AH Title and Description Game

[Kibbutznik]

A Cold War TL depicting a hypothetical naval confrontation between NATO and Warsaw Pact naval forces at the start of World War III. Of particular note is the author's alarmingly realistic portrayal of a Soviet missile submarine's last moments as it is sinking into the Baltic.

Hey, come back here with my planetoid!

The Lake Erie Zoo: A History Of Cleveland Hockey

Warsaw Has Fallen And It Can't Get Up

American Crusade

Warsaw Has Fallen And It Can't Get Up

A humoristic TL set in an independent city-state Warsaw which is a condominium between the pro-German Republic of Poland and pro-Soviet People's Republic of Poland, and by extension the Germans and the USSR.

Noted for the general vagueness of how this political situation came about, the TL focus more on the political, military, bureaucratic, and cultural hijinks that would occur in a city that is not only torn between ideologies and geopolitics, but is also slowly developing a strong sense of city-based nationalism (in the words of the author, Grad-ism).

Mrs. Merkel, Tear Down This Wall!

 

[okmangeez]

Mrs. Merkel, Tear Down This Wall!

A TL where negotiations between East and West Germany failed, thus delaying the reunification of Germany. As a result, the people in West Germany elects Merkel, who promises to finish off the East Germans and reunite Germany.


First Contact: United Nations Aeronautics and Space Agency


or


Star and Stripes Eternal

 

[Miss Teri]

A TL where negotiations between East and West Germany failed, thus delaying the reunification of Germany. As a result, the people in West Germany elects Merkel, who promises to finish off the East Germans and reunite Germany.


First Contact: United Nations Aeronautics and Space Agency

The first in a series of ASB Future TLs, where, after contact is established with an alien civilization, who want us to come and visit, the space agencies of the world decide to pool their efforts, and try to build a ship to go to their star system. However, in order for the mission to be successful, they need to build up the moon as a docking station. Given the Outer Space Treaty is still in effect, the UN decides to create an international Space agency to help with this effort. The TL mostly describes the establishment, and interworkings of the organization, as well as the international tensions that arise from the building of the Moon base. Eventually, the moon base is finished, and construction begins on the new starship. However, there is a lot of work still needed to make this starship....

Andrei Sakharov's Private Quest
or
Shame and Degradation in Generation X

 

[Shiva]

Shame and Degradation in Generation X

A rather infamous ASB TL in which Hunter S. Thompson was born in the 80's and came of age as a teenager in the early 90's. However for want of a nail he still became a gonzo journalist but instead of his writings being set in the 60's and 70's counter-culture, his brand of gonzo journalism had pervading themes of Generation X nihilism, a who's who of 80's music, cocaine and alcohol abuse, and more focus on self-enjoyment than any long-term commitments. Which also mirror the TL Thompson's personal life as he struggled with failed relationships, drug abuse, and an endless string of journalist and writing jobs with various companies.


The Revolution Will Have a Soundtrack

or

Of Alchemy and Steam

or

Long Live Free Nova Scotia!

or

The Downfall of the Ottoman Empire

 

[Barbarossa Rotbart]

The Downfall of the Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman Wars led to the loss of all Ottoman territories in Europe (including its capital Istanbul, which became Greek in 1838). Civil wars and the foreign policy of the greater powers (mainly France, UK and Russia) led to the loss of nearly all Ottoman territories in Northern Africa and Asia, which either became independent of colonies of one of the greater powers. At the end of the 19th century the Ottoman Empire only consisted of Central Anatolia and was on the verge of a civil war, which eventually will sweep it away and replace it with an unstable warmongering theocracy.

