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  1. Football in an Axis World

    This is a thought that never really occurred to me before. How do you think football/soccer would have fared if the Axis powers had prevailed? Feel free to describe how they prevailed in any way you choose. Would the game be seen merely as an outsider sport, or a rebel game? Would it have been...

  2. DBWI: 63rd Anniversary of the Berlin Bombings

    Today marks the 63 years since the Allied powers dropped an atomic bomb on the city of Berlin, Germany. While thousands of civilians managed to evacuate the city beforehand, thousands more died in the blast and ensuing aftermath. Today Germany is a proud and prosperous nation, and Berlin has...

  3. Football in the United States

    I'm wondering about all of your opinions on how Association football could become the dominant or most popular sport in the United States sometime in the 20th century. The topic was discussed in this thread, and it was all quite interesting, so I'd like to see if we get any new opinions. I...

  4. Challenge: Greek Language

    Your challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to find a way to make the Greek language (doesn't necessarily have to be Modern Greek, it could be Ancient) the predominant language of culture in the world*, sort of like Latin has been for centuries. You must do this with a POD after 1453...

  5. Europa 1400: The Guild

    http://europa1400.german-games.net/ Anybody ever play this game? I've had it for a few years now, playing it on and off. It's a lot of fun, letting you take a character, give them a profession, attempt to survive in a fairly realistic medieval simulation, and eventually establish a long-running...

  6. Idea for a TL - Plausibility?

    Blah. Had difficulties in where to post this. See post in Writers forum. Delete.

  7. Challenge: Coliseum Still In Use

    Your challenge: Find a way for the Roman Coliseum, in Rome, to still be in use for entertainment purposes today. The type of entertainment is up to you. However, no entertainment of the kind that goes on in the Coliseum OTL. POD must be post-1500. I suppose what makes this more difficult than...

  8. Bow and Arrow Never Develops

    Let's imagine for a moment what kind of effect the bow and arrow had on humanity. It allowed a much greater scope in the area of warfare, as well as gave an increased safety to groups of attackers and revolutionizing technology in that period. Along with the bow and arrow, other weapons, such as...

  9. DBWI: HD DVD Comes Out On Top

    So, with Wal-Mart's recent announcement that it will exclusively back Toshiba's HD DVD technology, what is the future of Sony's apparently failed Blu-Ray technology, and where do you think both companies are headed?

  10. Paradox

    Quick question concerning Paradox games - I've been a big fan of their products for a couple of years now. I already own Hearts of Iron II: DD + Armageddon, Europa Universalis III, and have just purchased the Napoleon's Ambition expansion pack today (Which is an incredible improvement, coupled...

  11. The Recovery of a President

    With a POD positing that President James A. Garfield survives his wounds in 1881, what do you think his administration might have been like? We'll assume that the doctors are a bit more careful - not probing for bullets with unsterilized fingers and the like - and that the bullet lodged in his...

  12. DBWI: Paper for Currency?

    A strange thought occurred to me today. What if, instead of all of our gold and silver coins emblazoned with the Emperor on it, we used a paper currency instead? This paper would have no value in and of itself, but it would be a sort of "ticket" representing actual gold and silver kept locked...

  13. Challenge: Independent Massachusetts

    This is my first challenge, hope it's decent. Challenge: Your challenge is to create an independent nation within the territory of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and also have it survive until the present day. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts You can do this any way you like...

  14. No Mayflower

    What if the Mayflower was blown slightly off course during its journey (although it was blown off course in OTL, I suppose), and then experiences a particularly violent storm that it would have avoided OTL. What is the effect on English colonization, and on American colonization as a whole...

  15. WI: Trench Warfare Still the Norm Today

    Imagine if trench warfare, generally the same as it was during WWI, was still the main doctrine of warfare today. How could this have happened? Some possible PODS: Machine gun never invented Longer-range artillery developed earlier (with gas ordinances, perhaps) Lack of development in aerial...

  16. A "New" White House?

    What if, after the burning of the White House during the War of 1812, the United States decides not to rebuild in Washington? Let's assume that the war goes exactly the same as OTL, but with a new capitol being selected after the war. Where are the likely locations to rebuild? And further...
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