AH Title and Description Game

[Miss Teri]

Chameleons in the Dar

An ASB, microhistory pop culture snippet, showing a BBC documentary on the Chameleons of Skull Island. They likely originated from outside the island. Owing to competition from the larger animals outside and their isolation, the chameleons retreated to caves. There, they grew in size, becoming as large as housecats. They also lose the ability to change into any color other than brown or black. They consume insects and fish using echo location (because they have lost use of their eyes). The documentary is called "Chameleons in the Dark," and is part of the "Skull Island" series of documentaties.

The Red Baron in New Guinea

 

[Mr. Magi]

The Red Baron in New Guinea

This particular timeline posits a what-if where the Central Powers manage to win an even handed armistice in 1916, the details vaguely hanging around a mix of Brusilov's offensive and Verdun. It primarily focuses on the efforts of the German Empire's attempts to manage their Oriental colonies, which have Manfred von Richtofen as the governor of New Bismark, the northern portion of New Guinea that Germany claimed.

In it, he makes a point to try and make something out of the colony and its fractious peoples; he makes a point to try and provide modern towns and opportunities with the limited budget he has.

The timeline itself was rather poor, given that the author relied heavily on a mix of handwaving details when it didn't matter to his interests, as well as handing the Red Baron resources he probably would not have. Despite this, his own unique style of mixing financial reports, bills, news journals, diary entries, and history books was a refreshing change from the norm, and several TLs would use the style for themselves on at least some level. The writer's next project on French colonies were seen as an improvement from this one.

How a Chef Saved Modern Society
The Magnificent Seven
Brothers Once, Enemies Now
The Lion and the Bulldog
Never a Slave!

 

[BowOfOrion]

The Magnificent Seven

The Presidency of John Glenn and the storied political careers of all 7 original Mercury astronauts.

Flight from Rome

 

[Tales Weaver]

Flight from Rome

The Flight Of rome is one of the Aviation TL known for Dealing with italian aviation industry. This deals with Mario Castoldi, who was a heavy sufforter of Mussolini, gets more funding for the aircraft. this leads Italy for change in aviation history.

One of the biggest butterflies to happen is that Italy stays out of ww2, which leads to Italy selling Fighter and bombers to both axis and allies during ww2. one of them is Macchi MC200, which, unlike OTL, was sold to countries that didn't have aviation industry, which included on the allies China or Australia, and on the Axis, Romania.

Macchi issue was somewhat ASB, but it was a pretty good alternate history since Korean Hold'em Fokker.

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Tomcat or eagle:Alternate Aviation TL
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Weaving the Tales:alternate Gaming TL

 

[ajdb0614]

Flight from Rome

(Please use 4 sentences next time)

On the run from the Okhrana, a lone Russian journalist attempts to flee to America via Rome. He boards a flight from Rome bound for New York, only to mysteriously vanish. Having made contact with CBNS (Central Bureau of National Security) operatives in Petrograd, his disappearance attracts the attention of the American Federal government. A team of the American Federation's best agents is sent into Tsardom, undercover and treading into the mouth of the Russian bear. This is the story of their investigation into his disappearance, and how it exposed the many Human Rights violations of the Russian Empire.

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(Please reply with a minimum of 4 sentences)

Minority Reporting
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Glorious Gentlemen
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The Tiger Queen
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The rise of Napoleon IV and the Third French Empire or: How I overthrew the Commune and learned to love the Bosch

 

[Tales Weaver]

Minority Reporting

Minority Reporting is a timeline about Minority rights movement timeline. it deals with Sufferagette movements, Civil Rights Movement and Stonewall riots from an eye of a child born in 1900. In this scenario however, Many things are different. like Malcolm X surviving Nation of Islam assassination and becoming civil rights leader to 1980s. Also, Martin Luther King Jr. switched focus to anti-war movements, becoming symbol of peace. it also involves Jimmy Hoffa becoming politician in Democratic party, leading to more left-leaning democratic party. it ends in 1999, with more optimist looking american society than IOTL. This timeline has been a candidate for Turtledove Awards, but it lost to Weaving the Tales:alternate Gaming TL due to being too much utopian.

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Nexon is Weaving the Tales:alternate Gaming TL
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Tomcat or eagle:Alternate Aviation TL

 

[ajdb0614]

Note to all newcomers: This thread has an unofficial "4 sentence rule". Please reply to proposed titles with a minimum of 4 sentences. You may reply with less than the minimum, but doing so is highly frowned upon here.

