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GURPS Alternate Earths is, as you may have guessed, a GURPS sourcebook — or rather two books, but they work as a pair — about Alternate History — or rather, alternate timelines which the characters may visit in one campaign, or live in from the start. The books describe twelve timelines (six in each book) in loving detail. They were later made a part of the Infinite Worlds unified GURPS setting.The scenario "Centrum" inspired Max Sinister's Chaos Timeline in AlternateHistory.com. |
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DBTropes |
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Kaiserreich |
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Kaiserreich: Prussia never transformed into Imperial Germany (Austria's Emperor is technically the Holy Roman Emperor, but only in name), but it still acts a lot like this. It's the most formidable land power in the Five Thrones, able to go toe-to-toe with the Russian Dominate. |
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Interfaith Smoothie |
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Interfaith Smoothie: Thorism, where the god of thunder promises to fight for his worshipers in heaven if they become his sworn men after death. |
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Fictional United Nations |
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Fictional United Nations: Played with. The League of Nations was real, but even more toothless than the UN is today, and didn't last very long. Here... see United Nations Is a Superpower. |
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Evil Versus Evil |
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Evil Versus Evil: The reactionary tyranny of the Five Thrones versus the totalitarian Russian Dominate. |
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The Rival |
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The Rival: For Homeline. |
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Crapsack World |
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Crapsack World: Well, what did you expect from Nazis winning the war? |
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For Science! |
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For Science!: The ideology of the Jamahiriya is to abandon Islamic law and custom in favor of a cult of reason and pushing science to its limits. |
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Allohistorical Allusion |
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Allohistorical Allusion: Guerre-eclair was developed by Charles de Gaulle, instead of the Wehrmacht developing the blitzkrieg. |
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Benevolent A.I. |
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Benevolent A.I.: Sentient computers (called djinns) have to be educated just like humans; consequently, all are friendly to organic life (and devout Muslims to boot). Of course, that may change in areas under control of the Jamahiriya. |
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Butterfly of Doom |
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Butterfly of Doom: The reason Rome falls apart: Since the west European provinces have had access to New World staple crops like maize and potatoes for a long time, they're no longer dependent on Egyptian grain, so the economy and politics disintegrate fast. |
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Japan Takes Over the World |
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Japan Takes Over the World: More successful than ever. They manage to reign over two thirds of the world population! |
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Low Culture, High Tech |
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Low Culture, High Tech: Less accentuated than the norm, but in this world of scientific wonders, colonialism is still a reality and both women and non-white races tend to be treated like second-class citizens. |
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After the End |
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After the End: The empire falling apart destroyed society outside Terraustralis. Luckily, Centrum provided a new one for the few survivors. |
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Mad Scientist |
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Mad Scientist: They're very fitting for this world. |
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Punk Punk |
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Punk Punk: Diesel Punk overlapping with Atom Punk. |
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The Irish Mob |
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The Irish Mob: Irish 'Triads' have become very powerful across the globe and have developed their own martial art form. |
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One Nation Under Copyright |
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One Nation Under Copyright: The Rightly Guided Stellar Caliphate is an unusual example; once war between the Jamahiriya and the rest of Earth's nations seemed likely, the Mega-Corp that controls most space travel seceded as the RGSC in order to ensure the continuity of human civilization in case of an Earth That Was situation. |
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Technology Porn |
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Technology Porn: Despite being in the 17th (Christian) century, they already have colonies in space, nanotechnology, artificial intelligence, and skyscrapers made of artificial diamonds. |
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Not-So-Omniscient Council of Bickering |
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Not-So-Omniscient Council of Bickering: The book goes into an examination of who rules Japan, and the answer is "nobody." The Council of Ministers is a rubber stamp for whoever controls each lever of government, and the powers held by an individual often have no relationship to their actual positions; an officer on the Admiralty staff might be the one who sets grain prices, while the Agriculture Minister runs the East Indies as a feudal warlord. However, the Empire does stay together, and when it's faced with an actual threat or an objective that everyone in the Empire wants to see happen, everyone stops fighting and works together, and stuff gets done. |
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Space-Filling Empire |
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Space-Filling Empire: The Bulgarian Caliphate covers our Russia, southeastern Europe, and the north and west of North America/Talentis. |
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The Empire |
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The Empire: Japan is a racist nightmare state that governs nearly two-thirds of the world's population, and non-Japanese under their rule have almost no rights. |
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Sealed Badass in a Can |
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Sealed Badass in a Can: There is good reason to suspect that crosstime travel would be as easy for this timeline as for Homeline and Centrum — and although local technology isn’t too advanced, intrusive surveillance is basically a popular hobby here. Homeline finds all this extremely worrying. |
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The Lancer |
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The Lancer: With its experiments in free-market economics and the elimination of royal privileges, Austria is seen this way by the other European powers. |
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Names to Run Away from Really Fast |
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Names to Run Away from Really Fast: "Ezcalli" means "house of blood" in Nahuatl. |
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Commie Nazis |
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Commie Nazis: The Synarchists, a totalitarian philosophy without a direct parallel in our world. |
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Those Wacky Nazis |
