TL Description and Title Game

[Chris Oakley]

Originally Posted by Michael Wittmann

Johnson's strategy

A strong earthquake hits New York in 1999, causing the structures of the Twin Towers to break and collapse. The September 11 attacks happen anyway, which destroyed the Sears Tower in Chicago and the US Bank Building in LA (Al Qaeda chose alternate targets), and planes still hit in Shanksville and the Pentagon.

All Shook Up

The English Civil War drags on into the early 1670s, weakening Britain to the point where by 1675 France is seriously contemplating an invasion of southern England.

[Barbarossa Rotbart]

Originally Posted by Chris Oakley

All Shook Up

The English Civil War drags on into the early 1670s, weakening Britain to the point where by 1675 France is seriously contemplating an invasion of southern England.

Cavaliers, Roundheads and the French

The dam that closed the Bosporus and kept the salt water out of the Black Sea did never break. Thus the Black Sea is much smaller and there is no Deluge myth.

[Chris Oakley]

Originally Posted by Barbarossa Rotbart

Cavaliers, Roundheads and the French

The dam that closed the Bosporus and kept the salt water out of the Black Sea did never break. Thus the Black Sea is much smaller and there is no Deluge myth.

Open Waters

Prussia sends volunteer detachments to fight on the Union side during the American Civil War.

[Barbarossa Rotbart]

Originally Posted by Chris Oakley

Open Waters

Originally Posted by Chris Oakley

Prussia sends volunteer detachments to fight on the Union side during the American Civil War.

A Prusso-American Alliance

Bismarck arrives in Berlin one day too late and thus cannot prevent the abdication of King Wilhelm I. King Friedrich III is not interested in a reactionary as minister president and sends Bismarck as ambassador to America. Some years later Japan sells the Hokkaido to Prussia making the island the first German colony. Using diplomacy Friedrich III manages to unite Germany but he died before his coronation, thus this son Wilhelm becomes the first German emperor leading the German empire into a golden age...

[Chris Oakley]

Originally Posted by Barbarossa Rotbart

You're right; this would probably work better instead...

Unbroken Dam

Originally Posted by Barbarossa Rotbart

A Prusso-American Alliance

Bismarck arrives in Berlin one day too late and thus cannot prevent the abdication of King Wilhelm I. King Friedrich III is not interested in a reactionary as minister president and sends Bismarck as ambassador to America. Some years later Japan sells the Hokkaido to Prussia making the island the first German colony. Using diplomacy Friedrich III manages to unite Germany but he died before his coronation, thus this son Wilhelm becomes the first German emperor leading the German empire into a golden age...

The Age Of Friedrich

A routine check of Apollo I in early January of 1967 reveals the design problems responsible for the fire that in OTL killed Gus Grissom, Roger Chafee and Ed White and prompts NASA to order a major overhaul of the Apollo capsule structure. Meanwhile, political misjudgments in Moscow and technical problems at Baikonur delay the launch of the first Soyuz mission, giving the Americans a wider lead in the race to the Moon; the United States wins the race on May 20th, 1969 with the landing of the Apollo 10 lunar module "Snoopy" at the Sea of Tranquility.

[Patton]

Originally Posted by Barbarossa Rotbart

A Prusso-American Alliance

Bismarck arrives in Berlin one day too late and thus cannot prevent the abdication of King Wilhelm I. King Friedrich III is not interested in a reactionary as minister president and sends Bismarck as ambassador to America. Some years later Japan sells the Hokkaido to Prussia making the island the first German colony. Using diplomacy Friedrich III manages to unite Germany but he died before his coronation, thus this son Wilhelm becomes the first German emperor leading the German empire into a golden age...

Kaiser Wilhelm The Great

Saddam's arrmed forces are crushed even in worse in 1991, leaving him incapable of stopping the Shia and Kurdish uprisings. Causing Iraq to split into three seperate de facto states, a Kurdish one in the North, a Shia one in the South and a Sunni one ruled by Saddam controlling only central Iraq and Bagdad.

[Badshah]

Originally Posted by Patton

Kaiser Wilhelm The Great

Saddam's arrmed forces are crushed even in worse in 1991, leaving him incapable of stopping the Shia and Kurdish uprisings. Causing Iraq to split into three seperate de facto states, a Kurdish one in the North, a Shia one in the South and a Sunni one ruled by Saddam controlling only central Iraq and Bagdad.

That Damn Saddam!

Mexico defeats the US in the Mexican-American War, retaking Texas and keeping the rest of the territories. With this, Mexico slowly begins to improve its lot and becomes a regional power, eventually growing to a world power, alongside the US.

