"How about an alternate history board?" Topic
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 Saginaw  | 11 Jun 2013 12:06 p.m. PST |
I've looked around and couldn't find a place here where gamers could discuss such topics. I'm sure some will say that it belongs in the Fantasy section, but, to me, "fantasy" includes such worlds as D&D, Warhammer 40k, and the rest, with magic, spells, dragons, etc. Alternate history has always appealed to me, specifically the world of Harry Turtledove's Southern Victory series. I'm also interested in the setting laid out by author Robert Harris and his book Fatherland, and also the old FASA game Crimson Skies. So, what say ye? |
| Eclectic Wave | 11 Jun 2013 12:45 p.m. PST |
In another alternate Universe, there is a Alternate history board already… |
| Sir Walter Rlyeh | 11 Jun 2013 12:56 p.m. PST |
In an alternate universe, people still read Turtledove. |
| Chris Palmer | 11 Jun 2013 1:27 p.m. PST |
I think alternate history is handled already by the Pulp, Wierd War II, and VSF Boards |
| Saginaw | 11 Jun 2013 2:48 p.m. PST |
In an alternate universe, people still read Turtledove. OK, I didn't say that Turtledove was Dostoevsky, but he does present the gamer with an interesting premise to play around with. Good comeback, though.  I think alternate history is handled already by the Pulp, Wierd War II, and VSF Boards Yeah, but pulp, Weird War II, and VSF also have elements of "fantastic" contraptions and inventions. Examples I'm thinking of are Commando Cody's rocket backpack, Dream Pod 9's world of Gear Krieg and their armored walkers, and the realm of Space:1889. The examples I mentioned initially have none of those, but only a point of divergence in time that takes their stories to a different path from our reality. |
| victor0leto | 11 Jun 2013 2:51 p.m. PST |
aren't just about all the boards, alternative history boards, really? |
| darthfozzywig | 11 Jun 2013 3:07 p.m. PST |
aren't just about all the boards, alternative history boards, really? My first thought as well. |
 optional field | 11 Jun 2013 7:26 p.m. PST |
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| Grelber | 12 Jun 2013 5:03 a.m. PST |
Lord Kalvin of Otherwhen and the Paratime stories? Grelber |
| Old Contemptibles | 29 Aug 2018 7:31 a.m. PST |
Imagi-nation board already covers this. |
| Zephyr1 | 29 Aug 2018 2:35 p.m. PST |
Eclectic Wave beat me to it.. 5 years ago. ;-) |
ScottWashburn  | 30 Aug 2018 4:25 a.m. PST |
Sounds good to me (being an author of alternate history novels :) ) |
| Thomas Thomas | 30 Aug 2018 9:05 a.m. PST |
I did an alternative history campaign for Knights & Knaves in which the Viking settlements in North America had been more successful followed by Welsh settlements so that rather than perish the Lancastrians escaped to North America following the Wars of the Roses and established a New Britain. They clash with Aztecs, Vikings and Spanish as well as Native Americans. Base on my short story A Knight of the New World. So alternative history can cover a broad range. Thomas J. Thomas
Fame & Glory Games |
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