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Those Wacky Nazis: They rule a huge part of the world. |
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Zeppelins from Another World |
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Zeppelins from Another World: They have them. |
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Minovsky Physics |
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Minovsky Physics: It is hinted that the laws of physics might differ a bit in this timeline. |
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Awakening the Sleeping Giant |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_7317b97d |
comment |
Awakening the Sleeping Giant/Sealed Badass in a Can: The whole timeline is presented as this with regards to the Infinite Worlds setting. Both Homeline and Centrum are, quite rightly, scared shitless of the prospect that Caliph might learn the Secret. |
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Our Genies Are Different |
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Our Genies Are Different: References to djinn in the Qu'ran are believed to be prophecies of A.I., and actual A.I. are called "djinn". |
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Straw Feminist |
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comment |
Straw Feminist: To Southrons, every Yankee woman is a man-hating harridan. |
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Balkanize Me |
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Balkanize Me: The German states never properly got together. Prussia and Austria are both (separately) Great Powers. |
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Eagleland |
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Eagleland: Hesperia (Roman America) has a similar image. |
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Earth-Shattering Kaboom |
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Earth-Shattering Kaboom: Given the technology available to this timeline, not out of the realm of possibility. |
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GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_7c7589af |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_81c72ad5 |
type |
Vestigial Empire |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_81c72ad5 |
comment |
Vestigial Empire: Socialist France is one of the six Great Powers of the League of Nations and a ruling colonial power, in theory. In practice, it's barely even a major power in Europe, and its colonial empire is nothing but an albatross around its neck. |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_81c72ad5 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_81c72ad5 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) |
hasFeature |
GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_81c72ad5 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_8437cb10 |
type |
Made a Slave |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_8437cb10 |
comment |
Made a Slave: Many Europeans who're sold to the Mongols and Aztecs then. |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_8437cb10 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_8437cb10 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) |
hasFeature |
GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_8437cb10 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_856a425a |
type |
TheFifties |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_856a425a |
comment |
The '50s: Even about twenty years later, the world is still much like this. (World War II was avoided; the war which brought down the Soviet Union was shorter and more one-sided, thus less upsetting for the world.) |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_856a425a |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_856a425a |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) |
hasFeature |
GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_856a425a |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_88e1831d |
type |
Vast Bureaucracy |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_88e1831d |
comment |
Vast Bureaucracy: It's China, this is mandatory; of course, as China is on the verge of collapse, several mandarins are turning into warlords in their own right. |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_88e1831d |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_88e1831d |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) |
hasFeature |
GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_88e1831d |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_8bf8adfa |
type |
Just Before the End |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_8bf8adfa |
comment |
Just Before the End: The Emperor appears to have lost the Mandate of Heaven. |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_8bf8adfa |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_8bf8adfa |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) |
hasFeature |
GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_8bf8adfa |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_8c4b72dd |
type |
United Nations Is a Superpower |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_8c4b72dd |
comment |
United Nations Is a Superpower: Due to the power of the World Science Council (established with the aid of JP Morgan's money and Nikola Tesla's inventions), and the war against Stalin's Soviet Union, the League of Nations is rapidly developing into a world government. |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_8c4b72dd |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_8c4b72dd |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) |
hasFeature |
GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_8c4b72dd |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_8e5c28c |
type |
Crystal Spires and Togas |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_8e5c28c |
comment |
Crystal Spires and Togas: Diamond skyscrapers, traditional Islamic dress, and a highly religious and spiritual society governed by mostly-benevolent Caliphates. |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_8e5c28c |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_8e5c28c |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) |
hasFeature |
GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_8e5c28c |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_933576c8 |
type |
Mighty Glacier |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_933576c8 |
comment |
Mighty Glacier: The Mongol Khaganate – huge and immensely rich, but slow to act (and the smaller empires are beginning to outstrip them technologically). |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_933576c8 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_933576c8 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) |
hasFeature |
GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_933576c8 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_967ae225 |
type |
Vikings In America |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_967ae225 |
comment |
Vikings In America: Vinland is one of the four major Norse powers. |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_967ae225 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_967ae225 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) |
hasFeature |
GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_967ae225 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_a270b9e5 |
type |
Anarchy Is Chaos |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_a270b9e5 |
comment |
Anarchy Is Chaos: Averted. The Umma (territory not governed by a caliphate) has no sovereign government (although local government still exists in many places), but is a very peaceful place — and is in many ways more restrictive and orderly than the Caliphates. |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_a270b9e5 |
featureApplicability |
-1.0 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_a270b9e5 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) |
hasFeature |
GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_a270b9e5 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_a2e96d18 |