 

[ajdb0614]

Nexon is Weaving the Tales:alternate Gaming TL

After the surprise 2010 hit that was Vindictus, the South Korean video games company begins work on a series of highly succesful action-adventure fantasy games. With a renewed interest in the fantasy genre in gaming, Blizzard decides to release a 4th Warcraft game in 2013, much to the delight of game's many fans. Seeing the rising trend, Games Workshop tries it's hand at video gaming, and is met with great success with the acclaimed Warhammer 40K Space-Marine trilogy, which brings Warhammer fantasy and 40k into the cultural mainstream. Among other changes includes No Man's Sky living up to expectations, a "Call of Duty renaissance", Monty Oum surviving his allergic reaction (leading to a whole set of RWBY-related butterflies) and Paradox Interactive succesfully completing East vs West (which went on to become a smash hit). The TL ends with E3 2017, where Gabe Newell of Valve shocks the world with the reveal of Half-Life 3.

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Glorious Gentlemen
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The Tiger Queen
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The rise of Napoleon IV and the Third French Empire or: How I overthrew the Commune and learned to love the Bosch

 

[Barbarossa Rotbart]

There are two very important official rules:

• no niche titles
• no too specific titles

The Tiger Queen

This is a world without Christianity, without Islam and without the catalysts that led to the Völkerwanderung. The Roman Empire is stronger than ever. In the fourth century Persia was completely conquered after several centuries of war. And now Emperor Theodosius wants to invade India, the one empire Alexander the Great could not conquer. But in the Gupta Empire in northern India a courageous and cunning young princess is born who will eventually united all of India against the invaders from the west, the Tiger Queen.
This TL describes the Roman conquest of both the buddhist Gupta Empire and and hinduist Chola Empire and the loss of the Indian provinces after just a couple of years. During the short Roman rule the remnants of the armies of both the Gupta and the Chola Empires under the leadership of a young Gupta princess wage a guerilla war against the Roman legions.
The whole TL is written in three different styles. Every chapter begins with an excerpt from a novel, folowed by an excerpt from a history book and concludes with an excerpt from a Bollywood movie.


Choose one of these titles and write a description with atleast four sentences:
The Nude Society
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Men Fight, Women Preach
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The Last Night of the Old World
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The Twin Empress of Germany
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"Remember Queen Christina!"

 

[Miss Teri]

The Last Night of the Old World

A short story set in 1650 Portugal, in a world where Columbus was killed while attempting his voyage.(A geographer briefly brings this up as an example of incorrect measurements (in this case, the Earth's circumference) leading to disaster.) It primarily deals with a small village, and the daily lives of their inhabitants. It contains little snippets of information on daily life in Portugal during the time period, but also minor references to the changed world outside. Among the major changes mentioned is the impending union of England and the Spanish Empire. The lives of the people themselves are mundane, mainly going about their daily lives. Chronicled is a woman picking up fruits at the market, the local priest and his dealings with the local Inquisitor, several young boys playing a game in the country, and a group of fisherman doing their daily catch. The latter is important, as at the very end of the story, the Fisherman catch sight of strange ships coming in from the West. The story ends with the characters gathered near the sea, to see the ships arrive, and persons in strange garbs getting off, and looking around.

The story is revealed to be from The Last Night of the Old World, a 1856 AD collection of fictional stories centering around the first contact between the Incan peoples and the Europeans.

Midnight in Berlin
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In the Cold of the Day

 

[Tales Weaver]

Midnight in Berlin

A PoD about Successful Oster Conspiracy. after oster conspiracy results in Adolf hitler getting killed, The civil war between Nazi government, led by Himmler and Rebels, led by Hans Oster, erupts.The Rebels name Wilhelm III as new kaiser. This civil war results in France and England, even USA and USSR supporting Rebels. After month of bloody battles, they wipe rest of nazi forces out, restoring monarchy in germany. It ends with an epilogue 1950s. When Cold war between USA and USSR erupts and president Dwight D. Eisenhower and General Secretary Khrushchev negotiating on Issues in korea, with Prime Minister Konrad Adenauer mediating. This TL was met with moderate success. Although good. It have some questions unanswered on why USSR would support Monarchist (albeit Constitutional) Rebels.

Tomcat and eagles:Alternate Aviation TL

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TalesWeaver: Alternate Aviation TL

 

[Tales Weaver]

Can I bump this thread? It seems like nobody will answer my post..

 

[Miss Teri]

Can I bump this thread? It seems like nobody will answer my post..

Be patient. Someone will come up with something.

By the way, colons and specifiers are against the rules, so I suggest removing them.

 

[claybaskit]

Tomcat and eagles:Alternate Aviation TL
A 1960s cartoon where a Tom cat and Eagle befriends each other and builds a small aircraft.

Man from uncle

Kennedy vrs Nixon rematch

 

[Barbarossa Rotbart]

Sorry, but this description is seriously too short. It is not even a complete sentence!

