AH Title and Description Game

[Tales Weaver]

Build it Bigger, Build it Better

An rare Architectural TL where the PoD with neoclassicism remaining mainstream after the WW2. This discusses How Neo-classical architecture influences in US and South korean architectures, including different Jamsil olympic stadiums and Different Safeco Field designs.

The flying Submarine.

 

[BlackentheBorg]

After escaping his assassination attempt from Stalin, Trotsky decides to set up shop in China and eventually becomes ruler and soon declares war on Soviet Russia while WW2 just happens to break out. Now with a war on two fronts, can Stalin save the motherland and defeat his mortal enemy once and for all? Or will Trotsky have the last laugh?

President John F. Kennedy’s various affairs are exposed in early 1961.

Admist a major sex scandal and a public and an acrimonious divorce with Jaqueline, and a disastrous Bay of Pigs Invasion that sees the Soviets nearly seize Berlin, JFK commits suicide in December of that year. A shaken nation accepts LBJ as their new President, but his guilt over not being able to save JFK leads him to not run in ‘64.

In a nightmare ‘60s, the Arabs overrun Israel after a brief nuclear war, the US goes to war with China after invading North Vietnam, De Gaulle is assassinated in France by communist rioters, race riots result in a backlash against civil rights, and the Beatles write “A Day in the Life” in 1969, inspired in part by Kennedy’s suicide.

I need both of these as full TLs, like, yesterday.

The Flying Submarine

A POTUS and what remains his cabinet spend three days on board the Looking Glass plane following a large-scale conflict. What exactly, the conflict was, or who the President is, is kept intentionally vauge as they fly across the US, taking in the devestation, as they try to reach Honolulu before the fuel runs out.

Lare night double-feature picture show
Mr. Sassoon doesn't work here anymore
Senator, you ain't no Jack Kennedy

 

[Goats-&-Bolts]

A TL in which North Korea's leadership changed in the 1960's when Kim Il-Sung died in a freak accident, resulting in Korean War vet O Chin-u becoming the second Paramount Leader of North Korea, like his predecessor he was impressed with North Vietnam's successful resistance of America and attempted to emulate their war tactics, successfully assassinating Park Chung-hee and detonating the Second Korean War. 'the Life and Times of a North Korean Gumiho' is a secondary story in the TL, and the only one written purely in a first-person perspective from a North Korean operative known only as 'Gumiho' or 'Fox' as he wages his covert war against the South Korean government on behalf of the 'Dear Leader', an informal nickname for the first and second Presidents of North Korea.

I like it, though I hoped the TL would center on a supernatural Gumiho — otherwise the liver reference in the title doesn’t make sense.

Senator, you ain't no Jack Kennedy

Timeline focusing on John Kennedy Junior’s political career in the 2000-2020 period. Key focus points include Kennedy’s response to the 9/11 and Enron scandal, his political activists during the War in Iraq and Afghanistan, his unsuccessful presidential bid in late 2000s with the escalating Armenia-Azerbaijan Conflict in the background and the increasingly unstable situation in the Middle East resulting from a “Green Revolution” in Iran. In the end, Kennedy never attained high office since he “ain’t no Jack Kennedy”.

Green Jungles, Abrams Tanks and so, so many Commies — A Second Vietnam War TL

 

[Miss Teri]

I like it, though I hoped the TL would center on a supernatural Gumiho — otherwise the liver reference in the title doesn’t make sense.
Timeline focusing on John Kennedy Junior’s political career in the 2000-2020 period. Key focus points include Kennedy’s response to the 9/11 and Enron scandal, his political activists during the War in Iraq and Afghanistan, his unsuccessful presidential bid in late 2000s with the escalating Armenia-Azerbaijan Conflict in the background and the increasingly unstable situation in the Middle East resulting from a “Green Revolution” in Iran. In the end, Kennedy never attained high office since he “ain’t no Jack Kennedy”.

Green Jungles, Abrams Tanks and so, so many Commies — A Second Vietnam War TL

In a world where the USSR had emerged victorious in the Cold War, by the 2010's a new Cold War is brewing between the Soviets and China over the influence in the world.