type |
Just the First Citizen |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_a2e96d18 |
comment |
Just the First Citizen: First Citizen Boris Gromov, head of the Russian Dominate. |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_a2e96d18 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_a2e96d18 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) |
hasFeature |
GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_a2e96d18 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_a567f7f2 |
type |
I Want My Jet Pack |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_a567f7f2 |
comment |
I Want My Jetpack: And here, you get it! |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_a567f7f2 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_a567f7f2 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) |
hasFeature |
GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_a567f7f2 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_a6275bef |
type |
Cool Sword |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_a6275bef |
comment |
Cool Sword: Over the centuries, the Roman gladius has evolved into something like a giant Bowie knife. |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_a6275bef |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_a6275bef |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) |
hasFeature |
GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_a6275bef |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_a632f7fa |
type |
Cool Train |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_a632f7fa |
comment |
Cool Train: The trains of Russia which impress less with speed and more with size. |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_a632f7fa |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_a632f7fa |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) |
hasFeature |
GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_a632f7fa |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_a77015b8 |
type |
Neutron Bomb |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_a77015b8 |
comment |
They also wiped out those pesky guerrillas in Afghanistan and the Andes by saturation bombardment with Neutron Bomb howitzers. |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_a77015b8 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_a77015b8 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) |
hasFeature |
GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_a77015b8 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_a8357dc2 |
type |
No Woman's Land |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_a8357dc2 |
comment |
No Woman's Land: Defied; the book briefly mentions that the women's movement succeeded and women are generally equal to men. |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_a8357dc2 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_a8357dc2 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) |
hasFeature |
GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_a8357dc2 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_a8371e84 |
type |
Giving Radio to the Romans |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_a8371e84 |
comment |
Giving Radio to the Romans: The I-Cops have their hands full keeping some wise guy from selling transistors to Gernsback and sparking an information revolution. |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_a8371e84 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_a8371e84 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) |
hasFeature |
GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_a8371e84 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_ac320c0e |
type |
Nuke 'em |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_ac320c0e |
comment |
Nuke 'em: Synarchist Sweden nukes four British cities when their pawns don't win the Civil War. As a result, 60% of Britain's population dies or emigrates. |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_ac320c0e |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_ac320c0e |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) |
hasFeature |
GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_ac320c0e |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_b36123ce |
type |
The Cycle of Empires |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_b36123ce |
comment |
The Cycle of Empires: The Third Roman Empire is currently in late expansion. |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_b36123ce |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_b36123ce |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) |
hasFeature |
GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_b36123ce |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_b4fca546 |
type |
Alternate History Wank |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_b4fca546 |
comment |
Alternate History Wank: The Angevins, and the British Empire in general... until 1902, then it becomes a completely new society. |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_b4fca546 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_b4fca546 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) |
hasFeature |
GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_b4fca546 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_b72ae7 |
type |
Omnidisciplinary Scientist |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_b72ae7 |
comment |
Omnidisciplinary Scientist: A characteristic of scientists in this world is that they can have the Science! skill, an ability that allows them to know about scientific discoveries in any field. The concept was later generalized into "wildcard skills" in Fourth Edition, and the exclamation point became a generic marker for wildcard skills instead of particularly distinguishing Science! from vanilla science. |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_b72ae7 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_b72ae7 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) |
hasFeature |
GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_b72ae7 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_b8dde2 |
type |
Evil Overlord |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_b8dde2 |
comment |
Evil Overlord: The Caliph of Hind; he only betrayed the other caliphates and allied with the Jamahariya to gain power. |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_b8dde2 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_b8dde2 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) |
hasFeature |
GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_b8dde2 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_bca8900a |
type |
Government Drug Enforcement |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_bca8900a |
comment |
Government Drug Enforcement: The CSA has developed a wide range of psychotropics to help keep control of their slave populations. |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_bca8900a |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_bca8900a |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) |
hasFeature |
GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_bca8900a |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_bd7d0416 |
type |
Beleaguered Bureaucrat |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_bd7d0416 |
comment |
Beleaguered Bureaucrat: Any honest minister in the Ming government is going to be this. They're the least-appreciated men in the Empire, and they're also the only reason the Ming haven't fallen yet. |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_bd7d0416 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_bd7d0416 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) |
hasFeature |
GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_bd7d0416 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_c107768e |
type |
Alternate-History Dinosaur Survival |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_c107768e |
comment |
