Written here to serve as a review for the Salvation War by Stuart Slade.
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A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author.
- G.K. Chesterton
Why am I writing about the Salvation War, one of the more stupid and obscure pieces of...
Collected the information here, because the main Victoria II thread is getting a bit (read: very) cluttered. Will be updated.
Ultima Ratio Regum: An AH Victoria II Mod
Screenshots
The Timurid Empire (yes, I know it's implausible with the POD, but this mod is rule of cool anyway)
North...
14 October 1066
Duke William's heart was beating like a drum as his horse galloped ferociously toward the Saxons, faster, faster, leading the charge. The Norman charge would soon reach the Saxon shield-wall, then...
...The world changed. A stray arrow struck the Duke in the neck, piercing the...
PART I: THE BREWING STORM
I. For Want of a Battle...
"The German offensive of 1917 was one of the turning points of history."
- A History of World War One
"They are at the door - Saxon...Saxon, where are you? WHERE ARE YOU?"
- Last words (alleged) of Lewis Hill, British Prime Minister, 28th...
Trying a different type of POD.
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Felix Leitner: A Life
Expressing the sheer brilliance of Felix Leitner[1] is difficult - the man was such a genius, so ahead of his time, that there is only one man he can truly be compared to - Leonardo da Vinci. His invention of the landcruiser and the...
(Inspired by a post in the map thread).
I. The Danger of Ideas
"Ideas are more powerful than guns. We would not let our enemies have guns, why should we let them have ideas?"
- Josef Stalin, attributed
1917
The sky was dark, the earth was a maelstrom of shell craters, a desolate plain of...
So, the question is this. Is a Mongol-ruled or tributary Europe as implausible as Sealion?
A look at extreme Mongol-wank:
It strikes me that this idea is very implausible. For one, the Mongols were already at the very edge of their logistical capacity - second, Europe was not the land of...
Thine, Roman, is the Pilum
A Timeline by
Alexis Harding
"Thine, Roman, is the pilum:
Roman, the sword is thine,
The even trench, the bristling mound,
The legion's ordered line;
And thine the wheels of triumph,
Which with their laurelled train...
Rewrite of an old TL.
1. The Death of Ricimer and the Glory of Majorian
In the month January of the Year of Our Lord four-hundred-and-fifty-nine, Ricimer, Patricius and Imperator Majorian I’s magister miilitum, took ill. The illness was a sudden one, and many historians have wondered what...
So, I'm working on a Victoria 2 mod. I've only just begun, but I'll show you my progress and my ideas anyway.
--NORTH AMERICA--
The big one. Due to a different revolution, North America is ruled by the American Empire, a big monarchical state encompassing the east and most of Canada.
Due to...
Say, Do You Hear the Distant Drums?
A Timeline
by
Alexis Harding
ACT I, SCENE 1
1888-1901
Germany
The succession of Frederick III of Germany to the throne of the German Empire in the year 1888 was a great occasion. Frederick, born in 1831, was healthy for his age[1] and a liberal...
NOT an attempt to troll, inspired by the Horus Heresy novels.
Your challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to have a major world power whose state ideology is militant atheism, with abolishment of religion and all religious organisations. Bonus points for expansionism, extra bonus points...
So, inspired by this thread, I made this. As I posted beforehand:
1st January 1836
The Times
Russian Tsar Found Dead of Tuberculosis: Alexander Expected to Succeed
...Probably ASB, but what the hell...
Your challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to have a third world war fought with 1980's level technology or higher but almost solely with conventional weapons.
POD, because of the difficulty, may be anywhere after 1900.
No ASBs!
This was originally part of a contest on CF.Net, to create an essay from an alternate world. I've chosen to post it here. Feel free to comment, criticise, rant about how implausible it is and so forth...
A Tale of Two Germanys: Why did the DDVR fail?
In OTL, Stalin did not get all of Berlin...
Yes, it's that time again - time for a Byzantowank!
0. The Dogs of War, Unleashed
The Second Battle of Philomelion was a major Seljuk defeat, and a strategic victory for the Empire of Rhōmanía. It took place in 1176, after the Seljuk ruler, Kilij Arslan II, broke his treaty with Basileus...
Dreams. Fascinating things. They can give flashes of insight, or underly our motivations. But has anybody actually used a dream as a point of divergence? It seems to me that that could easily be the case in times and places when dream knowledge was highly valued - say some knowledge given in or...
Okay, something similar to my old 'Pop Star President' challenge idea.
Your challenge, should you choose to accept it, is this:
Make an OTL pop star POTUS, however he/she must:
A. Be currently prominent (and alive) IOTL.
B. Have a career in pop music before becoming President.
You have up...
(Not much, I know. But it's a beginning!)
PART 1: GLIMPSES
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Who do you believe was the most important figure in the early history of Danubia? Explain your answer below.
A) Josip Broz Tito
B) Felix Leitner
C) Franz Adlerssohn
D) Bela Kun
From a Danubian exam paper
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General Leitner...