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''[[GURPS Alternate Earths]]'' is (as you may have guessed) a ''[[GURPS]]'' sourcebook (well, rather two books, but they're both covered here) about [[Alternate History]] -- or rather, alternate timelines which the characters may visit in one campaign, or live in from the start. Describes twelve timelines (six in each book) in loving detail.
''[[GURPS Alternate Earths]]'' is (as you may have guessed) a ''[[GURPS]]'' sourcebook (well, rather two books, but they're both covered here) about [[Alternate History]] -- or rather, alternate timelines which the characters may visit in one campaign, or live in from the start. Describes twelve timelines (six in each book) in loving detail.


The scenario "Centrum" inspired [[User:Max Sinister]]'s [[Chaos Timeline (Literature)|Chaos Timeline]].
The scenario "Centrum" inspired [[User:Max Sinister]]'s [[Chaos Timeline]].


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* [[Imperial Germany]]
* [[Imperial Germany]]
* [[John F Kennedy]]: With [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_X Malcolm Little] as his VP.
* [[John F Kennedy]]: With [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_X Malcolm Little] as his VP.
* [[Shout-Out]]: The picture shows a CSA officer named [[Gone With the Wind|"Butler"]] looking much like [[Clark Gable]].
* [[Shout-Out]]: The picture shows a CSA officer named [[Gone with the Wind|"Butler"]] looking much like [[Clark Gable]].
* [[Southern Belle]]
* [[Southern Belle]]
* [[Space Filling Empire]]: Germany owns about two thirds of Africa.
* [[Space Filling Empire]]: Germany owns about two thirds of Africa.
* [[Straw Feminist]]: To Southrons, every Yankee woman is a man-hating harridan.
* [[Straw Feminist]]: To Southrons, every Yankee woman is a man-hating harridan.
* [[Zeppelins From Another World]]
* [[Zeppelins from Another World]]


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* [[Punk Punk]]: [[Diesel Punk]] overlapping with [[Raygun Gothic|Atom Punk]].
* [[Punk Punk]]: [[Diesel Punk]] overlapping with [[Raygun Gothic|Atom Punk]].
* [[Technology Porn]]
* [[Technology Porn]]
* [[Zeppelins From Another World]]
* [[Zeppelins from Another World]]


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* [[Just Before the End]]: The Emperor appears to have lost the Mandate of Heaven.
* [[Just Before the End]]: The Emperor appears to have lost the Mandate of Heaven.
* [[Space Filling Empire]]: China covers most of Eurasia (except for Russia, Persia and the Ottoman Empire), Australasia and half of the Americas and Africa.
* [[Space Filling Empire]]: China covers most of Eurasia (except for Russia, Persia and the Ottoman Empire), Australasia and half of the Americas and Africa.
* [[Zeppelins From Another World]]
* [[Zeppelins from Another World]]


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An eccentric Muslim scholar refutes the pagan Greek philosophers using rationalism. In combination with an Arab printing press, the Muslims take over the world and also develop science and technology way faster.
An eccentric Muslim scholar refutes the pagan Greek philosophers using rationalism. In combination with an Arab printing press, the Muslims take over the world and also develop science and technology way faster.
* [[Alternate History Wank]]: Islam.
* [[Alternate History Wank]]: Islam.
* [[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.
* [[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.
* [[Space Filling Empire]]: The Bulgarian caliphate covers our Russia, southeastern Europe, and the north and west of North America / Talentis.
* [[Space Filling Empire]]: The Bulgarian caliphate covers our Russia, southeastern Europe, and the north and west of North America / Talentis.
* [[Technology Porn]]: Despite being in the 17th (Christian) century, they already have colonies in space, [[Nanotechnology]] and skyscrapers made of artificial diamonds.
* [[Technology Porn]]: Despite being in the 17th (Christian) century, they already have colonies in space, [[Nanotechnology]] and skyscrapers made of artificial diamonds.
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