In this new climate, an unexpected battlefield is the nominal Soviet ally of Vietnam. A growing Maoist faction in the government supports a switch to China. This comes to a head in 2017, when the Maoists attempt a coup, which sparks a civil war, with the Soviets backing the government and China the Maoists.

Much like the first one, this Vietnam War is murky and difficult to handle, with other factions attempting to make a play ( including former American military contractors providing weapons for the Maoists, including tanks-hence the title). The war is in its third year , with the Maoists making inroads.

The Second Best Secret Agent In The Whole Wide World

Or

The Last New Yorker

 

[Hulkster'01]

The Last New Yorker

When Japan sabotages the Manhattan project, most of New York becomes a nuclear waste land. Only one know New Yorker is left and he has a furious vengeance.

“That was an unexpected episode.”

That’s all folks!

All that glitters is gold...

A Bullmoose in Gettysburg

 

[Evan]

All that glitters is gold...

An ASB TL where the English really do find gold around Jamestown.

Not All Who Wander Are Lost

 

[Mr. Magi]

An ASB TL where the English really do find gold around Jamestown.

Not All Who Wander Are Lost

A pre-1900 TL that takes the idea of there being a Kingdom of Prester John actually existing and runs with it. The idea is that during the dissolution of the Mongolian Khanate, one of the successor states comes under the control of one of many Genghis' heirs. This heir happens to be a Nestorian Christian of the Persian Church persuasion and takes control of what would have become the Chagatai Khanate. His realm ultimately becomes rich due to the silk road running through, but slowly loses power as trade routes shift in favor of direct ports and the rise of the new world.

It was not seen as a particularly good timeline, mainly due to concerns over how this alternate Chagatai Khanate could have remained stable, given the author avoided power struggles except when it would benefit the Khanate by allowing reform. It was seen as a central asian wank, with the best components of the timeline mainly being the interludes on Russia and Persia. The writer would eventually do an Ilkhanate TL that would be seen as a much better one, though as a wink he did have Prester John's Kingdom still pop in.

The Last Joust
Flights of Fancy with the Flying Circus
The Art of the Lie: A Politician's Guide
Glory to the Cactus King

 

[Hulkster'01]

Glory to the Cactus King

An atl where Cactus Jack wins 1999 King Of The Ring.

“That was an unexpected episode.”

That’s all folks!

A Bullmoose in Gettysburg

A rainy day in Dallas

 

[Mr. Magi]

I really do think a good rule of thumb should be at least a couple of sentences that expand on the title idea. Otherwise you're open to this in reprisal:

That’s all folks!

Warner Bros goes bankrupt in the 70's.

But in all seriousness, here's my actual attempt:

That's all Folks! is a dystopic cultural TL where Warner Brothers' animation department is sold off into scrap during the 1970's due to the expenses needed to run the outfit and a rather poor performance for their movies division due to minor butterflies. This combined with a worker's strike at Hanna-Barbera causes a massive cascade effect on western animation, which is made all the worst when Disney collapses after Cuchulain, an alternate movie made during this period, disastrously flopped in a time where Disney's movies were doing poorly and caused mass layoffs. In the ashes, Bluth and other indie animators are what's left of the western circuits, as cheap Korean and Japanese animation storms the market due to harsher labor laws and cheaper workers.

The writer of the TL intentionally opened with a statement that she designed this timeline to make everyone's childhoods suffer. She made good on that threat when her interludes into other TV killed the Doctor and any hopes of Star Trek coming back as Next Gen or 2.0 as well due to similar problems. It is seen in a similar light to Fear, Loathing, and Gumbo on how dark it gets culturally.

A Glitch in the System
Lies, Falsehoods, and Dishonesty
The First Conspiracy
Crumbling Arches

 

[thezerech]

Crumbling Arches

A timeline about the early United States and late colonial period. Written about primarily intellectual development at first. The author discussed PODs all dealing with people's educations and values and changing elements of their lives and using lesser known figures to provide for a more varied grouping of intellectuals and diverse thought in the colonies. An important development is the arrival of a young Savoyard who is exiled from his home country because of his resistance to reform in France and Savoy.