[Barbarossa Rotbart]

Originally Posted by Chris Oakley

A routine check of Apollo I in early January of 1967 reveals the design problems responsible for the fire that in OTL killed Gus Grissom, Roger Chafee and Ed White and prompts NASA to order a major overhaul of the Apollo capsule structure. Meanwhile, political misjudgments in Moscow and technical problems at Baikonur delay the launch of the first Soyuz mission, giving the Americans a wider lead in the race to the Moon; the United States wins the race on May 20th, 1969 with the landing of the Apollo 10 lunar module "Snoopy" at the Sea of Tranquility.

Snoopy Has Landed

Originally Posted by trollhole

Mexico defeats the US in the Mexican-American War, retaking Texas and keeping the rest of the territories. With this, Mexico slowly begins to improve its lot and becomes a regional power, eventually growing to a world power, alongside the US.

The Rise of Mexico

The United States never abolished slavery, but makes it the standard punishment for tax fraud and other crimes. In some cases whole families are sold into slavery. and in other cases some sell their own families (sometimes including themselves) into slavery to pay debts or to escape poverty or make a divorce. Not even the first US president of African descent was against slavery because he, like all presidents before him and all rich Americans, owns several slaves (one of his slaves is the daughter of one his predecessors).

[blindgoose]

Originally Posted by Barbarossa Rotbart

Snoopy Has Landed


The Rise of Mexico

The United States never abolished slavery, but makes it the standard punishment for tax fraud and other crimes. In some cases whole families are sold into slavery. and in other cases some sell their own families (sometimes including themselves) into slavery to pay debts or to escape poverty or make a divorce. Not even the first US president of African descent was against slavery because he, like all presidents before him and all rich Americans, owns several slaves (one of his slaves is the daughter of one his predecessors).

Slavocracy

Oscar Romero survives an assassination attempt and is raised to Cardinal. A year later Pope John Paul II is killed by Mehmet Ali and Romero is elected to the Papacy.

[Barbarossa Rotbart]

Originally Posted by blindgoose

Slavocracy

This does not work, because a slavocracy would be a government which is either influenced by the slaves or directly controlled by them.

Originally Posted by blindgoose

Oscar Romero survives an assassination attempt and is raised to Cardinal. A year later Pope John Paul II is killed by Mehmet Ali and Romero is elected to the Papacy.

A Pope from El Salvador

Earth is not the only planet in our solar system capable of supporting life. Venus, Mars and the Moon also do. And someone had created some kind of portals connecting the continents of all four planets. In 1517 Francisco Hernández de Córdoba stumbled across a one of the deactivated portals in Yucatán and unintentionally reactivated the whole network.

[EdM]

Originally Posted by Barbarossa Rotbart

Earth is not the only planet in our solar system capable of supporting life. Venus, Mars and the Moon also do. And someone had created some kind of portals connecting the continents of all four planets. In 1517 Francisco Hernández de Córdoba stumbled across a one of the deactivated portals in Yucatán and unintentionally reactivated the whole network.

Worlds and Passages

2000 Presidential Candidate Al Gore successfully wins Florida by a wide margin, and with it, the 43rd U.S. Presidency. 9/11 is successfully thwarted and alternate history buffs photoshop what-if scenarios involving the World Trade Center in New York, the Pentagon, the US Capitol and the White House. The coup against Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide is also avoided. After the January 2010 Earthquake in Port-Au-Prince, the visiting 44th POTUS, John Sidney McCain, views the damage and during a visit with the wealthiest families of the stricken nation tells them that the US will contribute massive amounts of reconstruction aid but they must chip in to the construction effort and, rather than diverting funds, must use a considerable portion of their wealth to assist the people, and avoid another, possibly Communist, revolution.

[Chris Oakley]

Originally Posted by EdM

Worlds and Passages

2000 Presidential Candidate Al Gore successfully wins Florida by a wide margin, and with it, the 43rd U.S. Presidency. 9/11 is successfully thwarted and alternate history buffs photoshop what-if scenarios involving the World Trade Center in New York, the Pentagon, the US Capitol and the White House. The coup against Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide is also avoided. After the January 2010 Earthquake in Port-Au-Prince, the visiting 44th POTUS, John Sidney McCain, views the damage and during a visit with the wealthiest families of the stricken nation tells them that the US will contribute massive amounts of reconstruction aid but they must chip in to the construction effort and, rather than diverting funds, must use a considerable portion of their wealth to assist the people, and avoid another, possibly Communist, revolution.

