TL Description and Title Game

[John Fredrick Parker]

Essentially this game, but backwards. For example...

Originally Posted by Person 1

In an alternate world, the airplane fails to take off. As a result, alternate forms of transportation rise in prominence, such as continued prominent use of the train, ships, and Dirigibles. The lack of airplanes also alters the world wars.

Originally Posted by Person 2

Blue Sky Blues

Donald Trump runs for the Presidency, and wins. What follows is an economic disaster as the President tries to run the nation in signature Trump style. All style and no substance. Tension with China is also on the horizon as President Trump tries to initiate a new Cold War and economic sanctions...

And so on. A good aspect of this game is it's a decent way of getting title ideas for rough TLs.

Sound good?

[Blackadder mk 2]

Neil Kinnock wins 1992 and Labour gets the blame for Black Wednesday along with other gaffes causing the Tories, under Rifkind, to win 1997 with a 60 seat majority, decreased to 30 in 2001 and they are kicked out in 2005, due to Rifkind being given a Vote of No Confidence over Iraq, under a New Labour led by Gordon Brown.

But Brown is about to inherit a very troublesome time and his work in making Labour economically-safe may have been in vain.

[John Fredrick Parker]

So no consecutive party wins since the 80's, huh? Sounds like a Kate Perry song...

You're Red, Then You're Blue

Ok, mine -- Elvis doesn't sign with RCA in 1955, and doesn't become a national sensation in 1956. Rock music continues to be popular at first, only without a singular superstar; by the time a record studio finds a contender in Buddy Holly, Ray Charles has changed the game again, making Soul music more popular. The search begins anew, and an R&B/Soul star, unknown to OTL, emerges. Meanwhile, Frank Costello and Ernesto Guevera are both killed 1957. Vito Genovese rules as "Prime Minister of the Underworld" for most of the 1960's, changing things like COINTELPRO and the drug trade. A mafia hitman kills Fidel Castro, and the Cuban Revolution doesn't bring the Communists to power, changing everything. On top of all that, the GM Corvair is successful, meaning the corporate culture in Detroit is altered for the better.

[azander12]

Originally Posted by John Fredrick Parker

So no consecutive party wins since the 80's, huh? Sounds like a Kate Perry song...

You're Red, Then You're Blue

Ok, mine -- Elvis doesn't sign with RCA in 1955, and doesn't become a national sensation in 1956. Rock music continues to be popular at first, only without a singular superstar; by the time a record studio finds a contender in Buddy Holly, Ray Charles has changed the game again, making Soul music more popular. The search begins anew, and an R&B/Soul star, unknown to OTL, emerges. Meanwhile, Frank Costello and Ernesto Guevera are both killed 1957. Vito Genovese rules as "Prime Minister of the Underworld" for most of the 1960's, changing things like COINTELPRO and the drug trade. A mafia hitman kills Fidel Castro, and the Cuban Revolution doesn't bring the Communists to power, changing everything. On top of all that, the GM Corvair is successful, meaning the corporate culture in Detroit is altered for the better.

The King? Whose The King?


Tupac drops his wallet in the lobby of the MGM Grand, and Biggie gets a car with bullet-proof windows, leading to to both rappers surviving their assassination attempts. The two men, shocked from the experience, reconcile, thus changing the history of hip-hop.

[Badshah]

Originally Posted by azander12

The King? Whose The King?


Tupac drops his wallet in the lobby of the MGM Grand, and Biggie gets a car with bullet-proof windows, leading to to both rappers surviving their assassination attempts. The two men, shocked from the experience, reconcile, thus changing the history of hip-hop.

Bulletproof

The Mughal Empire is able to survive 'til the present day, becoming a gamechanging force in global politics and rivalling China on terms of wealth.

[azander12]

Originally Posted by trollhole

The Mughal Empire is able to survive 'til the present day, becoming a gamechanging force in global politics and rivalling China on terms of wealth.

Stories From The Peacock Throne


American support for the Dutch claim to West Papua leads to a federal union between the two haves of New Guinea, which quickly falls to a right-wing dictatorship, led by a dictator commonly called the "Pacific Pinochet"

[Mysterion]

Originally Posted by azander12

Tupac drops his wallet in the lobby of the MGM Grand, and Biggie gets a car with bullet-proof windows, leading to to both rappers surviving their assassination attempts. The two men, shocked from the experience, reconcile, thus changing the history of hip-hop.

Rapper's Delight

Next: Russian field commander get's spooked by US recon flights over Cuba in October '62 and launches his tactical nukes at Guantanamo. WW3 ensues.

