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  1. Brainstorming: Roman Republic collapses in 2-1st Century BC

    1. Rome loses the cimbrian war 2. Rome to loses an Analogue to the Social war and collapses leaving rump states and Italia. 3. Mithradates dominates Anatolia ( not needed but in my view it is rather likely ) 4. How plausible is it and what is the best way to achieve it? 5. I plan to do this TL...
  2. TL Planning/Brainstorming : Mu’awiya takes Constantinople

    I am planning to do a TL where the Umayyads take Constantinople under Mu’awiya . 1. My plan is too have a Islamic Greek speaking State 2. The PoD is under Mu’awyia . now its unknown when the siege actually took place , so i will just invent an ATL siege. 3. The Second Fitna or a parallel will...
  3. Alternate Rockies Alternatives

    I currently live in a corner of what meteorologists call "Tornado Alley", and to be honest, I am getting fed up with hiding in bathrooms while the Reaper's Scythe spirals through my home town and threatens to undo years of hard work in one blow. At the same time, I live somewhere between the...
  4. Rivers and Watersheds Thread

    Robert Szucs, from Birmingham, says he was inspired by 'boring' nature of textbooks to make something exciting. Every river basin is represented by a different colour, which is contrasted with a dark, black background. Could be useful in the BAMing process. Might not work for anyone, but for...
  5. The Noble Men Idea Brainstorming Thread

    So my Lion Haired Men TL has come to an end since it was badly planned and I simply didn't enjoy it. So I have decided to start work on a TL which I actually have passion in. For now, it is called, the Noble Men. Maybe somebody has a better title idea. In ~3,900 BC a boy never dies due to...
  6. Atamolos

    More Roman TL Ideas/Discussion

    Apparently the Romans are the only part of history I'm interested in writing about. Anyway, I still plan on pursuing the Annals of Aelius TL for 150 more years, but I may start a secondary/minor TL just so I have something else to do and I don't burn out from reading Tacitus and Suetonius over...
  7. Petike

    Official Alternate Terminology Advice Thread

    I figured it would help if we had a master thread for all alternate terminology/vocabulary discussions. Most of the threads started for asking this kind of advice die pretty soon, only lasting for a couple of posts or a couple of pages at most. So, to prevent cluttering the forums with these...
  8. Petike

    New game: Create the most original or insane "something-punk" subgenre yet !

    Inspired by this thread, which we had not so long ago. Simply put : Try to create the most original, hilarious or insane premise for a "-punk" setting. On your marks, get set, go ! Here are a few examples : The third quote comes from a poster's idea in the comments section of this...
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