No Hanging Chads Here

A structural flaw in Finland Station causes its roof to collapse just as Lenin's famous "sealed train" is returning from Germany. Most of the passengers on board the train, including Lenin himself, are killed in the disater along with a half-dozen bystanders. A traumatized Leon Trotsky, one of the train's few survivors, goes mad and spends the rest of his days in a sanitarium, eventually dying of stroke in 1943.

[Barbarossa Rotbart]

Originally Posted by Chris Oakley

A structural flaw in Finland Station causes its roof to collapse just as Lenin's famous "sealed train" is returning from Germany. Most of the passengers on board the train, including Lenin himself, are killed in the disater along with a half-dozen bystanders. A traumatized Leon Trotsky, one of the train's few survivors, goes mad and spends the rest of his days in a sanitarium, eventually dying of stroke in 1943.

The Aborted Revolution

American Football, baseball and basketball were never invented. Volleyball, handball and soccer are very popular in the United states of America instead. But soccer is only popular in the USA, field hockey is the most popular teams sports in the world.

[Chris Oakley]

Originally Posted by Barbarossa Rotbart

The Aborted Revolution

American Football, baseball and basketball were never invented. Volleyball, handball and soccer are very popular in the United states of America instead. But soccer is only popular in the USA, field hockey is the most popular teams sports in the world.

Your Serve, Uncle Sam

The Soviet Union begins an aggressive effort in the early 1930s to build and develop its own aircraft carrier fleet; a scout plane from one such carrier detects the massive German troop buildup in occupied central Europe in early 1941 and tips Stalin off to Operation Barbarossa.

[TheMann]

Originally Posted by Chris Oakley

Your Serve, Uncle Sam

The Soviet Union begins an aggressive effort in the early 1930s to build and develop its own aircraft carrier fleet; a scout plane from one such carrier detects the massive German troop buildup in occupied central Europe in early 1941 and tips Stalin off to Operation Barbarossa.

Stalin's Boats: Or How a single Aircraft Carrier Destroyed Nazi Germany

The United States continues funding the development of supersonic passenger jets, allowing the Boeing 2707 to enter service in 1977, leading a revolution in air travel.

[Chris Oakley]

Originally Posted by TheMann

Stalin's Boats: Or How a single Aircraft Carrier Destroyed Nazi Germany

The United States continues funding the development of supersonic passenger jets, allowing the Boeing 2707 to enter service in 1977, leading a revolution in air travel.

The Only Way To Fly

Barack Obama chooses Nancy Pelosi as his running mate in the 2008 presidential elections.

[Patton]

Originally Posted by Chris Oakley

The Only Way To Fly

Barack Obama chooses Nancy Pelosi as his running mate in the 2008 presidential elections.

I Can See Alcatraz From my House!

Bin Liden manages to escape Abbottabad after being warned of the coming raid by the ISI. Once this is discovered it leads to a
complete breakdown in American-Pakistani relations.

[TheMann]

The Abbottabad Caper

The firing of Air Traffic Controllers by President Reagan in August 1981 leads to a massive movement by American labor unions, resulting in massive rolling strikes in 1982-83, resulting in Reagan's presidential defeat in 1984 and a leftward shift in American politics in the 1980s and 1990s.

[Garbageman]

Originally Posted by TheMann

The firing of Air Traffic Controllers by President Reagan in August 1981 leads to a massive movement by American labor unions, resulting in massive rolling strikes in 1982-83, resulting in Reagan's presidential defeat in 1984 and a leftward shift in American politics in the 1980s and 1990s.

The Left Strikes Back

Finland works out a seperate peace with the Allies and Soviets in January 1944, which results in them allowed to keep their pre-Winter War borders and declaring war on Germany. Butterflies from this involve an Allied invasion of Norway and an independent Estonia after the war.

[Barbarossa Rotbart]

Originally Posted by Garbageman

Finland works out a seperate peace with the Allies and Soviets in January 1944, which results in them allowed to keep their pre-Winter War borders and declaring war on Germany. Butterflies from this involve an Allied invasion of Norway and an independent Estonia after the war.

Finland Victorious

Microsoft runs into huge problems copying Apple's Graphical User Interface and thus Windows in published in 1987 and IBM ends its cooperation with Microsoft. In the meantime Steve Jobs never left Apple. In 2012 the most important operating systems are: Apple's MAC OS X, Linux 3, Atari's TOS 5, Commodore's AmigaOS 4, IBM's OS/2 4 and Microsoft's Windows 5.