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  1. Oil discoverd under the Falklands

    What if there is a major oil field right under the Falklands. Mideast level of oil, something on the order of the Ghawar Field. The field was discovered right on the eve of the invasion. The day the company announced the discovery Argentina invaded so it didn't factor in and Argentina's reason...

  2. Curse on US presidency broken with Reagan

    Curse of Tippecanoe AKA 20 yr Curse. Long story short, since 1840 every president elected on a year ending in a 0 has died in office until Reagan lived in 1980. Term. Name. Term of death. Cause. Date of Death. 1840 William Henry Harrison First Pneumonia 1841-04-04 1860 Abraham Lincoln...

  3. Earliest possible logical time for the AK 47 to apear

    I'm not asking the earliest time an AK could be made. I'm asking at what point would it make sense for the technology of the era to allow someone to invent an AK analog. WW1? Before? What would its effect be.

  4. Napoleon Didn't Invade Russia

    How would events turn out if Napoleon didn't try to fight the weather and lost a large chunk of his army in Russia.

  5. Dueling Acceptable

    What POD would be needed in order for dueling to remain acceptable, or make a resurgence into the main stream, in the the USA and if possible the rest of the world. Not necessarily to the death but if possible make it so that to the death should be one of the more extreme, if frowned upon...

  6. Earliest Practical Gatling Gun

    How early could Gatling gun like those we know today come in to operation? Its not much of an innovation. More like a new application of old ideas. What it boils down to is that by motorizing a technology from 1860s we now have the highest possible ROF for a normal gun (not considering Metal...

  7. WI Britan does not have to return Hong Kong

    There were several treaties seceding various parts HK to Britain. Basically the difference is that the treaties transfer the area that is modern day Hong Kong to Britain permanently. I dont care so much about the POD as much as the effect on the modern geo-political situation. How would it...

  8. WI buffaloes could be domesticated

    What if the American buffaloes had the mentality that would allow them to be tamed and ridden. How would the domestication of buffaloes effect the civilizations found in the Americas. I read in Guns Germs and Steel how important agriculture and domestication was important for civilization, so...
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