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I tried this a while ago on another Earth, it wasnt hugely popular there because that particular Earth was more focused on historical accuracy and thus alt-hist was not well received. That and some people went overboard and re-wrote the ENTIRE history of their country (all right, I kinda did this as well, but there were other people who did wierder things than a Russian Revolution in the 1870's :P)
Anyway, I am thinking of either an 1800's RP or an early 1900's RP where Europe never undertook a major colonization campaign, Spain and Portugal basically decided to stay at home, while the rest of Europe only really bothered with the Near East and North Africa, and maybe a bit of India.
So the rest of the world had its chance to catch up with Asia, the American nations (the Incans and Aztecs and so on) would have the technology to trade with Europe and Asia and would most likely be fairly powerful in their region.
The other details (such as world history after 1500 :P) can be worked out later, once I know that I wont be putting lots of effort into something thats going to get ignored.

Hallo?

Still nothing, eh?
Fine, be that way.
*sniff*

Final bump for interest.

Not bad idea really, but I guess there are too many Earths going at the moment. Imperial and 1900-earths already, so those interrested about the times you suggested already have a game. Perhaps a Middle-Age thingy of some sort would do better, I dunno.

Focusing on a British alt-hist game might be nice. By this I mean viking times. You could have factions of Vikings, Celts, Saxons etc. So I got the idea from Medieval Viking Expansion pack thing, but who cares? I would play (saxons). It would end at a certain date most probably, and who knows but it could carry on to see how previous decisions affected todays world if anyone felt like going on for over 1000 years.

I agree there are too many alt-hist things along the same lines (so different things such as this would be nice), and it gets annoying, even as an MT player. Despite being MT, I wouldnt mind an alt-hist if it wasnt so like the rest.

I prefer offsite Earths, that way they dont clog up the Jolt forums. Usualy I use Invisionfree.
Anyway, I think that this would be different enough to attract some attention, after all, most alt-hist Earths dont go quite so far off the beaten track right away, they tend to leave Europe as the dominant power.
With the Incan and Aztec Empires (not to mention the assorted North American Indian confederacies) as major players, things would be VERY different.

One thingw we gots to remeber about the Aztec and Incas are Guns, Germs and Steel.

Ummm...okay.

Space: 1889
I'll rp a earth like that, but there is too many other 1800 earths around. Maybe if it was off site I might...

I might interested. The thing is i join earths but they get to out of control or I join to late to really change anything. i don't care if its offsite or here. I'd do it.

This could be interesting, so count me in. Also the medieval england rp suggested by Deltara could be fun, too.

Heres the link:
http://s12.invisionfree.com/Earth_What_If/index.php?act=idx

The map is currently in production, so claiming might be difficult.
For my 'region' of Earth, I know that the Aztec Empire, the Carib League, the Mayans, the Hawaiians and the Iriqious are avalible, Im hoping the map will go up today to make claims easier.

O_o

EH I was gonna join but the country i wanted was already taken over.

Well, you could find another one, theres lots of good stuff out there.
We could really use an Aztec nation though.

Naw Im usally Cuba in Earth rps because it's easy to build and empire. i really suck as anything else.

Cuba isnt claimed, its part of the Mayan nation now though. You could play them, it would be interesting since you have the very agressive Aztecs on your border.

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Bump for further interest.

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