Rome never fell, and this morning the Senate summoned you by name.
The armistice was never signed. It's 1931 and the trenches are still warm.
The telegraph arrived two centuries early and someone is already blackmailing kings with it.
Questions, answered.
What is alternate history?+
Real history with one deliberate divergence — a battle, a death, an invention — and honest consequences from there.
Do I need to know the real history?+
No. Each story tells you what changed and when. Knowing the real version is a bonus, never a requirement.
Which eras?+
Anything with a hinge: antiquity, the age of sail, the industrial revolution, both world wars, the Cold War, and beyond.
Is this the same as fantasy?+
No. The rules stay plausible. Steam, politics, and logistics do the work magic usually would.
Can my choices change the timeline?+
That's the point. Small decisions ripple into different maps, different regimes, different endings.
Can I write my own divergence?+
Yes — name the moment, name what changed, and it becomes a playable world for anyone.