Promotion
I am pleased to announce that
heyred72 is now officially a
GoldToken Assistant Manager! After several years working her way up through the ranks, she can answer any questions you have and will be an integral part in helping our wonderful site run smoothly. Be sure to let her know how valuable she is to all of us on GoldToken!
Unveiling Plateau!
Plateau is a fun board game for two players, with the goal of building stacks of pieces and removing opponent's ones - the full rules are fairly complex.
Sign up for a chance to win your own copy of the actual game by joining
The Aug 2012 — New game, Plateau Tournament today!
Thanks go to the Plateau creator -
jalbea - for his tremendous help with getting this game up and running. Be sure and let him know how much we all appreciate his time and effort!
Recognition Tokens
I am sure you have seen them on player profiles. In fact, you probably have a few on your own profile too! Old coins that say
for your being such a grand part of GoldToken's gaming community.
Have you played on GoldToken for 1 year or more, won a site contest or tournament, been an Olympic President, or played in the GoldToken Olympics? If so, you have earned one or more of these special reward
Tokens for your profile and many of them have been placed there already!
Thanks to
Mecir for the auto placement of our anniversary and Olympic
Tokens! Thanks also to our management team, who did their best to manually add the others that could not be added through an auto system. An enormous task! Our fabulous team did their best and we hope that everyone's happy. There might still be a few instances however, where a few tokens were missed. Unfortunate, but uncontrolable.
Because we have plans to use these
Tokens in a future event, you will want to be sure you hold all the
Tokens you deserve. Please take the time to look in GoldToken's Info page titled
Recognition Tokens - GoldToken's Treasure Trove, to see which
Tokens you might also qualify for, and send
GoldToken Support a message with your request to have these applied to your profile.
- Do Not Delay! Due to our upcoming plans to utilize these Tokens, as of August 15th 2012, there will be a 30 day moratorium to collect past due Tokens.
Inner ~VS~ Inter-Club Challenges
There has been some confusion regarding Inner ~VS~ Inter-club challenges. Hopefully, this explanation will help: Inner club challenges are those for members of the club only. Inter-club challenges are those that pit your club against another club. You are competing as an individual player against your club members when playing
Inner club ladders and Inner club matches. Your club is competing against other clubs when in
Inter-Club ladders and Inter-Club matches.
Signature Goldies
We are slowly adding
Signature Goldies for as many players possible, but it's no simple task. They are being created for all Platinum players first (be patient Plat's, we have made it through the B's lol) and offered as prizes throughout the month to give everyone a chance to own one. If you are interested in obtaining a
Signature Goldie of your own, watch the Discussion Boards and your game sheet news for contest announcements.
to
,
,
and ;;wg;; for winning the various contests held for
Signature Goldies this last month.
Have a wonderful month and play like you mean it!
--
Badger
In this month's newsletter, we have:
- Birthdays & Special Announcements
- 1st Stop Information
- Photozone Competition
- Game Of The Month
- Best Recipe Contest
- Up Front & Personal
- Testimonial Of The Month
- Contest of the Month
- Caption Contest
- Treasure Hunt
- Interesting Club Of The Month
- Breaking Club News
- Olympic News
 | Birthdays & Special Announcements |  |
Birthday Wishes:
-- Happy Birthday to
Ken TJ on August 1st!
-- Happy Birthday to
postal-guy on August 2nd!
-- Happy Birthday to
Sapient on August 2nd! - From The
Word O'Rama Club and
nylady41
-- Happy Birthday to
Robyn Hode on August 4th!
-- Happy Birthday to
robertst on August 4th! - From The
Word O'Rama Club
-- Happy Birthday to
Genie on August 5th! - From The
Word O'Rama Club
-- Happy Birthday to
meme22 on August 5th! - From { Club }, { Club }, The
Backgammon Tournament Club, { Club } and { Club } and a special wish from
Mike K of the Renegades
-- Happy Birthday to
rik on August 6th! - From The
MasterClass Club
-- Happy Birthday to
gramat on August 7th! - From { Club }, { Club } & { Club }
-- Happy Birthday to
Lillie on August 7th! - From { Club } & { Club }
-- Happy Birthday to
TexasToest on August 8th! - From { Club }, { Club } and { Club }
-- Happy Birthday to
grandma on August 8th! - From
The Pork Chop Club
-- Happy Birthday to
thebodywall on August 8th! - From The
Word O'Rama Club
-- Happy Birthday to
Gail_M on August 11th! - From { Club }
-- Happy Birthday to
nancy7 on August 12th! - From The
Word O'Rama Club
-- Happy Birthday to
Brewmaster on August 14th! - From The
Word O'Rama Club
-- Happy Birthday to
NanaT on August 16th!