However, when the American Revolution comes around the British act obstinate from the beginning and refuse to remove many taxes. The Boston Massacre leaves dozens dead and in response to a more egregious Britain the colonies are more united for indepdence.

The problems begin after indepdence. Instead of being united behind ideas of universal rights the colonists are divided between radical republicans who want a free republic like Jefferson, Washington, and Adams opposed to others led by Hamilton, Arnold, and the young Savoyard Joseph Maistre, whose radical counter enlightenment philosophy energizes continental army officers to launch a coup in 1788 demanding an authoritarian state and the inviting of a European Monarch onto the throne.

The America Civil War is a bloody conflict but the outnumbered and at first unpopular Maistrians managed to eventually come out victorious exploiting differences on slavery, trade, and westward expansion to divide the weak Confederation of North America led by Jefferson. The new Kingdom of Columbia, with Maistre serving as Prime Minister, Hamilton as treasurer, and Benedict Arnold serving as "Regent". With Maistre wanting a Catholic, Hamilton wanting a Hohenzollern or Scandinavian, and Arnold wanting the title for himselfl no suitable European Monarch could be found and the "Columbian Regency" became the unofficial name of the new Nation as it expanded westward and northward. The vision of an enlightenment neo-classicism collapsing before a reactionary counter revolution was unique.

The timeline had a mixed reception with many people appreciating the interesting philosophical questions being posed in it, as well as elaborate and well written debate scenes between the various opposing political figures that were entertaining and imaginative. However, criticism came from the near ASB scenario posed by the author as well as criticism of a political nature. In the end the timeline ended in 1800, a little early, due to the controversial nature of the writing.


A Kingdom from the Gutter/A King born of the Gutter

A war fought on no fronts

A King's penance

A Cossack, a Hussar, and a Tartar all walk into a castle

King, Pope, and Hangman

 

[Mr. Magi]

King, Pope, and Hangman

This particular Timeline is an interesting twist on the English Reformation. In it, Henry VIII actually declares himself to not just be head of the Church of England, but he goes so far as to actually declare himself Pope to boot due to reasons of ego. This change to the doctrine upsets more of what would have become Low Church Anglicans, who rapidly swing to a more Calvinist and even Anabaptist bend. These Low Church men and women join the Presbyterian movement and initiate a series of revolts that would lead to the "Garden Wars", the name hailing from the Tudor rose and the mass riots and revolts that swept across the country like a group of flowers.

The Catholics in the nation rather quickly join in, but the two different faiths tend to cause their own fights. These are further agitated by Protestant Scotland, and a very vexed and annoyed Hapsburgs, who each surrepticiously support their respective movements. However the ultimate victor still remains the Tudors, whose troops were ultimately successful in putting down the revolts. The last title that Henry would adorn was "Hangman", as he in a very festive yellow would hang the ring leaders of the Marians and the Low Church respectively. Henry would then ultimately die, and his son Edward would take the throne shortly before the story ended.

The time line was not seen as plausible and in the British users' cases, found it to even be a bit ridiculous. The main reasons were by their reckoning were that while Henry was ruthless and crass enough for some of his antics, the writer completely failed to get his character right. They also expressed that the Hapsburgs would not have directly aided the Marians, as they had far more on their plate at said time. The ultimate conclusion was that the writer got their information from Now Blooms the Tudor Rose, and without any research to say otherwise, heavily cribbed from it.

The Workingman's Priest
Digging Into Hell: How to Fail at Business in Seven Easy Steps
The Oldest Lie, the First Conspiracy
The Light of a New Dawn
Tangled in the Spider's Web

 

[Goats-&-Bolts]

The Workingman's Priest

A TL where Father Gapon avoids being assassinated and becomes one of the leading figures of the Bolshevik Revolution. Communist movement as a whole has less focus on secularism as in fact a whole new set of “socialist priests” develop, people who take up the dogma of “Christian Communism”. Funny enough, as the Red Scare and Cold War rolls around US government and public starts to look unkindly at devout Christians, suspecting them of being either communist agents or communist sympathizers.