Alternate-History Dinosaur Survival: The books had to feature one, however briefly, and this is it. |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_c107768e |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_c107768e |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) |
hasFeature |
GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_c107768e |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_c75df49a |
type |
Shout-Out |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_c75df49a |
comment |
Shout-Out: To "The Second Coming." The line for one section header is "The Center Holds." |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_c75df49a |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_c75df49a |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) |
hasFeature |
GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_c75df49a |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_cbdd9a55 |
type |
We ARE Struggling Together |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_cbdd9a55 |
comment |
We ARE Struggling Together: Austria is a bit of a mess... But the rebels know that they can't afford to hang separately, and currently the liberals are keeping everyone together and mostly civilized. |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_cbdd9a55 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_cbdd9a55 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) |
hasFeature |
GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_cbdd9a55 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_cf6d4bad |
type |
Steampunk |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_cf6d4bad |
comment |
Steampunk: Aztecs have the steam engine. |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_cf6d4bad |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_cf6d4bad |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) |
hasFeature |
GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_cf6d4bad |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_d243518d |
type |
In Spite of a Nail |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_d243518d |
comment |
In Spite of a Nail: Despite the short-term ascendancy of France due to England's weakness, France does not remain a dominant power in the world in the current era. |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_d243518d |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_d243518d |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) |
hasFeature |
GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_d243518d |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_d410d120 |
type |
Joke Level |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_d410d120 |
comment |
Joke Level: This world is mainly there to make it clear that alternate universes don't have to make sense, and nobody on Homeline is even going to try explaining just how the hell this world came about. The consensus is that the gods think it's funny. However, it is also possible that there are truly infinite numbers of alternate Earths, and the ones which are accessible to us is determined by some kind of resonance effect — so we get to reach a dinosaur world which is peculiarly similar to ours socially. |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_d410d120 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_d410d120 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) |
hasFeature |
GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_d410d120 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_d4a4771e |
type |
Richard Nixon, the Used Car Salesman |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_d4a4771e |
comment |
Richard Nixon, the Used Car Salesman: Is the source of one in the Infinite Worlds: Otto Skorzeny, liberal democrat and fighter for the Republican Alliance. When he learned that most of his infinite selves were Nazis (like the one in our world), he became head of ISWAT so that he could make a hobby of killing them. |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_d4a4771e |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_d4a4771e |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) |
hasFeature |
GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_d4a4771e |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_d833090a |
type |
Right Hand Versus Left Hand |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_d833090a |
comment |
Right Hand Versus Left Hand: Both the USA and CSA are intervening in German Indochina, but neither country can decide on what they want to do about the running insurgency there, due to a tension between ideology and Realpolitik.note The USA believes in democracy and freedom but are allies with Germany, the CSA would like to see Germany broken, but backing Asian rebels against a white overlord goes against everything they believe in. Accordingly, intelligence operatives and Eagle Squadron volunteers from both powers are supporting both sides. |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_d833090a |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_d833090a |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) |
hasFeature |
GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_d833090a |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_d881756c |
type |
Those Magnificent Flying Machines |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_d881756c |
comment |
Those Magnificent Flying Machines: The only native heavier-than-air flyer is the jactavolans, an incredibly dangerous melding of Roman glider and Chinese rocket technology used by the Third Empire's legions for scouting and courier purposes. In game terms, you have to roll Piloting checks on takeoff (to see if the rockets explode) and landing (to see if you crash). All jactavolans pilots are state-owned slaves who receive both their freedom and Roman citizenship if they survive a five-year term of service. |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_d881756c |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_d881756c |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) |
hasFeature |
GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_d881756c |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_dae5c997 |
type |
Action Girl |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_dae5c997 |
comment |
Action Girl: In the US, women serve in all branches of the military. They also commit as many violent crimes as men do. |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_dae5c997 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_dae5c997 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) |
hasFeature |
GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_dae5c997 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_db912a80 |
type |
The Good King |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_db912a80 |
comment |
The Good King: Thanks to an alliance with the Catholic Church, careful devolution of power to local viceroys, and the use of mass media, subjects of the Spanish Empire see their monarch this way. The book's narration, meanwhile, considers Austria's liberal monarch to be the good one. He's making some enemies at home, though. |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_db912a80 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_db912a80 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) |
hasFeature |
GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_db912a80 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_df4edb04 |
type |
Corrupt Bureaucrat |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_df4edb04 |
comment |
Corrupt Bureaucrat: Most of the bureaucracy are this. It simply doesn't pay to be honest while the Middle Kingdom burns, and preparing for the imperial examinations requires money — which often comes with strings attached. |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_df4edb04 |
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1.0 |
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1.0 |
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GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_df4edb04 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_e08ada88 |
type |
Famous-Named Foreigner |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_e08ada88 |
