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| ==== Alternate History GURPS Supplements ==== | ==== Alternate History GURPS Supplements ==== |
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| **GURPS** supplements detailing alternate timelines include **//Infinite Worlds//**, **//Weird War II//**, **//Steampunk//**, **//Alternate Earths//** and **//Alternate Earths II//**. You can find out more about these TLs [[http://gurps.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Infinite_Worlds|on the GURPS wikia]], which also has [[http://gurps.wikia.com/wiki/Chaos_(world)|an entry]] about [[timelines:Chaos|the Chaos TL]] by [[offtopic:Max Sinister]] (inspired by Centrum, see below). | **GURPS** supplements detailing alternate timelines include **//Infinite Worlds//**, **//Weird War II//**, **//Steampunk//**, **//Alternate Earths//** and **//Alternate Earths II//**. You can find out more about these TLs [[https://gurps.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Infinite_Worlds|on the GURPS Fandom wiki]], which also has [[https://gurps.fandom.com/wiki/Chaos_(world)|an entry]] about [[timelines:Chaos|the Chaos TL]] by [[offtopic:Max Sinister]] (inspired by Centrum, see below). And [[https://gurps.fandom.com/wiki/Reich-8|an entry]] for his current TL [[timelines:How many Sixes does Adolf Nazi have to Roll]]? |
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| ==== Historical GURPS Supplements ==== | ==== Historical GURPS Supplements ==== |
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| GURPS supplements dealing with historical topics include **//Age of Napoleon//**, **//Arabian Nights//**, **//Aztecs//**, **//Celtic Myth//**, **//China//**, **//Egypt//**, **//Greece//**, **//Imperial Rome//**, **//Japan//**, **//Middle Ages I//** (medieval England), **//Old West//**, **//Russia//**, **//Swashbucklers//**, **//Timeline//**, **//Vikings//**, **//Who's Who 1//** (biographies), **//Who's Who 2//** and **//World War 2//**. | GURPS supplements dealing with historical topics include **//Age of Napoleon//**, **//Arabian Nights//**, **//Aztecs//**, **//Celtic Myth//**, **//China//**, **//Egypt//**, **//Greece//**, **//Imperial Rome//**, **//Japan//**, **//Middle Ages I//** (medieval England), **//Old West//**, **//Russia//**, **//Swashbucklers//**, **//Timeline//**, **//Vikings//**, **//Who's Who 1//** (biographies), **//Who's Who 2//** and **//World War II//**. |
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| **[[http://www.uchronia.net/bib.cgi/label.html?id=hitegurpsa|Alternate Earths and Infinite Worlds series]]** at [[offtopic:uchronia|Uchronia - The Alternate History List]] | **[[http://www.uchronia.net/bib.cgi/label.html?id=hitegurpsa|Alternate Earths and Infinite Worlds series]]** at [[offtopic:uchronia|Uchronia - The Alternate History List]] |
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| **[[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GURPSAlternateEarths|Alternate Earths]]** at [[offtopic:tv_tropes|TV Tropes.org]] | **[[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/TabletopGame/GURPSAlternateEarths|Alternate Earths]]** at [[offtopic:tv_tropes|TV Tropes.org]] |
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| **[[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/InfiniteWorlds|Infinite Worlds]]** at [[offtopic:tv_tropes|TV Tropes.org]] | **[[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/TabletopGame/InfiniteWorlds|Infinite Worlds]]** at [[offtopic:tv_tropes|TV Tropes.org]] |
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| {{:alternate_history:cover_ae1.jpg?200|}} | {{:alternate_history:cover_ae1.jpg?200|}} |
| **ALTERNATE EARTHS, VOLUME I** (1996) | **ALTERNATE EARTHS, VOLUME I** (1996) |
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| **[[http://www.sjgames.com/gurps/books/AltEarths/|Official publisher's page at Steve Jackson Games]]** | **[[https://www.sjgames.com/gurps/books/AltEarths/|Official publisher's page at Steve Jackson Games]]** |
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| **[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GURPS_Alternate_Earths|Wikipedia article]]** | **[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GURPS_Alternate_Earths|Wikipedia article]]** |
| **ALTERNATE EARTHS, VOLUME II** (1999) | **ALTERNATE EARTHS, VOLUME II** (1999) |
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| **[[http://www.sjgames.com/gurps/books/altearths2/|Official publisher's page at Steve Jackson Games]]** | **[[https://www.sjgames.com/gurps/books/altearths2/|Official publisher's page at Steve Jackson Games]]** |
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| **[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_GURPS_books#Fictional_Settings_2|Wikipedia article]]** | **[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GURPS_Alternate_Earths_II|Wikipedia article]]** |
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| **WEIRD WAR II** (2003) | **WEIRD WAR II** (2003) |
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| **[[http://www.sjgames.com/gurps/ww2/weirdwar2/|Official publisher's page at Steve Jackson Games]]** | **[[https://www.sjgames.com/gurps/ww2/weirdwar2/|Official publisher's page at Steve Jackson Games]]** |
