Hi there. The fact that you're listening to this right now means that you weren't scared away the first time we did this. So that's great. My name is Zach Twomley. This is when diplomacy fails and you're about to listen to an episode from, well, from our back catalogue, sort of, but something which you've never really heard before, because it used to be locked behind a Patreon paywall, so you weren't able to access it. Because it's Christmas though,

because I'm spreading the Christmas history joy, I thought, what better way to, well, do that exact thing than to release this stuff for free in the podcast feed? This right here is an alternative

history series where we asked what would happen if Gavrido Princep missed.

And I had so much fun with it and I can't wait to do alternative history things again.

Hey, do you know what? Maybe if you'd like me to do alternative history things, you can support

us on Patreon because currently the 2000 goal is that I will do an alternative history series on the Second World War.

So if that sounds like something you're interested in, then make sure to go on to patreon.com

for it slash when diplomacy fails and support that goal.

If you are interested, then that would be super appreciated.

I love challenging myself and looking at things differently,

and I love trying to imagine all those what-if questions that could have or might have happened,

and you guys can be a really good part of that. Speaking of being a part of something special,

have you heard of the Delegation game? Once again, $6 a month, patreon.com forward slash when diplomacy fails.

All you have to do is send me details about the person you want to send there, and I will do the

rest. 21 people have already signed up, and I can hardly believe this, because it's an idea I had over

several days, and I wasn't really sure if it would work. But my goodness, has it really caught on,

and I cannot wait to interact with

all of you wonderful nerds as we go further in the story. For six months, every single week,

every single Friday, it looks like, I will be narrating your exploits in this virtual Paris Peace

conference. Maybe we'll do better than those that were actually there 100 years ago, but either

way, you'll still have the Versailles Anniversary Project to listen to in case things really go off the rails, because it's entirely

possible that they could. In any case, guys, this is parts 3 and 4 combined into one slightly

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