-- Happy Birthday to
norma8 on August 16th!
-- Happy Birthday to
CalvinW on August 19th!
-- Happy Birthday to
asmdrm on August 22nd! - From { Club }
-- Happy Birthday to
jajo on August 23rd!
-- Happy Birthday to
Chrissy on August 24th! From your mother
LyndiLoo
-- Happy Birthday to
blackdog3 on August 25th!
-- Happy Birthday to
Diana0857 on August 25th!
-- Happy Birthday to
rogerrabbit on August 27th!
-- Happy Birthday to
Nukkle Dragger on August 27th!
-- Happy Birthday to
Heartsong on August 27th!
-- Happy Birthday to
Mystic Dreamer on August 28th! From your sister
LyndiLoo
-- Happy Birthday to
splodge on August 27th! - From
The Pork Chop Club
-- Happy Birthday to
Uncle Chuckie on August 29th!
Anniversary:
-- Happy Wedding Anniversary
goes out to
Dionysos and his wife Irene on August 6th!
-- Happy Wedding Anniversary
goes out to
Jon *the return* and his wife
Vanilla MAX Spice on August 11th!
-- Happy Wedding Anniversary
goes out to
Gzess and her husband on August 26th!
* If you would like to announce any birthdays, anniversaries or other special events coming up for next month, please send GoldToken's Newshound a message before the 25th of this month, so we can give them a shout out in next month's newsletter! (Please keep all announcements upcoming and not belated. Announcements submitted after the newsletter is published, can not be put in after the fact, we're sorry!)
| 1st Stop Information |
| Site tips and helpful tools |
GoldToken Olympics?
That's right! It's GoldToken Olympic Time!!! The
Olympiads Club is now open for sign up to all interested players. Time is limited! Players in The
Olympiads Club will be assigned to their prospective Olympic teams within the next month to give the clubs plenty of time to organize their teams. GoldToken's 2012 Olympic games will begin in December.
Looking forward to another year of great games!
Jacob1987
This month,we are announcing the winners of two earlier competitions as well as July's competition.
January's Photozone competition winner for
Outdoor Fun theme is
wildgeese 
February's Photozone competition winner for
Music theme is
MrLarry47
July's Photozone competition winner is
Rosesncards who entered (unknown photo) and recieved a well deserved first place
with 21 votes for
Black & White theme
We have two winners for the second place this month:
WhispyWillow submitted image#4 and came in second place
with 15 votes
laura lee submitted image#15 and came in second place
with 15 votes
GailorJ54 submitted image#6 and got third place
with 13 votes
Congratulations to all the winners and all the other members who shared their images and voted. Without you all, this competition wouldn't be active so
!
You can view all the images submitted for the [
Photozone Competition ] by using the following link
Photozone Zepher's Album titled 2012-07 Black & White
July's Photo album competition winner with the Best Story/Message is...
golfnutrof's Album titled Our Alaska Adventure who recieved a well deserved first place.
The theme for both the Photo Album and Photo contest in August is
Birthdays Please post your entries on the
Photozone DB with either "Photo Album Contest" or "Photozone Contest" in the subject line to enter.
The deadline for this month's photo album and photozone contest is:
12:00 Midnight, Pacific Time, Wednesday, August 29th, 2012
Regards,
Redhairchick
August's game of the month is
GoldFences! Join us in a fun Double Elimination Tournament by signing up today for
The August 2012 - Game of the Month - GoldFences Tournament!
GoldFences - Basic strategy for two players., by
jbdobie
Since GoldFences is probably unlike any other game you have played, you may feel lost when starting out. You can move your piece, or place two fences. Which to choose? The board may seem endless at first even though it is only 9x9. And what should you do with these weird fences?