Choose (and write at least four sentences! But more would be better.)
Down with the King! Long Live the Queens!
or
The Man Who Sold the Earth
or
Going Commando - A Fashion TL
or
Islamic Nudism and the Kamasutra
or
The Travellers and the Star Frontiers
or
There is no God Except Aten, and Akhenaten is His Prophethttps://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/editpost.php?do=editpost&p=11814729

 

[mlp]

The Man Who Sold the Earth

Using its wealth De Beers begins buying out various corporations across the world, starting within the Empire - first the Anglo-Persian Oil Company in 1949, then moving on to M&A all of the original Seven Sisters. De Beers went on to control various gem and minerals production, such as sapphire and ruby, holding about 70% of the oil and gems industry by 1980. With its vast wealth De Beers bought all major television and newspaper companies, coercing them to publish articles that diminished and muddied the water on the issue of climate change. In 2021, De Beers, having an effective monopoly over oil, precious minerals, gems, finance, and televised broadcasting, was forced to let go of all its holdings after it was found to have financed the Sudanese, Laotian and Indonesian genocides, along with toppling the Zimbabwean government; however the harm was done, and the global average temperature was 73.4F(23C).

Down with the King! Long Live the Queens!

Going Commando - A Fashion TL

Islamic Nudism and the Kamasutra

The Travellers and the Star Frontiers

There is no God Except Aten, and Akhenaten is His Prophet

 

[The Champion]

Down with the King! Long Live the Queens!

We follow one TL where King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom does not abdicate the throne,marries a beautiful girl and she has two daughters , but actually keeps you socialite Wallis Simpson as his mistress.At the end of World War II , a reporter busted a King 's meeting with his mistress and disclose to the public what makes all are incensed with King Edward VIII who abdicated the throne in favor and will live in the US,while his eldest daughter , Elizabeth is crowned Queen , Great Britain revolted by the King of behavior asks only act Queens and not Kings,what does the Chamber of Lords approve a law that ensures that only women of the Royal family to occupy the Throne Monarch , ensuring that Great Britain has only Queens.


Rich heroes : Bill Gates is the superhero known the The Hooded .,



Environmental devastation : Where are the bees ? .,


The " Death of Superman" : How Vandal Savage defeated the Justice League ?.,


President McCain 2009-2013 : The poor successor George W. Bush 's.,


My legs are shaking ! , Jimmy Carter was shot !.,

or


The Reign of Absalom !.


(please more than four lines at least , please).

 

[The Champion]

I'm going for a few more titles :

Legacy of a Fuhrer : The Children of Adolf Hitler ,

3 Bushs in White House : Now it's your turn Jeb !.,

or

Communist revolution in the USA :The Coup of Lee Harvey Oswald .


(please more than four lines at least , please).

 

[ennobee]

3 Bushs in White House : Now it's your turn Jeb !

A four-piece humoristic scenario about the run-up to the 2012 Republican primaries. It is suggested that in this timeline the economic recovery didn't work out as good as it did OTL and that many people are fed up with the Obama presidency and start re-evaluating the legacy of George W. Bush. The sense is that if a right candidate could tap into the W. nostalgia, he might very well clinch the general election. So now all eyes are on 'Jeb' Bush, former governor of Florida and brother of...

After this brief introduction, the next four posts all follow the same pattern: A person of power calls on Jeb Bush telling him that the country and especially his party needs him to run... pretty much rolling out the red carpet for him on live TV. However unlike his brother, Jeb has absolutely no interest in becoming president. His work in Florida, especially along the Cuban-latino population convinced him that his real task lays in winning the new immigrants for the Republican cause and more importantly making the Republican party more attractive to young people, minority people and above all, immigrants and children of immigrants. So he rebukes the callers on every turn.


The first caller: an unnamed official in the Republican party lays out the case, but is cut short when Jeb rather consistently pushes his successor Marco Rubio as the right man. As the caller insists, he bluntly states: "You are telling me that the party is not yet ready for a latino candidate? Then my work is not to run for president but to run for your office instead and make them ready." The second caller, hinted to be one of the Koch brothers is blown off by Jeb's insistance on social fairness. (this is somewhat the weakest post of the four.) The third caller is George Herbert Bush, Bush 41, Jeb's own father. To him Jeb explains all the good work he is doing to attract a new generation of party voters. when George 41 insists that there is no time to go after 'all those young people' now at the verge of election year, be rebukes him by saying 'We would have all those young people in our camp already if you and junior wouldn't have betrayed them on every turn. So if I can't run now it's because I am too busy fixing what y'all screwed up."

