AH Title and Description Game

[Revolutionary Avocado]

Non Je Ne Regrette Rien.

A Nazi invasion of Czechoslovakia leads to a much shorter WW2. As decolonization begins, France, under an highly conservative regime, holds on to its colonies with a much tighter grip. This leads to its estrangement from the developing Anglo-American alliance. France moves closer to Italy, Portugal and Spain as colonies explode and Europe inches towards another war...




They Paved Paradise

 

[President Al Bundy]

They Paved Paradise

The story of a Post-Stalin USSR that stays under the iron grip of hardline-stalinists. This eventually results in nuclear civil war in the Soviet Union that causes the death of millions and a humanitarian catastrophe.

In the Air tonight

 

[Revolutionary Avocado]

In the Air tonight

Charles Lindbergh runs for President in 1940 against John Garner after FDR is assassinated in 1937. The USA stays out of the European war, and Europe, minus Britain, goes Communist by 1949 as the Soviets overrun Germany.



Hefred U'mshol

 

[Emperor Norton I]

Hefred U'mshol

A stronger and more extreme Right Wing in Israel leads to a more aggressive and expansionist Jewish state in the Middle East. The history chronicles Israel retaining control of the West Bank, Gaza strip, and Sinai peninsula after the Six Day war, an aggressive anti-Palestinian campaign, and it's exploitation of Islamic and Ethnic divisions among it's neighbors to maintain it's territory.

Strange Days

 

[Thucydides]

Strange Days

Tunguska event hits Paris. Seeing the suffering caused and with France virtually out of the game as a great power the other European's spend a great deal aiding the French rebuild, a European community is formed, and the world lives on in relative peace for quite a while longer than IOTL.

Empires of the Mind

 

[Badshah]

Tunguska event hits Paris. Seeing the suffering caused and with France virtually out of the game as a great power the other European's spend a great deal aiding the French rebuild, a European community is formed, and the world lives on in relative peace for quite a while longer than IOTL.

Empires of the Mind

The Cold War is decided on the battlefield of the chess board, as America and the USSR's grip on the world tightens through the game.

The Seat of an Empire-Delhi 1902

 

[Michael Wittmann]

British India breaks from Britain and Rivals the Qing Empire

Zhonghua Minguo Wansui!

 

[Falkenburg]

British India breaks from Britain and Rivals the Qing Empire

Zhonghua Minguo Wansui!

Several Centuries after Chinese Colonisation of the (OTL) Americas (On the way to total global domination), a Communist Analog Federation has arisen in the 'New World' threatening the Hegemony of the Middle Kingdom.

This TL focuses on the wars fought between the Empire and their rebellious Eastern Provinces and how this led to the emergence of a multipolar fractured world.

Tiocfaidh Ar La.
Sorry, just couldn't resist.
Falkenburg

 

[vultan]

Several Centuries after Chinese Colonisation of the (OTL) Americas (On the way to total global domination), a Communist Analog Federation has arisen in the 'New World' threatening the Hegemony of the Middle Kingdom.

This TL focuses on the wars fought between the Empire and their rebellious Eastern Provinces and how this led to the emergence of a multipolar fractured world.

Tiocfaidh Ar La.
Sorry, just couldn't resist.
Falkenburg

In the aftermath of a devastating nuclear war, Ireland comes out unscathed, and as the only functioning government in Western Europe. Her time has come.

We Have Met The Enemy, and He Is Us

 

[Georgepatton]

In the aftermath of a devastating nuclear war, Ireland comes out unscathed, and as the only functioning government in Western Europe. Her time has come.

We Have Met The Enemy, and He Is Us

Just as the first American troops are landing in Europe in late 1917, Imperial German agents in the Midwest stage a series of false-flag operations, framing the US government and Irish and Jewish immigrants for massacres of hundreds of German-Americans, sparking a violent uprising and nasty ethnic violence as Old World hatreds come out of the closet.