The Yeltsin/Yog-Sothoth Axis and the Cthulhu-Communist Pact: a NATO High-Commission Report on the Elder-Gods Cults in Post-Soviet Russia

 

[Miss Teri]

The Yeltsin/Yog-Sothoth Axis and the Cthulhu-Communist Pact: a NATO High-Commission Report on the Elder-Gods Cults in Post-Soviet Russia

Set in the world of Charles Stross' "A Colder War", but where Reagan cut out the "Bombing starts in Five Minutes" joke (thus preventing the end of the original), after the fall of the USSR, and glasnost revealing the existence of the various outer dimensional beings in use by the Soviet government, the TL takes the form of an extensive report about the rise of cults around these beings. With their existence confirmed, they soon eclipse the Russian Orthodox Church in importance, and thus attain a high level of influence. One is a group worshiping "Project Koschei", mixing that with a strain of Marxism-Leninism. They rival a group worshiping Yog-Sothoth, who back Boris Yeltsin, and keep him alive and in power into the 2000's. The final paragraph reveals that the US' own projects with the Elder Gods are revealed, and cults are arising across the Western World.

The Second Best Secret Agent In The Whole Wide World
or
The Year of Two President and Three Kings

 

[Tales Weaver]

The Year of Two President and Three Kings

This TL talks about French Politics in 1873. After Thiers resign, Patrice de MacMahon becomes president. He gives Henri, Count of Chamboard the offer to restore monarchy, and he accepts. Which turns France back to monarchy. However, after he tries to turn it into absolute monarchy, MacMahon overthrows him and brings Louie, the son of Louie Phillip into king of france. However, he dies of disease, and Gaston becomes king.

Hardboiled Rhapsody.

 

[SeaBos]

Hardboiled Rhapsody.

An ASB story following early 1920s detective and WWI veteran, Clyde Maxwell, being sent back to the Trojan War, where he puts his experiences from the 20th century to good use. The narrative is split between a Maxwell's notes and an epic poem that seems to have been created sometime after his death.

A Light for All Mankind: an Illuminati Timeline

More Dangerous Than Stalin

Cato's Glory: A Stono Timeline

The Land of Smiling Faces

 

[BlackentheBorg]

More Dangerous Than Stalin

NKVD Commissioner and budding fascist Nikolai Yezhov, overhearing chatter concerning the Great Purge, begins an Underwood-esque rise to power which eventually results in his poisoning of Joseph Stalin. Yezhov, mercifully, is only at the helm for a short amount of time until an unlikely rival, Leon Trotsky, returns from exile and an attempted assassination. With yet another Russian Civil War on the horizon, how will the USSR survive into the fifties?

Judy In Disguise (With Glasses)

Failing the Bechdel Test

"We can't compete against that much stock footage of clouds!" - Election Night 1988

 

[Hulkster'01]

Judy In Disguise (With Glasses)

After bomb after bomb, Judy Garland decides to fake her death and live her life in London. People don’t catch on and mourn her “death”, in 1973 she is accidentally captured on camera boarding a flight to America and soon people start to follow her. Can she get away from the public and continue to live her new life or will Judy Garland be forced to return to the public eye?

Splitting rails in the twentieth century

A Bullmoose in Gettysburg

A rainy day in Dallas

War, what is it good for?

 

[SeaBos]

A rainy day in Dallas

A controversial tl the POD starts with bad weather leading Kennedy's motorcade to travel with the roof of the car up because of this Harvey Lee Oswald is unable to assassinate him. While Kennedy goes on to deal with many of the problems that LBJ dealt with in OTL, Oswald is arrested and receives a more through interrogation than he did in our world. From here the tl takes a turn into the controversial with Oswald claiming that he was set up by the Cuban government, the author takes steps to make it unclear if they really do believe that the Cubans were to blame or if Oswald is lying in hopes that he will get a better deal. A planned sequel called A balmy night in Havana promises to look more closely at the Cuban response to the accusation and how it effects their relationships with the United States, Latin America, and the Soviet Union.