In the last post, Jeb manages to annoy the fourth caller - radio show host Rush Limbauch - so massively that the later yells at him - live on the radio - that he should just run for the Democratic nomination on which Jeb replies : "Good ides, Rush. Please call me back in 2016."

The thread solicited many angry responses as well as some very positive ones. in the end however the forum disintegrated into a shouting match between trolls on both sides of the political spectrum so virulently that it had to be shut down.

Next challenge: Only one title, but I made it so that you can build pretty much any scenario around it. (I would even applaud a scenario where 'jet' actually means 'jet black'.)
A Jet??? Fighter???... Seriously?

 

[The Champion]

3 Bushs in White House : Now it's your turn Jeb !

A four-piece humoristic scenario about the run-up to the 2012 Republican primaries. It is suggested that in this timeline the economic recovery didn't work out as good as it did OTL and that many people are fed up with the Obama presidency and start re-evaluating the legacy of George W. Bush. The sense is that if a right candidate could tap into the W. nostalgia, he might very well clinch the general election. So now all eyes are on 'Jeb' Bush, former governor of Florida and brother of...

After this brief introduction, the next four posts all follow the same pattern: A person of power calls on Jeb Bush telling him that the country and especially his party needs him to run... pretty much rolling out the red carpet for him on live TV. However unlike his brother, Jeb has absolutely no interest in becoming president. His work in Florida, especially along the Cuban-latino population convinced him that his real task lays in winning the new immigrants for the Republican cause and more importantly making the Republican party more attractive to young people, minority people and above all, immigrants and children of immigrants. So he rebukes the callers on every turn.


The first caller: an unnamed official in the Republican party lays out the case, but is cut short when Jeb rather consistently pushes his successor Marco Rubio as the right man. As the caller insists, he bluntly states: "You are telling me that the party is not yet ready for a latino candidate? Then my work is not to run for president but to run for your office instead and make them ready." The second caller, hinted to be one of the Koch brothers is blown off by Jeb's insistance on social fairness. (this is somewhat the weakest post of the four.) The third caller is George Herbert Bush, Bush 41, Jeb's own father. To him Jeb explains all the good work he is doing to attract a new generation of party voters. when George 41 insists that there is no time to go after 'all those young people' now at the verge of election year, be rebukes him by saying 'We would have all those young people in our camp already if you and junior wouldn't have betrayed them on every turn. So if I can't run now it's because I am too busy fixing what y'all screwed up."

In the last post, Jeb manages to annoy the fourth caller - radio show host Rush Limbauch - so massively that the later yells at him - live on the radio - that he should just run for the Democratic nomination on which Jeb replies : "Good ides, Rush. Please call me back in 2016."

The thread solicited many angry responses as well as some very positive ones. in the end however the forum disintegrated into a shouting match between trolls on both sides of the political spectrum so virulently that it had to be shut down.

Next challenge: Only one title, but I made it so that you can build pretty much any scenario around it. (I would even applaud a scenario where 'jet' actually means 'jet black'.)
A Jet??? Fighter???... Seriously?

A is TL ASB where we follow a scientist who like the Transformers franchise and decide to create a jet which takes the form of a Robot and can fight for the United States.When the project succeeds after several years of development, he decides to try to convince the authorities of the existence jet fighter , the TL ends when the President Barack Obama himself sees the Jet Fighter demonstrate their skills ... .


Rich heroes : Bill Gates is the superhero known the The Hooded .,



Environmental devastation : Where are the bees ? .,


The " Death of Superman" : How Vandal Savage defeated the Justice League ?.,


President McCain 2009-2013 : The poor successor George W. Bush 's.,


My legs are shaking ! , Jimmy Carter was shot !.,




The Reign of Absalom !.



Legacy of a Fuhrer : The Children of Adolf Hitler

or

Communist revolution in the USA :The Coup of Lee Harvey Oswald .


