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Personally I find RPGs like this (as well as Space 1889 and others) to the best source of Alternate History media currently available. Because it’s a setting to game in these AHs are often more in depth and more logically consistent. The book “Age of Zeus” is similar but Olympus Inc. is much...

Recently I’ve been reading a lot more RPG books than standard AH novels. Personally, since many Steampunk stories have magic or paranormal, I often include books like the Percy Jackson series as a type of AH. That being said there’s an RPG called Olympus, Inc. that is equally cool. In it...

No need to do that. It’s a valid question. To expand upon my very short answer let’s look at the other so called “reasons for secession” and see why they are all red herrings used almost exclusively by Confederate apologists and Neo-Confederates. States Rights - this is especially is...

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For MO to fully secede you would need to eliminate the huge influx of anti-slavery immigration that flooded the St. Louis region in the 15 years prior to the civil war. To do this one needs to have a Europe without the Revolutions of 1848. Thousands of Germans flooded into MO after the failed...

Exactly, as the Mexican lands would begin as federal territories, they wouldn’t see much in the way of Anti-Catholic bigotry. You would see “Bleeding Kansas” x10 as the anti-slavery settlers, allied with anti-slavery Mexicans, fight pro-slavery settlers. It would get ugly but in very...

I’ve always found the, “But America was so Anti-Catholic!” argument to be rather weak. Anti-Catholic complainers get a lot of press but made little actual headway. The amendment to prevent government funds to be used for religious schools (targeted at catholic schools) failed. I can’t think...

It’s from... Meinig, D. W., The Shaping of America: A Geographical Perspective on 500 Years of History, Vol. 2 Continental America, 1800-1867. Yale University Press, 1993. Pg. 215. A very good series of three books covering a lot of topics regarding the demographic, political and historical...

That would be an auxiliary diesel generator to power the electronics. The real world M577, C3I Vehicle based on an M113, has one just like it.

I’m doubtful that Fremont could have won Pennsylvania either way. Buchanan was as you certainly are aware from Pennsylvania and had quite a lot of power within that state’s political machine. Furthermore while Fremont had the Catholic issue to deal with, rumors persisted (and were most...

As you probably know, the prototype xm723 micv had a one-man turret and 9 dismounts. This vehicle in a modified form went on to become the Bradley. The M2/M3 Bradley only has the larger two man turret because it was saddled with the Cavalry/recon role when the xm800t was canceled. I’ve read...

Does anyone have a good line drawing of the never produced XM800T ARSV? Trying to get to a mod where it has the Bradley turret. I have myself convinced that if it had been accepted and gone into production it would have mounted the 25mm canon and gotten a TOW launcher. Thanks in advance.

Following the failed Rebellions in 1837 it is unlikely that the US would acquire Canada north and east of the Great Lakes. Newfoundland might dicker a bit longer in joining Canada but they too would probably become part of a smaller Canadian Federation. British Columbia would likely go to the...

Yes, one of the proposals put forth during the Alabama Claims controversy was that the U.S. could be compensated by land instead of cash. In 1872 International arbitrators sided with the U.S. and Britain paid the equivalent of over $15 million for damages. Had the damages been even higher...

Most realistic scenario that I can think of in this regards is to have a town or two along the Ohio River Valley get really devastated by Indian/French raids and loose the majority of their adult male population. The surviving women form their own militia companies for self defense and then...