AH Title and Description Game

[Sam R.]

From the Catskills to the Appalachians!

Maximum Whiskey Rebellion leads to the Democrat-Republican "Party" having an armed guerilla wing. This leads to a longer period of Federalist rule with increasingly harsh taxation and impositions on civil liberties. The American style of politics, of strong man rule followed by a populist coup (post hoc justified by "elections") is established. This system was not significantly challenged until the late 19th century and the rise of the (occasionally illegal, and occasionally "socialist") Labor Party in US politics.

Mother cuts the apron strings, darling

[Emperor Norton I]

Originally Posted by Asnys

William Proxmire is murdered by a mentally-unbalanced Star Trek fan. Public upset leads to further cuts in the NASA budget, including the end of the space shuttle in favor of slimmed-down Apollo capsules, which have nothing to visit except for Mir.

A Place to Stand

An Alternate History of the Jewish New Israel set up in Madagascar, in a world where the Nazi Reich still exists in Europe. It chronicles the struggle to settle and maintain the island, and the expansion of the Jewish state in east Africa.

Originally Posted by Marshal Duan

After William Proxmire's assassination in 1970, things in Wisconsin take a turn to the left. OOC: Don't know much more about him than what I got off the wiki)

From the Catskills to the Appalachians!

Western New York secedes from Downstate and forms its own state, Buffalo. The more conservative and rural upstate is worlds away from the Downstaters of New York City, and have their own unique regional identity.

EDIT: Ninja'd

[azander12]

Originally Posted by Sam R.

Mother cuts the apron strings, darling

A Labour government in Britain, sickened by the corruption and economic ineptitude of the Dominion of Newfoundland, refuses to take the island back as a colony and pay its budget. The newly-declared Republic of Newfoundland struggles to survive as Irish nationalism, socialist revolutionaries, and organized crime make the island a dangerous place to be.



From Here To Your Hood

[QuoProQuid]

Originally Posted by azander12

A Labour government in Britain, sickened by the corruption and economic ineptitude of the Dominion of Newfoundland, refuses to take the island back as a colony and pay its budget. The newly-declared Republic of Newfoundland struggles to survive as Irish nationalism, socialist revolutionaries, and organized crime make the island a dangerous place to be.



From Here To Your Hood

David Koresh, claiming divine inspiration informs his cult in 1990 that they need arms to prepare for the approaching Apocalypse. They find their target at Ft. Hood, a military base not far from their compound.

In 1991 the group launches a surprise assault. Through a combination of dumb luck and stupidity on behalf of local officials, they gain control of part of the complex. After a few days of fighting the group commits mass suicide and the army regain complete control.

The public, however, is outraged and spurs Congress to pass a series of reforms.


Twenty Two Minutes Till Sun Light[/b]

[azander12]

Originally Posted by QuoProQuid

Twenty Two Minutes Till Sun Light

The Allied landings in Normandy are delayed several hours by sea swell and poor organization, until they occur just before dawn. The late arrival makes the landings far more costly than OTL, with a subsequently slowed down Allied advance in the West leading to the Soviets overrunning the majority of Germany.


Tremble And Sigh

[Tsao]

Originally Posted by azander12

The Allied landings in Normandy are delayed several hours by sea swell and poor organization, until they occur just before dawn. The late arrival makes the landings far more costly than OTL, with a subsequently slowed down Allied advance in the West leading to the Soviets overrunning the majority of Germany.


Tremble And Sigh

The tale of the attempted Rightist coup by members of the Freikorps in 1922 and the subsequent crackdowns by the Leftist Government, leading to even more resentment towards Socialists, leading to a young Freikorps commander named W_______ S____ seizing power in Berlin and instituting a ten day reign of terror during which thousands of people are executed for being suspected Leftists.

The Brown Map

[azander12]

Originally Posted by Marshal Duan

The Brown Map

The story of of the fall and rise of Brown University, from obscurity after the annexation of Rhode Island by Massachusetts during the Jackson military dictatorship of the 1830s to the premier educational institution of the North American Confederation.



A Little Bit Of Chicken-Fried

[Sam R.]

Originally Posted by azander12

A Little Bit Of Chicken-Fried

After the success of canned Equatorial Pork in penetrating the French market for canned foods, post-US francophone refugees briefly achieve culinary success in Paris with Chicken-Fried Equatorial pork.

Vice President, fill in this ditch

[Asnys]

Originally Posted by Sam R.

Vice President, fill in this ditch

Vice President Spiro Agnew is convicted of a wide variety of corruption charges and sentenced to work on a chain-gang.

The Quick and the Dead

[azander12]

Originally Posted by Sam R.

After the success of canned Equatorial Pork in penetrating the French market for canned foods, post-US francophone refugees briefly achieve culinary success in Paris with Chicken-Fried Equatorial pork.