(please more than four lines at least , please).

 

[shiftygiant]

Legacy of a Fuhrer: The Children of Adolf Hitler.

A popular TLIAW, Legacy of the Fuhrer revolved around Jean-Marie Loret, his alleged real world illegitimate son. Set in 1950, Loret, in this world a French army officer, is assigned to guard duty in Büsingen am Hochrhein, where he becomes embroiled in a plot to assassinate Konrad Adenauer by a former Nazi official, who discovers Loret's parentage and believes there to be hope to reform the Third Reich with Loret as Fuhrer. Loret ultimately prevents the plot, and becomes a hero of Germany, although this dissipates quickly when word of who is father was breaks out. The TL ended with Loret being honorably discharged and returning home, in the final moments being gunned down by a former Concentration Camp Inmate on his doorstep. The timeline has been praised, and became popular off-site when reviewed in the Guardian.

A Day in the Life of Pierre Trudau
or
The Man Who Ate The Bull that Gored Tony Benn
or
'Tunnock's Tea Cakes would be fine, Jack'; A Timeline
or
O Lord Direct us- A London TL
or
Northwood

Four line minimum, please.

 

[Miss Teri]

Legacy of a Fuhrer : The Children of Adolf Hitler

An homage to Ira Levin's "The Boys from Brazil," Adolf Hitler fathers a child with Eva Braun, shortly before the Battle of Berlin. The son (named Alois, who later adopts his mother's surname) is sent to live in Argentina with some of the remaining Nazi leadership (among them Martin Borman and a living Richard Heydrich), and his mother. Later learning his heritage in his teens, he decides to clone himself, and form a new generation of Aryan supermen to finish what Hitler started. The story follows a group of Nazi hunters finding various suspiciously similar men spouting Nazi sentiment across Europe in the early 80's, and tracing the evidence to Argentina, where they find Alois Braun, working with several scientists hiding from the military junta. Ultimately, they destroy his operation, and it is exposed, forcing all the clones from office.
(Please do in least 4 lines)
Andrei Sakharov's Private Quest
or
The Vampire of Compton: Anno Dracula 1994

 

[The Champion]

A popular TLIAW, Legacy of the Fuhrer revolved around Jean-Marie Loret, his alleged real world illegitimate son. Set in 1950, Loret, in this world a French army officer, is assigned to guard duty in Büsingen am Hochrhein, where he becomes embroiled in a plot to assassinate Konrad Adenauer by a former Nazi official, who discovers Loret's parentage and believes there to be hope to reform the Third Reich with Loret as Fuhrer. Loret ultimately prevents the plot, and becomes a hero of Germany, although this dissipates quickly when word of who is father was breaks out. The TL ended with Loret being honorably discharged and returning home, in the final moments being gunned down by a former Concentration Camp Inmate on his doorstep. The timeline has been praised, and became popular off-site when reviewed in the Guardian.

A Day in the Life of Pierre Trudau


Four line minimum, please.

A Day in the Life of Pierre Trudeau It is a TL that shows us a day of Pierre Trudeau 's work as first Prime Minister of Canada,
in the middle of a public appearance in Montreal he has an attempt on his life and TL shows us his thoughts as he is taken to the nearest hospital,he undergoes surgery and also makes several friends in hospital.The TL ends with him being informed that the shooter was caught and getting a call from Jimmy Carter longing improvements .This TL was so successful that the author of it user " Gust84 " just to turning into a Book of Alternative history that was released in late 2015.


Rich heroes : Bill Gates is the superhero known the The Hooded .,



Environmental devastation : Where are the bees ? .,


The " Death of Superman" : How Vandal Savage defeated the Justice League ?.,


President McCain 2009-2013 : The poor successor George W. Bush 's.,


My legs are shaking ! , Jimmy Carter was shot !.,




The Reign of Absalom !.


or



Communist revolution in the USA :The Coup of Lee Harvey Oswald .


(please more than four lines at least , please).

