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  1. Alternate Geography Listverse Article

    This is self-promotion to an extent (though at this point I gain no economic benefit from it), but I did want to show off that I managed to get paid for an alternate history article focusing on alt-geography and climate scenarios. Was kinda curious to see what feedback people have on the ideas...

  2. Map Thread XII

    Fair enough. I have to admit though, while I don't entirely agree with your position on this on a philosophical level, most of my work (with some exceptions) is largely based on it anyway. Yeah, real life has been hectic. I have more than a few ideas, though, so hopefully I will produce...

  3. Map Thread XII

    It is true. But even then, someone who unites the Mongol tribes, gets called "Genghis Khan" (universal ruler) and goes on a spree of conquest might occur on many different timelines. Assuming that OTL is not a particularly special timeline (in the same way that those speculating on Earth-like...

  4. Map Thread XI

    Sounds like a situation where there would still be car bombs in front of government buildings in 2014. Fantastic map.

  5. Map of the Fortnight: Main thread

    I think both have their place. A themed challenge can definitely bring about a wide variety of maps, which is good. But a more specific challenge can often lead to sparks of creativity due to the restrictions, and it makes the different maps more interesting to compare and contrast. Of Bruce's...

  6. WI: Ming China settles Pacific Coast of America?

    This has been run through many times, and I even made an abortive timeline on the basic premise when I was a misguided teenager. It is almost a cliche. People bring up the idea that the Chinese didn't colonize much outside of China. Which is somewhat true, but misses the fact that most areas...

  7. A Chinese Patent System

    While I have lost the link, I remember reading an argument by a Chinese scholar that one of the reasons that the Sung proto-industrial revolution experienced by the Sung Chinese didn't develop into a full-blown industrial revolution was due to a lack of the requisite legal framework that could...

  8. B-Munroing maps

    1) Make an intriguing scenario, map, or timeline. 2) Wait until Bruce sees it and is inspired. The timing of this is completely unpredictable. If failed, repeat 1) 3) Profit!

  9. The Geum Dynasty

    I'd love to do that as well, but we'll have to see.

  10. The Geum Dynasty

    This largely died out because I started graduate school, and my time became more limited. When I was just working I could think about my TL at the same time without much problem, but not when studying. Also, I didn't really know where to go with China. But, this may yet be resurrected if I get...

  11. Map Thread X

    Or a more defined/exclusive Shinto, which might also be cool.

  12. Map Thread X

    The Mongolian script has survived much better in Inner Mongolia, Cyrillic largely drove it out in Mongolia. It has been re-instituted as a compulsory subject at schools since 1990, though.

  13. Map Thread X

    A key would be nice, I don't know the color codes. I like mega-Korea, South America and Africa.

  14. Map of the Fortnight: Main thread

    Off the Map is the most interesting, but they're all OK.

  15. AHC: North Korea Well (Enough) Off

    The four factions were: The Manchurian Guerillas: Those who fought with Kim Il Song in Manchuria and then fled to the Soviet Union when the going got tough, before returning in triumph with Soviet support. The Yanan Guerillas: Ethnic Korean guerillas who fought in another part of China (not...

  16. Map Thread X

    If I've learned anything from history it's that just because something is ridiculous doesn't make it ASB.

  17. Map Thread X

    Not that many, most ended up in the melting pot. Portuguese colonies in the north were extensive, but they have mostly blended in leaving a bit of a Lusophone twang and Colombian jokes about incomprehensible hicks up north. Thanks! don't worry, I take it all as useful constructive...

  18. Map Thread X

    Yeah, that's a typo, should be early 16th century for all that. The lack of some of the New World gold has butterfly effects on the Spanish economy and politics, and this leads to a longer Iberian Union and better industry. Spain ends up dominating the Caribbean, but expeditions to conquer the...

  19. Map Thread X

    Colombia wasn't always so big, but it gobbled up the other European colonies in North America one by one. New Holland held out the longest, and terrorism is ongoing there. Thanks, I fixed that though embarrassingly I forgot the font I used. Tarantine is an Anglicization of Tawantinsuyu that...

  20. Map Thread X

    A political blocs map of my map above to show the Cold War situation. A bit rough.
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