Vice President, fill in this ditch

After the Bush administration decides to "take the gloves off" in terms of terrorism, using SpecOps as death squads to kill political opponents throughout the Middle East and restricting civil liberties at home, a popular movement elects Dennis Kucinich President in 2008. He leads on a populist platform, which includes trying former Vice-President Dick Cheney and former Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld for war crimes and abuse of power. Cheney is convicted and sent to federal prison.

Originally Posted by Asnys

The Quick and the Dead

A tale of NASCAR without rules, caused by lobbying by the owners of the industry. It becomes a deadly game of 300mph cars and winding tracks, with at least one fatality per major competition.



Bowin' Down To The Flag

[Tsao]

Originally Posted by azander12

Bowin' Down To The Flag

A TL where the Beiyang Army successfully restored the Qing Dynasty in 1919 in response to student protests.

Mein Gott, Herr Scott!

[azander12]

Originally Posted by Marshal Duan

Mein Gott, Herr Scott!

A TL where Alexander John Scott, disgusted with the forced retirement of his friend Horatio Nelson for becoming fully blind, leaves England and settles in Hannover. He will become well-known for his writings against the British naval establishment, which will see well-meaning but crippling 'reform' in its practices, leading to the Royal Navy's defeat by the Prussian fleet at the battle of Jutland in 1845 over the possession of Hannover.


"I Broke The Law? No, The Law Broke Me"

[Lycaon pictus]

Originally Posted by azander12

"I Broke The Law? No, The Law Broke Me"

The crowd at St. Peter's Field in 1819 has a higher percentage of military veterans than IOTL. An unemployed ex-sergeant is able to organize resistance to what would otherwise be the Peterloo Massacre. Civil war and revolution ensue in England.

Rhapsody in Black

[Tsao]

Originally Posted by azander12

A TL where Alexander John Scott, disgusted with the forced retirement of his friend Horatio Nelson for becoming fully blind, leaves England and settles in Hannover. He will become well-known for his writings against the British naval establishment, which will see well-meaning but crippling 'reform' in its practices, leading to the Royal Navy's defeat by the Prussian fleet at the battle of Jutland in 1845 over the possession of Hannover.


"I Broke The Law? No, The Law Broke Me"

The tale of the trial of a famed British politician M in the late nineteenth century who was tried for Crime X. The result of his trial shakes the entire British political system. M is charged guilty and commits suicide in jail. The title is quoted from his suicide note.

Originally Posted by Lycaon pictus

Rhapsody in Black

A TL about the Raging Thirties, where Prohibition was never repealed and there was no Great Depression. Hence, the lifestyles of the '20s continue, and when the economy collapses in 1938, pandemonium ensues.

A Toast To Lady Victory!

[azander12]

Originally Posted by Marshal Duan

A Toast To Lady Victory!

A shorter Crimean War goes heavily in the favour of the Franco-British-Ottoman coalition, leading to constitutional reforms in Russia and a much more sclerotic British military, which receives a heavy drubbing in the First Boer War, leading to Afrikaner independence.



Every Ghetto, Every City

[Mysterion]

Originally Posted by azander12

Every Ghetto, Every City

The presidency of Robert Kennedy (1969-77) and his sweeping social programs.

Next: The Year of the Cat

[Michael Wittmann]

Restoration of the Ming dynasty and conquering Vietnam, Korea, Philippines

Nas k torzhestvu kommunizma vedyot!

[azander12]

Originally Posted by Michael Wittmann

Restoration of the Ming dynasty and conquering Vietnam, Korea, Philippines

Nas k torzhestvu kommunizma vedyot!

A British separate peace after the destruction of the BEF at Dunkirk leads to an eventual Soviet "liberation" of Europe, and the Iron Curtain falling from Brest to Beijing.



Like Crabs In A Bucket

[QuoProQuid]

Originally Posted by azander12

Like Crabs In A Bucket

Baldwin II, King of Jerusalem, wanting his daughter to inherit his throne and realizing that her husband would seize all power for himself decides not to force her to marry. This does not go over well with the Franks ruling Jerusalem, who oppose a female overlord. Upon Baldwin's death, they send for Count Fulk of Anjou to become ruler.

Melisende, quite opposed to having her authority undermined, declares that this request is invalid and orders the forces of Jerusalem to hunt down the treacherous officials. The arrival of Fulk in Acre escalates this conflict into a civil war. Meanwhile, the recently formed Knights Templar and Knights Hospitaller look upon the conflict and realize that none of the individuals involved deserve to be ruler of Jerusalem. They send an appeal to the Pope to grant them authority over the Holy Land and join the conflict on their own side.

The ruler of the Seljuk province of Syria notes this in-fighting and decides that now is the best time to reconquer al-Quds. He launches an attack on the Kingdom. His efforts are aided by each individual faction trying to weaken the other.


Beatles in Bell Jars

[modelcitizen]

Originally Posted by QuoProQuid

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Beatles in Bell Jars

In the year 3508 AOH (Age of Our Healer), Lord Protector Severeid is presented with a stunning tricentennial birthday present: The cyrogenically frozen troupe of ancient musicians known during the time before time as "The Beatles"......





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