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  1. WI: More TV series from Roland Emmerich Films?

    That is spun off from the films where he has the director and co-writer credits (according to Wikipedia, and the IMDB) Stargate has already got SG1 and Atlantis spun off from it. So What if there was a spin off TV series for: Independence Day? Godzilla? The Day After Tomorrow? And as an...
  2. WI: Format War - Cassette Tape vs. a similar recording device

    What if the Compact Cassette Tape, had a competing magnetic tape device, that was similar, but incompatable. Akin to the VHS vs. Betamax format war. What effect would this have?
  3. Plausibility Check: A British Greece

    What would be needed for there to be a Greece with some internal self-rule under British protection starting from some time in the early 19th Century.
  4. DBWI: No Large Siamese Colonial Empire

    What sort of POD would be required for there to be no Siamese Colonial Empire Building in Africa and the Pacific in the early 19th Century? And still have a small empire surrounding the homeland in 1900? What would the world be like today?
  5. DBWI: Olympic Closing Ceremony not Nuked

    What if, the Al Qaida Terrorists did not manage to nuke the closing ceremony of the 2000 Sydney Olympics? Osama Bin Laden thinks of something else that would not have the West coming down on him very hard. The submarine is better defended, and thus not able to be hijacked? The submarine is...
  6. DBWI: The Winner is Sydney

    In OTL Beijing won the 2000 Olympic Games by one vote, what if that vote went the other way? Samaranch says "And the winner is Sydney!"
  7. New Year's AH Snipets - Alternate 2008 New Year

    2008 1 January 2008 New Zealand... Dunedin 6:30 am. Someone awoke. She was tired from all of the new year celebrations the night before, she had stayed up until about 1:30. She went out to get some breakfast. She noticed in the hall mirror that she looked the same as she did as when she had left...
  8. New Year's AH Snipets - Alternate 2006 2

    Alternate 2006 2 24 March 2006 Armidale, New England, Australia 5:00 pm Someone arrived back at their room at one of the Colleges at the University of Armidale. Illia Faran turned on her radio as she put her lecture notes on the desk. It was on the UoA General Student Radio'caster. A song came...
  9. New Year's AH Snipets - Alternate 2006 1

    2006 in Parallel Alternate versions of 2006 Alternate 1 27 January 2006 "There are reports of fighting in the Tasman Sea between Aotearoa and New East Anglia..." Daniel Brennan turned up the ABC radio report. If there was a skirmish between the 2 nations, it was likely that Australia would get...
  10. DBWI: Nation name game

    OK, here are the rules. The first player names a sovereign nation, (though autonomous regions, crown dependencies associated with constitutional monarchies, and protectorates will count as well). The second must name another, but it must begin with the last letter of the first state. For...
  11. WI: Voyager had episodes which ripped off portions of the Odessy?

    What if: Star Trek: Voyager had episodes that were based on portions of the Oddessy. What would the reaction be? and what would the long term effects of this be?
  12. Byzantium-wank Map Challenge

    A map Challenge, from a multiverse story I am working on.
  13. Alternate Britain Map Challenge

    An Alternate Britain in 2006
  14. 504 AD Map Challenge

  15. The Federation of Australian Nations

    The Federation of Australian Nations Location: The Australian Continent, and many neighbouring islands. Capital: Newcastle Languages: English, Dutch, Maori, Madaglasy (sp?), Aborigine Languages, Melanesian Languages, French and Barossan German. Established 1950. Type of Government in 2006: It is...
  16. An Alternate History of Interest

    21 August 2002 Armidalis, Terraustralia The Capital of the Nova Angliaterrae state this city is home to 25000 people, the famous University of Nova Angliaterrae and the best art galleries anywhere on the Continent (Terra Australis Espiritu Sanctum). The City like most of the rest of Nova...
  17. New East Anglia - A Geological WI with a nation

    New East Anglia Location: 2 islands, with a total area half the size of Tasmania, in the Tasman Sea, halfway between Tasmania and New Zealand. 1 of the Islands is discovered by Captain James Cook in 1770, shortly before he goes on to discover Botany Bay. The other island is discovered by La...
  18. DBWI: Western Australia becomes part of the Commonwealth of Australia

    WI: Western Australia had joined the eastern colonies in the Commonwealth of Australia at Federation in 1901? WI: Western Australia had joined the eastern states in the Commonwealth of Australia sometime later in the 20th century or since 2001? Note: any POD for this WI is before 1900 hence...
  19. The People of the Sea: Prologue

    The People of the Sea – Prologue The Early 2nd millennium BC A group of Austronesians who otherwise would have been lost at sea make landfall at a volcanic island 100km southeast of the island of Formosa. The island is large enough for a seafaring civilisation. Over the next 500...
  20. POD Kosovo

    Sorry for posting in the wrong forum DBWI: Can anyone think of a POD and timeline where the War of 1999 which started as NATO defending self determination in Kosovo had not gone beyond the borders of Yugoslavia, that is no major engagements/battles/bombardents outside the borders of Serbia...
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