Seated By the Left Hand of God

 

[Revolutionary Avocado]

Seated By the Left Hand of God

Inspired by the Hashashin order of Ismali Muslims, a group of crusaders form the Order of Cain, an order of fanatical Christian assassin monks. Chaos in Christendom ensues after the order, driven underground by fearful monarchs and a jealous Church, launches a wave of killings, changing the face of Europe forever.



There's No Such Thing as a Setting Sun

 

[Emperor Norton I]

Seated By the Left Hand of God

The Western Schism leads to a permanent division of the Catholic Church and two Papal lines. Much like the Sunni and Shia, the Christian world is divided between those who follow the Papacy of Avignon and those who follow the Papacy of Rome. This culminates in holy conflict and division similar to what we see in the Middle East.

There's No Such Thing as a Setting Sun

Colonialism manages to continue, with the British maintaining their Empire and making it profitable, eventually forming a sort of Imperial Federation of Dominions under the watchful eye of the British Isles. British India, for example, becomes the Dominion of India. Meanwhile, the French and other major colonial powers try to follow suite in order to maintain their Empires, against the backdrop of those who cry to be let free.

8 Miles to Perdition

 

[Revolutionary Avocado]

8 Miles to Perdition

Eminem is exposed to Satanism in his early days as a rapper, and leads a newfound interest among youth in the "religion". Christian groups react very strongly, and beef ensues.



Ouvre la Porte, Ferme La Bouche

 

[Bolt451]

Ouvre la Porte, Ferme La Bouche

Charles De Gaulle is killed by a bombing raid in Normandy in 1944. Churchill pushes for a much more pro-British almost-puppet leader. This leads to stronger post-war Anglo-French cooperation and trade and a very different European community.

Its getting boring by the sea

 

[Sam R.]

Its getting boring by the sea

Foucault's analysis of the repressive institutions of modern society leads to a mass insurrection by asylum inmates in the early 1980s. W___ Self, an outpatient, becomes infamous for his attacks on boring thought in Temporary Liberated Brighton. H____ Bey stars as Self's understudy, arguing for a maximal programme, which leads to the seizure of a channel ferry and an afternoon's high seas piracy.

Bowl him Overarm, Tangles

 

[Emperor Norton I]

OOC: That title confuses me.

 

[Bolt451]

Bowl him Overarm, Tangles

OOC: This took a bit of wiki-ing

IC:

A revision in rules and format Kerry Packer's "World series Cricket" gains popularity, first in Australian then the commonwealth and the rest of the world leading to a less anglo-centric cricket world from the 80s onwards.

All's fair in the summer of love and war

 

[Revolutionary Avocado]

OOC:

All's fair in the summer of love and war

After JFK loses the 1964 presidential election to Nixon (on the back of a failed Civil Rights bill and a worse Bay of Pigs disaster), various radical leftist groups, including the Weatherman Underground, form significantly earlier. This, along with escalation in Vietnam, leads to restrictions on civil liberties, mass arrests of hippies, and guerrilla warfare in the South, as the Black Panthers find money and willing fighters in the North.



Dirt Off Your Shoulders

 

[Gen_Patton]

Dirt Off Your Shoulders

After a failed D-Day landing, the Allied powers desperately rush to open another front on the Germans before the Soviets conquer Europe. Leads to much worse Anglo-American/Soviet relations.

The title comes from a speech by Winston Churchill where he remarks "Lads we must dust the dirt off of our shoulders, pick ourselves up, and try again."


The Life and Times of Dr. John Watson

 

[Bolt451]

The Life and Times of Dr. John Watson

Hugh Laurie agrees to star in BBC's series "The life and times of Dr. John Watson," and so never auditions for House. This butterflies on to change British and American television over the next few years in weird ways. Such as Eddie Izzard as leader of the Labour party, Bill Nighy as the lead role in Doctor who and John Hodgeman as Gregory House (when it finally starts in 2007)