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| **INFINITE WORLDS** (2005) | **INFINITE WORLDS** (2005) |
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| **[[http://www.sjgames.com/gurps/books/infiniteworlds/|Official publisher's page at Steve Jackson Games]]** | **[[https://www.sjgames.com/gurps/books/infiniteworlds/|Official publisher's page at Steve Jackson Games]]** |
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| **[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GURPS_Infinite_Worlds|Wikipedia article]]** | **[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GURPS_Infinite_Worlds|Wikipedia article]]** |
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| **[[http://gurps.wikia.com/wiki/GURPS_Infinite_Worlds|GURPS Wikia article]]** | **[[https://gurps.fandom.com/wiki/GURPS_Infinite_Worlds|GURPS Fandom Wiki article]]** |
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| **[[http://web.archive.org/web/20070830114324/http://www.originsgames.com/awards/2005|Origins Award Winners 2005]]** | **[[https://web.archive.org/web/20070830114324/http://www.originsgames.com/awards/2005|Origins Award Winners 2005]]** |
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| __First appeared in:__ //GURPS Alternate Earth, Volume II// (1999) | __First appeared in:__ //GURPS Alternate Earth, Volume II// (1999) |
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| __Setting description:__ Breaks with our history in 1688, when the favourable winds which allowed William of Orange to safely cross the English Channel and invade England in the real world never materialised and his fleet was lost in the attempt. King James II was therefore never driven from his throne, and subsequently executed the anti-Catholic parliamentarians who had invited William to take the throne. After this victory, James' Catholic sympathies were displayed openly as he ignored Parliament and allied with France. The eventual reunion of the Church of England with the Church of Rome in 1745 drove British Protestants to North America en masse; a series of succession crises and wars throughout the 19th century left 20th century Europe discontented and dissatisfied. Central Europe experienced a series of republican revolutions in the 1940s; the Republican Alliance that emerged is pinned between the Habsburg Dominions across northern Eurasia and the Bourbon Dominions of western Europe. In North America the Kingdom of Louisiane under the House of Orleans controls the most territory, though the Grand Duchy of Aleska and Mexique are also of considerable size. The American Commonwealth, a near-theocratic Protestant nation governed by a Lord Protector appointed for life, is smaller, of a size with Nouvelle France, the sole remaining colonial possession in North America. | __Setting description:__ Breaks with our history in 1688, when the favourable winds which allowed William of Orange to safely cross the English Channel and invade England in the real world never materialised and his fleet was lost in the attempt. King James II was therefore never driven from his throne, and subsequently executed the anti-Catholic parliamentarians who had invited William to take the throne. After this victory, James' Catholic sympathies were displayed openly as he ignored Parliament and allied with France. The eventual reunion of the Church of England with the Church of Rome in 1745 drove British Protestants to North America en masse; a series of succession crises and wars throughout the 19th century left 20th century Europe discontented and dissatisfied. Central Europe experienced a series of republican revolutions in the 1940s; the Republican Alliance that emerged is pinned between the Habsburg Dominions across northern Eurasia and the Bourbon Dominions of western Europe. In North America the Kingdom of Louisiane under the House of Orleans controls the most territory, though the Grand Duchy of Aleska and Mexique are also of considerable size. The American Commonwealth, a near-theocratic Protestant nation governed by a Lord Protector appointed for life, is smaller, of a size with Nouvelle France, their sole remaining colonial possession in North America. |
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| The character of Aeolus is of a world with near-modern technology (the current year is 1941) in which political thought is many years behind its course of development in our world. Fortunately for the Republican Alliance, the presence of Mikhail Gurevich and Henri Coanda has given them sole possession of jet aircraft technology and, indeed, the only airplanes on the planet. | The character of Aeolus is of a world with near-modern technology (the current year is 1941) in which political thought is many years behind its course of development in our world. Fortunately for the Republican Alliance, the presence of Mikhail Gurevich and Henri Coanda has given them sole possession of jet aircraft technology and, indeed, the only airplanes on the planet. |
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| __World map:__ [[offtopic:B Munro]] has created [[http://quantumbranching.deviantart.com/art/Aeolus-141367576|a map of the world of the Aeolus ATL]], set some 30 years into the future of the original GURPS scenario. | __World map:__ [[offtopic:B Munro]] has created [[https://quantumbranching.deviantart.com/art/Aeolus-141367576|a map of the world of the Aeolus ATL]], set some 30 years into the future of the original GURPS scenario. |
