Curse of Scotland Gurney Benham's book about playing cards, in describing the game of Pope Joan he gives his own explanation for why this card is known as the Curse of Scotland: "The crown of Scotland contained only nine stones, as they never could afford a tenth". Eric Partridge's "Routledge Dictionary of Historical Slang" considers: “the various theories are as interesting as they are unconvincing”. "Collins Encyclopedia of Scotland" says for "Curse of Scotland" "This is usually taken to be the nine of diamonds playing card, though explanations differ". The 19th century Tarot of Marseilles is one of the standard designs for tarot
Curse of the Azure Bonds (module) Curse of the Azure Bonds (module) Curse of the Azure Bonds is an adventure module published in 1989 for the "Dungeons & Dragons" fantasy role-playing game. "Curse of the Azure Bonds" is a Forgotten Realms scenario in which the player characters undertake a quest to remove the "Azure Bonds" that they find magically tattooed to their bodies. This adventure is based on the SSI computer game "Curse of the Azure Bonds", and ties in with the novel of the same name. FRC2 "Curse of the Azure Bonds" was written by Jeff Grubb and published by TSR in 1989 as a