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American Empire!! (An Alt Timeline)

Started by Koltar, August 29, 2008, 07:50:57 PM

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Koltar

August 29, 2008, 07:50:57 PM Last Edit: August 29, 2008, 09:13:18 PM by Koltar
...in a continuing effort to turn discussions from Off-Topic into RPG settings....


Alright with all this silly talk of an "American Empire" down in the off topic section,  I vaguely remembered a humorous website that linked from some Alternate History timeline discussions.

 This was originally posted in 2003,...Enjoy!:

http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/us_rome.htm


I especially love this bit from the fictional year 2161:

QuoteAt the Battle of Singapore, Kennedy Clinton Roosevelt defeats the combined forces of George Bush Clinton and Indira Evita Thatcher, and assumes sole control over the Republic


This pretty good too:

Quote2229-2233:  Regime of Jefferson Walker Bush-Roosevelt


Now , What kind of roleplaying game could you do in that setting and timeline???

- Ed C.
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gleichman

#1
August 29, 2008, 08:39:30 PM
Quote from: Koltar;241930Now , What kind of roleplaying game could you do in that setting and timeline???

- Ed C.

I'm only interested in this campaign if it included dancing girls. Imperial dancing girls.
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David R

#2
August 29, 2008, 09:01:45 PM
My very successful Hunter campaign was set in an alt American timeline. The American Empire or if you prefer Hegemon was in decline though.

Regards,
David R

Ian Absentia

#3
August 29, 2008, 09:16:18 PM
Quote from: gleichman;241939I'm only interested in this campaign if it included dancing girls. Imperial dancing girls.
With accurately modeled gender-differentiated character stats.

!i!

gleichman

#4
August 29, 2008, 09:26:03 PM
Quote from: Ian Absentia;241947With accurately modeled gender-differentiated character stats.

Hell with that, the only requirement is that their highest stat is in comeliness :)
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StormBringer

#5
August 29, 2008, 09:34:03 PM
Well, of course the natural choice is CyberPunk 2.0.2.0.  Skew the included timeline a bit, make Arasaka a subsidiary of Militech, and so on.

All the edge running will be going on in the Rust Belt or overseas, everything else is the pure utopia engendered and fiercely protected by the Empire.
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gleichman

#6
August 29, 2008, 09:35:16 PM
Oh, I know!

Can I play in an America that's a bad as Jackalope, Pseudoephedrine, and others say it is? I want to be member of the secret police and get to whack any who oppose Manifest Density. I want a trenchcoat and a Katana. Oh, and an Uzi.

Cause it really sucks that this evil America of ours is such a wimp to it's foes...


Maybe I can be Vampire too.
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gleichman

#7
August 29, 2008, 09:38:35 PM
Wait.

The Uzi isn't American made. scratch that. How about a good of fashion Thompson? Retro Evil is cool too right?
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Ian Absentia

#9
August 29, 2008, 11:39:07 PM
Quote from: gleichman;241948Hell with that, the only requirement is that their highest stat is in comeliness :)
Like I was saying...

!i!

Ian Absentia

#10
August 29, 2008, 11:40:50 PM
Quote from: gleichman;241954Wait.

The Uzi isn't American made.
Sure it is.  The 51st state of the Union.

!i!

Age of Fable

#11
August 29, 2008, 11:54:49 PM
I like the Medieval America setting on the same page.
free resources:
Teleleli The people, places, gods and monsters of the great city of Teleleli and the islands around.
Age of Fable \'Online gamebook\', in the style of Fighting Fantasy, Lone Wolf and Fabled Lands.
Tables for Fables Random charts for any fantasy RPG rules.
Fantasy Adventure Ideas Generator
Cyberpunk/fantasy/pulp/space opera/superhero/western Plot Generator.
Cute Board Heroes Paper \'miniatures\'.
Map Generator
Dungeon generator for Basic D&D or Tunnels & Trolls.

CavScout

#12
August 30, 2008, 12:01:02 AM
Quote from: Ian Absentia;241973Sure it is.  The 51st state of the Union.

Misogynism and some anti-semitism, I guess you win.
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Ian Absentia

#13
August 30, 2008, 12:08:02 AM
Are you kidding?  That was totally PRO-Semitism.* :p  As for the misogyny rap, I like women in harem attire.

!i!

(*Honestly, the first person I ever heard make that joke was an Israeli.)

CavScout

#14
August 30, 2008, 12:13:11 AM
Quote from: Ian Absentia;241985(*Honestly, the first person I ever heard make that joke was an Israeli.)

I bet when you drop N-word jokes, you follow up the stares with, "but a black friend told me it!"
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