[Jokerang]

Originally Posted by Mysterion

Rapper's Delight

Next: Russian field commander get's spooked by US recon flights over Cuba in October '62 and launches his tactical nukes at Guantanamo. WW3 ensues.

Be Careful what you Wish For

The Roman Empire streches into Africa south of the Sahel and survives their when the Byzantine and Western Empires fall.

[Hrvatskiwi]

the republic of New Afrika becomes independent, interferes in African nations and supports pan-Africanism and anti-Western sentiment.

[Tsao]

And the Devil went down to Dublin

OR

The Boys in the Black and Red

[Codae]

Originally Posted by Ganesha

From the Worst to the First

A timeline where China conquers and colonizes Korea in the 1500s, trying to systematically wipe out Korean language and culture. Japan seeks Western aid in defending against this aggressive China.

The Devil You Don't

Originally Posted by Hrvatskiwi

the republic of New Afrika becomes independent, interferes in African nations and supports pan-Africanism and anti-Western sentiment.

As Perfect As Man Can Make

(Tsao Tongyu, I think you're in the wrong thread.)

The United States, at its formation, drafts George Washington as King. He eventually abdicates in favor of John Adams, whose descendants hold the throne until the Civil War in the 1850s: the southern states' secession is seen as evidence that the unelected monarchy has been taking too strong a stance against slavery. After the war, the US is restricted to its northern section, bereft of the uniting symbol of the King, and partisan conflict threatens the country.

[Lycaon pictus]

Originally Posted by Codae

The United States, at its formation, drafts George Washington as King. He eventually abdicates in favor of John Adams, whose descendants hold the throne until the Civil War in the 1850s: the southern states' secession is seen as evidence that the unelected monarchy has been taking too strong a stance against slavery. After the war, the US is restricted to its northern section, bereft of the uniting symbol of the King, and partisan conflict threatens the country.

The Adams Family

In 1807, Catherine Wellesley dies in childbirth. In 1814, the Duke of Wellington is permitted to marry into the royal family and marries Princess Sophia. In 1815, she gives birth to a son who will preside over Britannia's rise to global domination…

[John Fredrick Parker]

Originally Posted by Lycaon pictus

The Adams Family

In 1807, Catherine Wellesley dies in childbirth. In 1814, the Duke of Wellington is permitted to marry into the royal family and marries Princess Sophia. In 1815, she gives birth to a son who will preside over Britannia's rise to global domination…

The Prince from Waterloo

A sequel to "Who's The King?" (PoD, in 1955, is no Elvis) -- picks up with the swearing in of President Richard Nixon in 1961 (as well as VP Rockefeller). The next decade sees Hoover "retiring", a small war in Cuba [but no Vietnam], the political rise of Muhammad Ali, the cultural rise of hipsters, and the assassination of Nixon by Oswald -- and more beyond. Oh, and the decade goes out on Jack Kennedy's remarkable comeback and contentious first year.

[azander12]

Originally Posted by John Fredrick Parker

A sequel to "Who's The King?" (PoD, in 1955, is no Elvis) -- picks up with the swearing in of President Richard Nixon in 1961 (as well as VP Rockefeller). The next decade sees Hoover "retiring", a small war in Cuba [but no Vietnam], the political rise of Muhammad Ali, the cultural rise of hipsters, and the assassination of Nixon by Oswald -- and more beyond. Oh, and the decade goes out on Jack Kennedy's remarkable comeback and contentious first year.

I'd Love To Change The World


A timeline following the history of the Middle East after General Abd al-Karim Qasim dies in a car accident six months before his OTL coup against the Iraqi monarchy. An attempted coup occurs later on, and fails, leading King Faisal to brutally purge the army. Iraq stays in the Baghdad Pact, eventually unifying with Jordan. The Middle East is changed dramatically as pro-Western, relatively liberal monarchies stay in power throughout the region until the 1989 Arab Autumn, when a wave of pro-democratic protests sweep the region, driving monarchs and oligarchs out of power for good.

[John Fredrick Parker]

A More Brutal Barbarossa

A sequel to "Who's The King?" (PoD, in 1955, is no Elvis) -- picks up with the swearing in of President Richard Nixon in 1961 (as well as VP Rockefeller). The next decade sees Hoover "retiring" earlier, a small war in Cuba [but no Vietnam], Vito Genovese as PM of the underworld (and Joe Gallo heading a NY family), Audie Murphy dropping out of show business then into politics, a blonde superstar*, the cultural rise of hipsters, and the assassination of Nixon by Oswald -- and more beyond. Oh, and the decade goes out on Jack Kennedy's remarkable comeback and contentious first year.

*not ITTL -- essentially a 1960's Elvis for Soul music

[Tsao]

I believe I am.