 

[EverKing]

Tomcat and eagles:Alternate Aviation TL

In this timeline, political in-fighting in the 1980's fractures the United States leading to second American Civil War. The story is told almost entirely from the points of view of two pilots--one F-15 pilot with the US Air Force and the other an F-14 pilot form the US Navy--and their families as they struggle to find what is right. They come close to each other several times, their stories seemingly locked in a closing orbit as a final conflict drawn near. In the closing weeks of the War, the two pilots finally collide, finding each other on opposite sides in the Battle of the Delta--the greatest aerial battle of modern times fought over the Mississippi Delta and Gulf of Mexico. The story ends ambiguously as they close toward one another and their airplanes both achieve positive radar lock on the other...

The Great Wanderlust

 

[Halocon]

Tomcat and eagles:Alternate Aviation TL

In this timeline, political in-fighting in the 1980's fractures the United States leading to second American Civil War. The story is told almost entirely from the points of view of two pilots--one F-15 pilot with the US Air Force and the other an F-14 pilot form the US Navy--and their families as they struggle to find what is right. They come close to each other several times, their stories seemingly locked in a closing orbit as a final conflict drawn near. In the closing weeks of the War, the two pilots finally collide, finding each other on opposite sides in the Battle of the Delta--the greatest aerial battle of modern times fought over the Mississippi Delta and Gulf of Mexico. The story ends ambiguously as they close toward one another and their airplanes both achieve positive radar lock on the other...

The Great Wanderlust

A timeline describing the alternate development of the Germanic peoples in Europe: instead of going west, the Romans push them east. Over the next several centuries, they collide, war, and mix with the steppe societies, eventually creating an empire stretching across Central Asia and raiding into China, while Rome imposes its cultural will upon much of Europe before fragmenting in the 600s CE.

At first hailed as a masterpiece, the TL has come under fire in later years for its perceived racism towards Asian people; specifically, its use of the "submissive eastern flower" and "Chinese human wave" tropes in several instances. As well, its portrayal of Rome is considered something of a wank.

Yesterday, Upon the Sea

 

[Kaloross]

A timeline describing the alternate development of the Germanic peoples in Europe: instead of going west, the Romans push them east. Over the next several centuries, they collide, war, and mix with the steppe societies, eventually creating an empire stretching across Central Asia and raiding into China, while Rome imposes its cultural will upon much of Europe before fragmenting in the 600s CE.

At first hailed as a masterpiece, the TL has come under fire in later years for its perceived racism towards Asian people; specifically, its use of the "submissive eastern flower" and "Chinese human wave" tropes in several instances. As well, its portrayal of Rome is considered something of a wank.

Yesterday, Upon the Sea

The story of The ship Yesterday.It was one of best ships in the British fleet.Built in 1938,it took part in many important WWII and is used today as a ceremonial ship
Antarctica-the new world,a new home

 

[Tales Weaver]

Yesterday, Upon the Sea

This TL assumes uneventful titanic. However, this results in U-22 sinking Titanic instead of Lusitania in 1915. At first, Imperial germany claimed that it carried weapons, but inquiry at the time came to conclusion that it wasn't carrying "Contraband of war" this angers many americans and many calls out for involvement in WW1. This results in earlier US entry to WW1 and the war ending in Unconditional Surrender, rather than armistice. This butterflies away "Stab in the back" theory. This results in apologetic Weimar Republic. That becomes industrial center of the world in 1990s. And the world would be peaceful.

This tL was good, but it handwaved why sinking of titanic in 1915 would result in earlier US entry into war, As IOTL Lusitania didn't.

Please use 4 sentences or more on next one.

Tales Weaver: an aviation TL
Or
Su Nombre es..

 

[Miss Teri]

Antarctica-the new world,a new home

After an unspecified apocalypse, a group of Chileans begin to adopt the traditions of the Polynesian peoples. They begin to venture out of the largely destroyed Santiago, and explore the remaining area. They eventually come across part of Antarctica, which has been melted for mysterious reasons. They settle in that region, and begins to create a colony. With various other peoples coming to the penninsula from parts of the surviving world, the growth of "Nova Santiago" is secured, and it becomes the first major city after the apocalypse.

Su Nombre es..

A riff on Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery", set in a Mexico that had failed to shake off the French-imposed Hasburg monarchy, and ultimately required the direct intervention of the United States . Set in 1895, a small Mexican village is awaiting a lottery on a particular day. The purpose of said lottery is unknown, but the villagers seem to be dreading it. Eventually, it begins, and the villagers place a small card with a number into a small box, and are forced to put that number on their chest. At the very end of the day, an American arrives at the village to pick the name, and the villagers gathers around to see.

It turns out the lottery is for workers to come to the US. While seeming innocuous enough, it turns out that the US (having suffered a longer civil war) has become more or less oppressive, with terrible working conditions, where people regularly died during their work. Mexicans are being sent to replace them with a lottery system, but their homes lose contact with them, and rumors grow that they are also dying on a regularly basis. Hence, why the people had such a grim outlook of the lottery. The story never actually shows who gets chosen...

Murder on the Pony Express

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A California Yankee in King Arthur's Court