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| __World map:__ \\ | __World map:__ \\ |
| - [[offtopic:B Munro]] has created [[http://quantumbranching.deviantart.com/art/Azoth-7-168247853|a map of the world of the Azoth-7 ATL]].\\ | - [[offtopic:B Munro]] has created [[https://quantumbranching.deviantart.com/art/Azoth-7-168247853|a map of the world of the Azoth-7 ATL]].\\ |
| - Another global map of the TL [[http://goliath-maps.deviantart.com/art/Azoth-7-334293690|was created]] by Goliath-Maps.\\ | - Another global map of the TL [[https://goliath-maps.deviantart.com/art/Azoth-7-334293690|was created]] by Goliath-Maps.\\ |
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| __Trivia:__ Some online discussions on developing this scenario further can be found [[http://forums.sjgames.com/showthread.php?t=76108|here]] and [[http://forums.sjgames.com/showthread.php?t=90476|here]]. | __Trivia:__ Some online discussions on developing this scenario further can be found [[http://forums.sjgames.com/showthread.php?t=76108|here]] and [[http://forums.sjgames.com/showthread.php?t=90476|here]]. |
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| __World map:__ \\ | __World map:__ \\ |
| - [[offtopic:rvbomally]] has created [[http://rvbomally.deviantart.com/art/GURPS-Caliph-336545738|a map of the world of the Caliph]].\\ | - [[offtopic:rvbomally]] has created [[https://rvbomally.deviantart.com/art/GURPS-Caliph-336545738|a map of the world of the Caliph]].\\ |
| - [[offtopic:B Munro]] has also made [[http://quantumbranching.deviantart.com/art/Gurps-Caliph-464528033|a map]] of the setting, but with considerable modifications (especially concerning the [[space filling empire|space filling empires]]).\\ | - [[offtopic:B Munro]] has also made [[https://quantumbranching.deviantart.com/art/Gurps-Caliph-464528033|a map]] of the setting, but with considerable modifications (especially concerning the [[space filling empire|space filling empires]]).\\ |
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| The current year in Centrum is 2025, and much of Centrum's efforts focus on resisting the influences of Homeline (the parallel from which the player characters are from) over the parallels Centrum itself can reach and manipulate. | The current year in Centrum is 2025, and much of Centrum's efforts focus on resisting the influences of Homeline (the parallel from which the player characters are from) over the parallels Centrum itself can reach and manipulate. |
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| | Inspired [[offtopic:Max Sinister]]'s [[timelines:Chaos]] TL. In a certain way - he wanted a more interesting opponent for Homeline/Infinity Unlimited. |
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| The current year in Cornwallis is 1984, and the world is carved into colonial slices by Russia (which holds Korea, Japan and Alaska) and the Five Thrones. Mercantilist economic theory holds sway, resulting in a restrictive network of tariffs, rail gauge changes and state monopolies throughout the globe (although the theories of Friedrich Hayek are having a stimulating effect in his native Austria). The American colonies are pinned between the Atlantic and treaty boundaries set by Britain to protect the Native American peoples of the interior. Oregon Country has been used for decades a dumping ground for undesirables of all sorts (including Jeremy Bentham, Eric Blair and survivors of the "Lincoln-Lee" rebellion of 1861). Russia has been generally ignored by the Five Thrones after its defeat, but First Citizen Gromov has rebuilt its industry and plots to export revolution throughout the world. | The current year in Cornwallis is 1984, and the world is carved into colonial slices by Russia (which holds Korea, Japan and Alaska) and the Five Thrones. Mercantilist economic theory holds sway, resulting in a restrictive network of tariffs, rail gauge changes and state monopolies throughout the globe (although the theories of Friedrich Hayek are having a stimulating effect in his native Austria). The American colonies are pinned between the Atlantic and treaty boundaries set by Britain to protect the Native American peoples of the interior. Oregon Country has been used for decades a dumping ground for undesirables of all sorts (including Jeremy Bentham, Eric Blair and survivors of the "Lincoln-Lee" rebellion of 1861). Russia has been generally ignored by the Five Thrones after its defeat, but First Citizen Gromov has rebuilt its industry and plots to export revolution throughout the world. |
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| __Trivia:__ An online draft developing this scenario further (up to an ATL 2012) can be found [[http://fieldmarshalpatton.deviantart.com/art/Cornwallis-2012-357794988|here]]. | __Trivia:__ An online draft developing this scenario further (up to an ATL 2012) can be found [[https://fieldmarshalpatton.deviantart.com/art/Cornwallis-2012-357794988|here]]. |