 

[Isot the Terrible]

Environmental devastation : Where are the bees ?

An ASB timeline where a proportion of insects (and other creepy crawlies) grow to giant sizes, and because there are so many of them, devastate the environment and destroy civilization. The heroine of the story, one of a band of survivors, guided by mystical dreams eventually makes contact with a hive of giant bees and forms a symbiotic relationship between them and her people.

The hero is a muscular Conan/Tarzan type, who is derided as a marty stu even though he plays second fiddle to the heroine. The timeline ends before a relationship can develop between the two.


Kennedy vs Clinton vs Bush

Jez We Can!

My legs are shaking! The Disco Presidency

or

An Alternate Reformation

 

[Shiva]

An Alternate Reformation

The Sequel to 'The Cathar Triumphant' TL in which the Cathar movement successfully seized control of France under it's new king, Raymond I of the House of Rouergue. The TL starts immediately after the absolute failure of the Albigensian Crusade and unfolds as the Church tries to rationalize why it failed, even as calls for reform both within and without the Church grow. The Waldensian movement gains a new lease on life as it spreads from it's strongholds and various inspired sects emerge in different nations. As of the last update, Raymond III of France is having to cope with growing corruption in the Cathar Church, Edmund 'the Crouchback' of England is in the middle of a low-level civil war with his barons over issues of rights, land, and religion, the Holy Roman Empire is spiraling out of control, the Italies are being rocked by Catholic/Waldensian violence, and the current Pope Lucius IV is more interested in 'Wing, Song, and Whores' than the actual job the Papacy entails.


The Revolution Will Have a Soundtrack

or

Of Alchemy and Steam

or

Long Live Free Nova Scotia!

 

[The Champion]

The Revolution Will Have a Soundtrack

A Futuristic TL that shows us the rise of a new genre of Rock and roll,Rock of the Revolution in the 2030s,this genre of Rock stands out for its songs that criticize politics and world rulers what stands out at a time when World War III between the US and China appears imminent .The TL ends in the year 2066 , when the greatest singer and Rock Revolution activist , Frank W.Ducard becomes the US President and First Independent proclaimed in his inaugural speech : The Revolution has a Soundtrack ! .A sequel of TL should be done counting on the Presidency of Frank W.Ducard .


Rich heroes : Bill Gates is the superhero known the The Hooded .,




The " Death of Superman" : How Vandal Savage defeated the Justice League ?.,


President McCain 2009-2013 : The poor successor George W. Bush 's.,


My legs are shaking ! , Jimmy Carter was shot !.,




The Reign of Absalom !.


or



Communist revolution in the USA :The Coup of Lee Harvey Oswald .


(please more than four lines at least , please).

 

[Mr. Magi]

The Reign of Absalom

This particular pre-1900 timeline covers Absalom successfully overthrowing his father David as King of Israel and Judah. The particularly interesting approach by the writer included creating entirely new segments of the Bible, trying to write in the same vein as the authors who wrote those particular books in it. While a majority of people enjoyed its approach, two major points of discussion plagued the thread. The first was routine disagreement over the character of Absalom after becoming king. One poster in particular kept up for dozens of pages complaining about the idea that Absalom would become a great and fair king due to description of his luxurious lifestyle. This was countered by the OP describing that Absalom also listened to people who could not see the King for redress. Eventually the conflicting user was banned for a later offense, not involving that thread. The second main point of controversy was that some events continued to happen all the same. The United Kingdom still split, and events like Neo-Babylon and Persia still occurred. Version 2.0 has avoided some of this butterfly killing however, and is currently back at the partial destruction of the United Kingdom by Egypt.

