Highlighting a Link to Wisdom: Daddy Grognard on Curses!

Sporadically I want to just plum the depths of the 450+ links now in the House Rule wiki, set up only a few short months ago.

Cue voice over:  
Please remember and then follow in order the following four instructions.
Number 1, Click on the image below saying Links to Wisdom OSR House Rules Wiki (the one with a temple).
Number 2, In the Table of Contents click on Spells.
Number 3, Look toward the bottom to the Other heading and Click on Daddy Grognard: Curses!
Number 4, Enjoy.

This is a really great post. I discovered it through the wiki, and it's what to me the wiki is all about, stopping the continual dribble of good stuff into the the cybervoid.

If you read yesterdays post you'll know I am a fan of the Tolkien Professor.

He talks about the power of curses. Podcast 15th April 2010

Faramir curses Golem, 'May death find you swiftly... if you do not well serve him' And Sam invokes the curse when trapped in Shelob's lair. 'May the curse of Faramir bite that Golem and bite him quick'
And it does.

Not to mention Isildur curses a whole army into a state of undead until they fulfil a broken vow that Aragorn one day releases them from.

Curses area part of the fantasy mythology, indeed they are medieval history. Well done Daddy Grognard on opening their door.

My recommendations for good nights at home, not those sort of nights...

Evening 1
An evening with JB from B/X Blackrazor
The Save or Die Podcast is excellent, and reminded me I need to dig out my B/X Companion again and savour.
Download as well from iTunes 23rd May Podcast


Evening 2 - 100 (this is more like a 3 months of nights rather than one)
I know the Old School like to diss Tolkien, but if you want to rediscover his pure genius by an enthusiastic and contagious academic: look no further than the iTune series from Corey Olsen the Tolkien Professor. I'm about half way through.
iTunes have them all
Check out the first podcast lecture 'How to Read Tolkien and Why' to understand the human desire for fantasy world building and know you are living the dream. He also took me through The Silmarillion and made it fun.

Evening 2a (to be interspersed with Evenings 2-100)
And if Peter Jackson's Tolkien interpretations are your thing (and they certainly are mine, except where he wrecks the ending and leaves me flat but at least he is no George Lucas) then follow Peter Jackson on Facebook as he films the Hobbit.


Evening 101-115
To those who might understand British humour, check out the TV series Spaced.
Watching the main character dressed as Luke Skywalker brandishing a burning torch and coming toward a pyre, whereupon he burns his George Lucas merchandise in protest against the Phantom Menace, is priceless.

Warning to US viewers - the main actor and actress are neither beautiful or even likeable - they are procrastinating, no-hopers; sublime British humour at it's best.