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| __First appeared in:__ //GURPS Alternate Earths, Volume I// (1996) | __First appeared in:__ //GURPS Alternate Earths, Volume I// (1996) |
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| __Setting description:__ Posits an alternate history where the Southern filibuster William Walker, as president of Nicaragua, chose to protect Cornelius Vanderbilt's Accessory Transit Company rather than turn on his tycoon supporter. Without Vanderbilt's opposition to his regime in this timeline, Walker was able to conquer Cuba and make his Nicaragua the most powerful nation in Latin America. During the American Civil War, Walker's ships ran the Union blockade and ensured that Southern troops were well-supplied, leading to their victory over Northern forces and the independence of the Confederate States of America. | __Setting description:__ Posits an alternate history where the Southern filibuster William Walker, as president of Nicaragua, chose to protect Cornelius Vanderbilt's Accessory Transit Company rather than turn on his tycoon supporter. Without Vanderbilt's opposition to his regime in this timeline, Walker was able to conquer Cuba and make his Nicaragua the most powerful nation in Latin America. During the American Civil War, Walker's ships ran the Union blockade and ensured that Southern troops were well-supplied, leading to their victory over Northern forces and the independence of the Confederate States of America. A few decades later, the CSA annexed Nicaragua - and the US Manitoba, which had split off from Canada. Bismarck negotiated a German-US alliance, so the Central Powers won World War 1. |
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| The current year in Dixie-1 is 1985, with the world dominated by the U.S.A., C.S.A., the German kaiserreich, the (reformed) Russian Soviet Republic, and the United Republic of India. | The current year in Dixie-1 is 1985, with the world dominated by the U.S.A., C.S.A., the German kaiserreich, the (reformed) Russian Soviet Republic, and the United Republic of India. |
| Europe and Asia are now covered with a half-dozen Mongol khanates (the greatest of which is the Khanate of Ch'in) and dozens of semi-independent petty kingdoms that are easy targets for steam-powered Tenochca slave raids. The Tenochca have coaling stations around the world and their continental lands now stretch from the Ohio River to the northern Andes. North of the Tenochca Empire's American territories are the iron mines and weapons factories of the Hotinosavannah League (the Iroquois) to the east and the Tlingit Confederacy to the west. Africa is home to Zoroastrian Egypt, the rapidly arming southern state of KwaZulu and the Songhay Empire, inheritors of Christianity and Roman civilisation. The current year in Ezcalli is 1840. | Europe and Asia are now covered with a half-dozen Mongol khanates (the greatest of which is the Khanate of Ch'in) and dozens of semi-independent petty kingdoms that are easy targets for steam-powered Tenochca slave raids. The Tenochca have coaling stations around the world and their continental lands now stretch from the Ohio River to the northern Andes. North of the Tenochca Empire's American territories are the iron mines and weapons factories of the Hotinosavannah League (the Iroquois) to the east and the Tlingit Confederacy to the west. Africa is home to Zoroastrian Egypt, the rapidly arming southern state of KwaZulu and the Songhay Empire, inheritors of Christianity and Roman civilisation. The current year in Ezcalli is 1840. |
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| __World map:__ [[offtopic:B Munro]] has created [[http://quantumbranching.deviantart.com/art/Ezcalli-Tweaked-or-Carthage-reaches-the-Americas-325901175|a map of the world of the Ezcalli ATL]]. Note that this is map includes some tweaked elements of the setting's original description, mostly done in order to do away with the [[citroen ds incident|less plausible parallelisms]] of the setting.\\ | __World map:__ [[offtopic:B Munro]] has created [[https://quantumbranching.deviantart.com/art/Ezcalli-Tweaked-or-Carthage-reaches-the-Americas-325901175|a map of the world of the Ezcalli ATL]]. Note that this is map includes some tweaked elements of the setting's original description, mostly done in order to do away with the [[citroen ds incident|less plausible parallelisms]] of the setting.\\ |
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| __World map:__ \\ | __World map:__ \\ |
| - In the (first) [[alternate history:Map Thread]], [[offtopic:Diamond]] had posted [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-171606|a map of the world in the Gallatin ATL]]. Note that Diamond's take on this world's map is slightly different from the description given in //GURPS Infinite Worlds//. In Diamond's map, there is no Ohio Association and Canada has less territory. \\ | - In the (first) [[alternate history:Map Thread]], [[offtopic:Diamond]] had posted [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-171606|a map of the world in the Gallatin ATL]]. Note that Diamond's take on this world's map is slightly different from the description given in //GURPS Infinite Worlds//. In Diamond's map, there is no Ohio Association and Canada has less territory. \\ |
