One Alt. History  I haven't seen discussed is : "What if George Patton had gotten his wish and a few months after WORLD WAR II was over the U.S. was at war with the Soviet Union"?

 Personally, I think the Alt/History threads DO belong in the roleplaying section - mainly because of an SJG setting book called INFINITE WORLDS. I keep thinking about running a campaign using that boo and I still haven't found just the right angle or hook to start things off for the first few sessions. This is a back-burner idea for when my GURPS:TRAVELLER campaign ends. (if it ever does)

 The more well-tthought out alternate history ideas I read or see just means I 'll be better prepared if I ever get to run those games.

 For example : I have thought of running one of the "REICH" timelines from ALTERNATE EARTHS-I. (which is also described in INFINITE WORLDS) The map showed that the Nazis had taken control of part of the NorthAmerican continment - but their control ended near tje Ohio & Kentucky border. My idea was that refugees were often escaping across the Ohio river or using the nearby airport to where I live....that doesn't exist in "our" timeline.

In the real timeline there is a shopping Mall two blocks from where I live . (Same one the game store is inside of)  But in the Cincinnati city plan from the  mid 1940s the same intersection of two streets was a batch of farm fields where they were planning to make the Greater Cincinnati International Airport. NEVER happened.   In that timeline it may have - and it would be a nice excuse to use local topo maps for an adventuring group of Good Guys.


- Ed C.

Quote from: KoltarOne Alt. History  I haven't seen discussed is : "What if George Patton had gotten his wish and a few months after WORLD WAR II was over the U.S. was at war with the Soviet Union"?

- Ed C.

Dang it, I was just thinking about this one. I need to post faster on these ideas.



Bill