMelvin Loh12-29-03  05:39 am
Irish-related 19th C PODsMelvin Loh12-29-03  04:20 am
George Orwell lives to 70Macsporan12-29-03  02:04 am
Natural Disaster WI ScenariosNapoleon XIV12-28-03  08:21 pm
Nixon in '60Straha12-28-03  04:23 pm
King Otho of Greece rules onGrey Wolf12-28-03  01:47 pm
Indonesia Resists Peacekeepers for East Timorscott oneill12-28-03  01:44 pm
OBL diesMatt Quinn12-28-03  01:42 pm
This came to me last night.Kurt F Shapiro11 12-28-03  01:37 pm
Another different EuropeGrey Wolf12-28-03  09:06 am
WI Red States form new Confederacy and Blue States unite with Canada David Howery16 12-28-03  08:21 am
Operation Manna 1945: German flak opens feuerTom Mazanec12-28-03  08:15 am
Queen Mother's lettersMike Ford12-28-03  04:55 am
ATL New Year's resolutionsForty Seven31 12-27-03  09:50 pm
Confederate Military 1871Diamond12-27-03  07:46 pm
Hitler WaitsNapoleon XIV12-27-03  05:33 pm
Rule Britannia/America!Kurt F Shapiro12-27-03  05:17 pm
No Pontiac Rebellion 1763Matt Quinn12-27-03  03:45 pm
CW Black RepublicNapoleon XIV12-27-03  03:44 pm
Oct 1965: 1st/7th Cav wiped out at Ia DrangMatt Quinn12-27-03  03:43 pm
No dust bowlMatt Quinn12-27-03  03:33 pm
An 1865 immigration WIStraha12-27-03  02:42 pm
A different fate for the former condeferacyStraha13 12-27-03  02:23 pm
Suitcase Nuclear BombIan Montgomerie72 12-27-03  01:52 pm
Sept 1982: Sabra-Chatilla massacre avertedIan Montgomerie54 12-27-03  01:35 pm
Triple Blind: WI Oregon crisis led to War?Tom Mazanec12-27-03  12:17 pm
What is the POD and TL?Tom Mazanec12-27-03  11:10 am
History Final Suggestions.Matthew David Heim12-27-03  10:31 am
Churchill & Suez: Bulldog's Swan SongMatt Quinn12-27-03  06:30 am
LBJ'S Great SocietyMelvin Loh12-27-03  02:14 am
UK joins EEC in 1963 instead of 1970Mike Ford12-27-03  02:11 am
A Different EuropeKastytis Zubovas12-27-03  12:28 am
Massachusetts IndependentNicholas Trist12-26-03  07:14 pm
ATL Lopsided battles avoidedJanus Valshire12-26-03  06:26 pm
US and Canada one nationLonnie Hughes12-26-03  05:12 pm
Polish superpowerKastytis Zubovas12-26-03  04:01 am
Archive through December 31, 2003Jose Ricardo G. Bond4340 432 12-25-03  11:02 pm
What would you guys think of tihs laternate timeline idea...(Jose R...Jose Ricardo G. Bond10 12-25-03  11:02 pm
The Third Anglo-American War (1840 - 1845)Nicholas Trist11 12-25-03  09:39 pm
Comunero rebellion never happens?Chris12-25-03  03:58 pm
Confederate Wars 1861-2004Duquense12-25-03  03:47 pm
AquitaineKurt F Shapiro12-25-03  03:21 pm
The Polish WarWalter Kenneth Willi12-25-03  03:07 pm
Stroke Kills Wilson outrightWalter Kenneth Willi10 12-25-03  02:52 pm
Consequences of No or Alternate WWIIWalter Kenneth Willi15 12-25-03  02:27 pm
Occupied AmericaTom Mazanec98 12-25-03  08:27 am
Your first AH Experience.....Tom Mazanec43 12-25-03  08:16 am
Bomber Command losses exceed 15%Kurt F Shapiro12-25-03  08:11 am
Robeson called n word in MoscowTom Mazanec12-25-03  08:09 am
57 Years LaterMatt Quinn14 12-25-03  05:55 am
Caroline AffairGrey Wolf20 12-25-03  01:55 am
WI Tesla Born EarlyNapoleon XIV12-24-03  10:40 pm
Worse 1812Melvin Loh12-24-03  05:29 pm
WI the sexual revolution never took placeJose Ricardo G. Bond29 12-24-03  05:01 pm
Free slave colonies outside LiberiaMelvin Loh12-24-03  05:00 pm
Bigger MexicoDavid S Poepoe12-24-03  04:54 pm
Where did THIS come from?Kurt F Shapiro20 12-24-03  03:19 pm
Saddam gets no WMDMatt Quinn17 12-24-03  10:34 am
OBL's Dar ul IslamMatt Quinn39 12-24-03  10:30 am
No marines in HondurasTom Mazanec12-24-03  10:26 am
WI The Red Baron lived?Robert P. Perkins10 12-24-03  09:41 am
Diverge or converge??Tom Mazanec50 12-24-03  09:34 am
Napoleon and the Mexican PurchaseStraha12 12-24-03  09:31 am
WI Custer not killed at Little Big Horn ?Robert P. Perkins12-24-03  09:19 am
1000 Year ReichPM Nixon12-24-03  07:46 am
The Virginius AffairRobert P. Perkins12-24-03  07:22 am
The Anglo American War of 1873Eugene Marquis12-24-03  05:40 am
Continital Union consitution ProblemDuquense12-24-03  01:15 am
No Jesus ChristMacsporan14 12-23-03  09:24 pm
The state of CubaRobert Harris12-23-03  07:07 pm
Macedonia conflagration early 1990sMatt Quinn12-23-03  04:55 pm
The Best (Revolutionary) Iran Could DoMatt Quinn12-23-03  04:34 pm
John Lennon: Strawberry Fields foreverJohn14 12-23-03  03:45 pm
ATL stereotypesStraha12-23-03  02:05 pm
WI A figurehead PresidentGrey Wolf12 12-23-03  12:55 pm
Christmas Truce leads to New Years MutinyLonnie Hughes12-23-03  10:02 am
No PillDavid S Poepoe12-23-03  09:26 am
Fruhlingswerwache 1945:Valhalla ride of the PanzersDuquense12-23-03  08:18 am
Just a minuscule sidework of my timelinePM Nixon11 12-23-03  07:28 am
London levelled: 1939 Blitz Matt Rice12-23-03  07:17 am
Archive through December 7, 2003Straha7291 622 11-22-03  01:37 pm
Archive through October 4, 2003Matthew Perry6734 608 10-04-03  02:09 pm
Archive through July 20, 2003Sanjay Mathew1221 100 07-20-03  06:38 am
Archive through July 06, 2003Scott Blair5124 408 07-16-03  05:37 pm
Archive through April 23, 2003Mark Gunnar von Hast7222 455 04-24-03  11:54 am
Archive through December 31, 2002Shawn Endresen8439 597 12-31-02  06:25 pm
Archive through June 31, 2002Kyle Schuant6275 863 06-30-02  08:31 pm
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