comment |
Famous-Named Foreigner: The current führer and successor to Viktor Alchsneiss is named Günter Wallraff. In our world, that's the name of a decidedly leftist German author. Makes you wonder how much research they did on that. |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_e08ada88 |
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1.0 |
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1.0 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) |
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GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_e08ada88 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_e0f75086 |
type |
Good Republic, Evil Empire |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_e0f75086 |
comment |
Good Republic, Evil Empire: Played broadly straight with the Republican Alliance being firmly represented as the good guys. That said, some of the monarchies - Britain and Louisiana - are presented as not that bad and conversely the American Commownwealth is a Holier Than Thou quasi-theocracy. |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_e0f75086 |
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1.0 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_e0f75086 |
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1.0 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) |
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GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_e0f75086 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_e71975df |
type |
Rising Empire |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_e71975df |
comment |
Rising Empire: The Tenochca. They've just developed the steam engine, and they're on the move to seize islands (to serve as coaling stations) and slaves (to serve up to the gods). |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_e71975df |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_e71975df |
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1.0 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) |
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GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_e71975df |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_e95acf73 |
type |
Wooden Ships and Iron Men |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_e95acf73 |
comment |
Wooden Ships and Iron Men: Even under Ming domination, Britain has a long tradition of this. |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_e95acf73 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_e95acf73 |
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1.0 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) |
hasFeature |
GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_e95acf73 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_eb2eb10f |
type |
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_eb2eb10f |
comment |
Istanbul (Not Constantinople): Manhattan Island is known as Manannan here (named after the Celtic sea god by the Irish refugees who founded it). The country making up the southern part of the larger island off the northwest coast of Europe is known as Englavo – they were invaded by the Podols instead of the Normans and formed a hybrid Anglo-Slavic culture. |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_eb2eb10f |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_eb2eb10f |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) |
hasFeature |
GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_eb2eb10f |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_ecaab580 |
type |
Technology Levels |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_ecaab580 |
comment |
Technology Levels: A slight aversion. The Republican Alliance essentially leapfrogged the Tech Tree when they developed jet engines without propeller engines; the current limiting factor in aircraft speed is that the available airframe technology isn't up to handling the speed that their engines can pull. In addition, without radios the planes need to use signal lights to communicate. |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_ecaab580 |
featureApplicability |
-1.0 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_ecaab580 |
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1.0 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) |
hasFeature |
GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_ecaab580 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_eedee4d |
type |
The Starscream |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_eedee4d |
comment |
The Starscream: Averted by Walker in this timeline, which led to his success. Instead of provoking the wrath of Cornelius Vanderbilt (his main financial sponsor) by trying to seize his Nicaraguan holdings, he protected them. |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_eedee4d |
featureApplicability |
-1.0 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_eedee4d |
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1.0 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) |
hasFeature |
GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_eedee4d |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_eef85d73 |
type |
People's Republic of Tyranny |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_eef85d73 |
comment |
People's Republic of Tyranny: The Russian Dominate seems to be heading this way. |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_eef85d73 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_eef85d73 |
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1.0 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) |
hasFeature |
GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_eef85d73 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_f76842b1 |
type |
The Fundamentalist |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_f76842b1 |
comment |
The Fundamentalist: The American Covenant is a Puritan theocracy, bearing a strong resemblance to the Commonwealth of England. |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_f76842b1 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_f76842b1 |
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1.0 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) |
hasFeature |
GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_f76842b1 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_faf36236 |
type |
Cyberpunk |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_faf36236 |
comment |
Cyberpunk: Its flavour. |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_faf36236 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_faf36236 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) |
hasFeature |
GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_faf36236 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_fd4f8299 |
type |
Well-Intentioned Extremist |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_fd4f8299 |
comment |
Well-Intentioned Extremist: They genuinely want to civilize other timelines and prevent them from having an apocalyptic war like their own timeline had. It's just that they believe pretty strongly that end justifies the means... and they don't care much if others disagree with their views on civilization. |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_fd4f8299 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_fd4f8299 |
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1.0 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) |
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GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_fd4f8299 |
| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_name |
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ItemName |
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| | GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_name |
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1.0 |
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1.0 |
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GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) / int_name |
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GURPS Alternate Earths (Tabletop Game) |