| - [[offtopic:B Munro]] has also created [[http://quantumbranching.deviantart.com/art/GURPS-Gallatin-165304407|a map of the world of the Gallatin ATL]] (probably more faithful to the original description than Diamond's take).\\ | - [[offtopic:B Munro]] has also created [[https://quantumbranching.deviantart.com/art/GURPS-Gallatin-165304407|a map of the world of the Gallatin ATL]] (probably more faithful to the original description than Diamond's take).\\ |
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| The current year is 1412; the pre-eminent Norse powers are Danemark (Denmark), Svearika (Sweden), Gardarika (a Varangian-founded territory stretching across northern Eurasia), and Vinland in North America. Christianity still exists, but it must compete with Norse paganism and Thorism, a syncretic religion where Thor fights on man's behalf in Heaven in return for fealty in the afterlife. Other political entities of note include the Ming Empire, the Yanomami Caliphate and the Kingdom of Sikel. | The current year is 1412; the pre-eminent Norse powers are Danemark (Denmark), Svearika (Sweden), Gardarika (a Varangian-founded territory stretching across northern Eurasia), and Vinland in North America. Christianity still exists, but it must compete with Norse paganism and Thorism, a syncretic religion where Thor fights on man's behalf in Heaven in return for fealty in the afterlife. Other political entities of note include the Ming Empire, the Yanomami Caliphate and the Kingdom of Sikel. |
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| __World map:__ [[http://chanimur.deviantart.com/art/Midgard-340784051|A map of Europe in the Midgard ATL]] has been made by Chanimur.\\ | __World map:__ [[https://chanimur.deviantart.com/art/Midgard-340784051|A map of Europe in the Midgard ATL]] has been made by Chanimur.\\ |
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| - [[offtopic:B Munro]] has created [[http://quantumbranching.deviantart.com/art/Nergal-470086812|a map of the world of the Nergal ATL]] (trying to be rather faithful to the original description).\\ | - [[offtopic:B Munro]] has created [[https://quantumbranching.deviantart.com/art/Nergal-470086812|a map of the world of the Nergal ATL]] (trying to be rather faithful to the original description).\\ |
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| - In the (first) [[alternate history:Map Thread]], [[offtopic:Paul Spring]] had posted [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-144690|a map of the world in the Shikaku-Mon ATL]].\\ | - In the (first) [[alternate history:Map Thread]], [[offtopic:Paul Spring]] had posted [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-144690|a map of the world in the Shikaku-Mon ATL]].\\ |
| - [[offtopic:B Munro]]'s [[http://quantumbranching.deviantart.com/art/Shikaku-Mon-2012-292370338|interpretation]] includes some changes, such as an independent China, for starters.\\ | - [[offtopic:B Munro]]'s [[https://quantumbranching.deviantart.com/art/Shikaku-Mon-2012-292370338|interpretation]] includes some changes, such as an independent China, for starters.\\ |
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| ==== AH.com Discussions on GURPS Alternate Earths and GURPS Infinite Worlds ==== | ==== AH.com Discussions on GURPS Alternate Earths and GURPS Infinite Worlds ==== |
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| **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=242745|Some major GURPS worlds]]** | **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=242745|Some major GURPS worlds]]** |
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| **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=620|Poll: Most plausible Alternate Earths Volume I timeline]]** | **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=620|Poll: Most plausible Alternate Earths Volume I timeline]]** |
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| **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=621|Poll: Most plausible Alternate Earths Volume II timeline]]** | **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=621|Poll: Most plausible Alternate Earths Volume II timeline]]** |
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| **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=242723|The three GURPS "Armada" worlds succeed]]** | **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=242723|The three GURPS "Armada" worlds succeed]]** |
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| **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=242718|Which is the most probable of the GURPS Dixie scenarios ?]]** | **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=242718|Which is the most probable of the GURPS Dixie scenarios ?]]** |
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| **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=11716|GURPS Infinite Worlds discussion]]** | **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=11716|GURPS Infinite Worlds discussion]]** |
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| **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=66450&|A GURPS fan timeline]]** | **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=66450&|A GURPS fan timeline]]** |
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