Monsters and Mazes
Da'at Yichud - Jewish Religion TL
Death of a Salesman

 

[shiftygiant]

Death of a Salesman

Death of a Salesman is a Timeline regarding the alternate life of Richard Nixon. Set in 1974, the TL is set in a world where Nixon was never able to make his political break, and ended up a Salesman for Chevrolet. Following the last week of his life in the backdrop of an Alternate Oil Crisis under a Gerald Ford administration, we see Nixon drive around the Pacific North West attempting to convince people to but a new Chevrolet as part of a guerrilla advertising campaign, which Nixon resents. Through this, we see Nixon's interaction with the familiar yet different culture of the United States and his insightful- though bias- commentary on the Political situation. The Timeline ends on Nixon selling the Chevrolet to a young Ted Bundy; however, as Nixon calls the regional office to tell them he finally got a sale, he suffers a pulmonary embolism, dying. The timeline was well received, although is regarded as 'universally depressing'.

The Man Who Ate The Bull that Gored Tony Benn
or
'Tunnock's Tea Cakes would be fine, Jack'
or
O' Lord Direct us- A London TL
or
Northwood

Four line minimum, please.

 

[The Champion]

Northwood

Four line minimum, please.

Northwood is ASB TL, in this TL ,George W.Bush Ron Paul and Bob Dole never become politicians and are friends.The TL shows a world dominated by zombies and how the three friends arrive the city of Northwood , focus the last resistance of humanity.The TL provides details of how the world was before the zombie apocalypse, including George HW Bush was re- elected in 1992 , one Attack in 15 March , 2004 at the Golden Gate Bridge which is popularly known as 3/15,and the romance between Princess Diana and John F. Kennedy Jr., the TL ends when Northwood is destroyed by zombies and 3 friends invade Cape Canaveral and will live in space ... .Although to be ASB , the Tl is very successful because gift of humor in it.


Rich heroes : Bill Gates is the superhero known the The Hooded .,




The " Death of Superman" : How Vandal Savage defeated the Justice League ?.,


President McCain 2009-2013 : The poor successor George W. Bush 's.,


My legs are shaking ! , Jimmy Carter was shot !.,


or



Communist revolution in the USA :The Coup of Lee Harvey Oswald .


(please more than four lines at least , please).

 

[Mr. Magi]

I'm in a rather sunny mood, so let's do a twofer:

President McCain 2009-2013 : The poor successor George W. Bush 's.

This timeline was very much in the vein of Seleucus' TL Hope, Change, and Nutmeg, in that the style typically focused on newspaper headlines and images. The primary change is that the collapse of the housing bubble is delayed by about six months, allowing McCain to just barely edge out Obama in a similar sort of repeat to 2000 or to 1876. It then covers how McCain's domestic policy, which is more akin to his 'Maverick" viewpoint, proves unable to stem the tide of what ITTL becomes a depression. On the flipside he proves more adept in dealing with a more violent Arab Spring.

Ultimately, he loses reelection in 2012 to Mark Warner due to Republican fatigue and the economy being somewhat worse due to a bigger bubble and a lessened amount of relief. The TL is considered decent in that it tries to remain fair and unbiased.

Communist revolution in the USA :The Coup of Lee Harvey Oswald .

This particular TL is rather infamous due to quite a few factors. It opens up with an economic slump that becomes all out stagflation during the mid-to-late 1960s. JFK is not shot, and his legacy becomes tarnished due to this. He loses to the Comeback Kid Richard Nixon because of this, and his electoral fraud gets aired out sometime during his second term. After a very anemic run by Jimmy Carter, the revolution breaks out sometime in 1979, after about a decade of stagnation and inflation. Lee Harvey Oswald becomes a member of the resurgent Communist Party and with Soviet aid manages through a bit of luck and military training make it to the top of the pyramid after the Second Civil war ends the Cold War.

The timeline was infamous due to the intentional ignorance the author showed when writing this timeline. They refused to acknowledge points on economics, butterfly effect, the influence of the Communist Party USA, the PoD being too late, and so on. In fact, for half of the 120+ pages of this TL it had several readers arguing with the writer about the story, and got so bad that the offenders were either banned or kicked depending on what they've done prior. Pulling an Oswald became AH slang much akin to Seelowe did because of the TL's shoddy research into politics and how people react to situations like this.

Pick your poison:
Ungesehen Schrecken
Bedlam at Whitehall
An Indian Summer