An Outsider in the White House: A President Hillary Clinton TL

The Land of Smiling Faces

A Light for All Mankind: an Illuminati Timeline

Del Norte: Adventure, Tales, and Myths from Mexico's Untamed North

Sunrise in Saigon

Tehranaboo: An Alternate History of Nerd Culture

We Are Here in Friendship: A (Somewhat) Plausible Take on Homefront

 

[BlackentheBorg]

The Land of Smiling Faces

In 1943, John Kennedy is among those dead when the Japanese Destroyer ship Amagiri rams the Torpedo Boat PT-109. In a rather Kennedy-less world, Hubert Humphrey, known in the senate as "The Happy Warrior" ends up the nominee and subsequent president in 1960. The TL follows the Humphrey as he tackles with the Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam and, eventually, an assassination attempt.

Half of My Heart is in Havana

"I'm in a new band called KUWAIT GRIPS"

Jojo left his home in Tucson, Arizona

"Every dog has his day, Frannie."

 

[Kowalski]

Half of My Heart is in Havana

Timeline about the Cuban Missile War. When USS Randolph damaged Soviet submarine B-59, Captain Savitsky launched a nuclear torpedo right into an aircraft carrier. Soviet commanders on Cuba believed that the United States began an attack on them and launched as much nukes as they could right on US soil. This in turn triggered John Kennedy's response to launch an all-out nuclear war on the Eastern Bloc. After few hours, Washington DC, New York and several other, Southern cities were hit by nuclear weapons. Soviet Union was destroyed completely, with a one hundred millions dying in the first two days of a war. Firebombing of a Siberian forests created massive fire, destroying all life there and creating local warming. Kennedy was killed in the first minutes of a war, Lyndon Johnson died of a heart attack, McCormack ended the war three days later and immediately resigned, Carl Hayden refused to assume Presidency. Dean Rusk became fifth President in a week, finishing Kennedy's term. Richard Nixon won 1964 election, running on the anti-war platform, promising to reduce nuclear arsenal, rebuild an economy, repair international stance of the United States. He was fairly successful and was reelected in a landslide on 1968. On 1971 he called Constitutional Convention, second in the history of the United States, to revise laws in the country. Half of My Heart is in Havana was a song used by anti-war activists on the Convention.

NATO was dissolved on 1962, European countries entered into continental isolationism - abandoning colonies and integrating themselves. On 1969, European Union was formed. On 1981, United States of Europe were proclaimed as a new country. It has fairly well economics, mixed economy of private enterprises and state-owned vital industries (food industry, power plants etc.). It is a left-wing state, often described by Americans as a Eurocommunism or Union of the Socialist Soviets of Europe.

Soviet Union was destroyed during a war. Only 60 millions survived the war, leaving nearly whole country deserted. On 1971, survivors who did not escaped to Western Europe, created State of the Soviets - socialist, isolationist state centered around Moscow, Novogrod and Leningrad.

China was hit by nuclear weapons, killing Mao, several other communist politicians and tens of millions Chinese. Now, the People's Republic of China is an anti-American socialist state inhabitated by one billions people. Its sphere of influence includes Indochina, Thailand, Burma, Indonesia, Japan (hit by Soviet nuclear bombers), Pakistan, Afghanistan, Central Asia and Iran.

United States entered into age of isolationism. Pariah state tried to repair international stance by sending aid to the countries damaged by a war. Fifty years later it still has unpopular opinion in the world. Several international organizations for years tried to convict several US politicians for warcrimes.

John F. Kennedy is remembered as a worse man than Adolf Hitler. Free market capitalism's advocates can still be punched in the Europe/China by an angry mob.

Martian hoax

Mountain Goat, Chancellor and General Secretary

Space Station Babylon

Nixon Republicans