Most games are decided by the play of the fences.
The most intuitive strategy is probably to play your fences to block your opponents forward progress. Partly because you must always leave your opponent a path to his end goal, and because fences in front of you also block you, this strategy needs some modification.
The most effective strategy at this time, is to place the fences behind you. What you are trying to do with this strategy is two fold. One is to block your opponents forward progress. Secondly and most importantly, you want to prevent your opponent from closing off the area in front and to the side of you, forcing you to back up and go around all the fences. If this happens to you, or you do it to your opponent, the game is as good as over. You want to close off the area behind you so that the only direction you can go is toward your goal. Against an uninformed opponent you can win many games just knowing this much. Try it out.
Most of my games of GoldFences seem to go this way. Each side starts with a few tentative steps toward the center, followed by a flurry of fences being played behind us. My games have us each blocking off the same side of the board so that each of us are fighting over the same path out of there. However, playing so that each piece is going along a different side of the board should be possible. Since this is a young game there is room to try out different strategies. Who knows? The strategy you come up with may soon be the new favorite!
We hope you enjoy it!
Special
to *
jbdobie* for writing this month's
Game of the Month Nugget. You too, can write a knock-out Nugget and reap the rewards! If your Nugget is chosen as the winner for GoldToken's Game of the Month in GoldToken's Monthly Newsletter, you will win:
- Silver, Gold, and Platinum Members: a one month extension to your current membership
- Wood Members: a free membership upgrade
- Guests: a free two-month Silver Membership
So, what are you waiting for? Start writing!
.
July's winner is:
Fruit Salad
1 red delicious apple
1 granny Smith apple
1-2 Kiwi
1 pint of strawberries
1/8 watermelon
bunch of red grape
bunch of green grape
pint of blueberries
Cantaloupe
Honeydew
raisins
walnuts
honey
yogurt*
In a bowl mix yogurt and two teaspoon of honey add nuts and raisins. Mix and put into the refrigerator. Cut apples in slices (with or without the peel you can cut then in to half. Put in a bowl of water with some lemon juice added (this will keep it from browning) In a large bowl add both grapes removed from the stems, add the blue berries. Cut the watermelon, cantaloupe, honeydew in small bite size. Add to the bowl. Cut the strawberries in half or if small leave whole. Add to the bowl the apples. slice the kiwi use a whole slice or half the slice. Pour in the yogurt mix and fold** in covering the fruit.
You can also add in raspberries, blackberries or and other fruit you like. Also you can top with coconut or toasted coconut. Keep cold.
*You can also make this without the yogurt just bring to a boil half a cup of water and a cup of sugar with a quarter teaspoonful of lemon juice with a pinch of salt. Cool and pour over the fruit.
**With the soft fruit you want to gently fold and not mix you do not want to hurt the fruit.
GoldToken's
crow57 will receive a "one time" access to the entire list of site icons, and can select any one that is not currently being used by another player, regardless of membership level (Silver and Wood members can keep the icon for 1 year!). Please send a big
to
crow57!
August's recipe contest is: "Best Fudge Recipe". The winner will be given a "one time" access to the entire list of site icons, and can select any one that is not currently being used by another player, regardless of membership level (Guests, Wood and Silver members can keep the icon for 1 year!). Rules:
- Entries must be posted by the recipe guardian/creator on the Cutting Board DB.
- Recipe must be original and have never been posted on the Cutting Board DB before.
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We would like to say
to
Nancy for letting us step into their personal life for a bit.
1. What brought you to GoldToken? -
Someone on It's Your Turn suggested I try GoldToken
How'd you choose your name for GT? -
I was born with it
2. What interests you most on GT? -
Making friends 
and playing games 
3. Do you belong to any of the clubs? How about the chat only clubs (birds, kitties, garden)? -
I own { Club }, { Club }, { Club },
The
Backgammon Tournament Club, & { Club }*
I belong to other clubs also. I don't own { Club } but love it. I don't belong to any chat only clubs.
4. What State or Country do you reside in? -
Florida Florida
Do you live in the City or Country? -
Country 
What in your State or Country do you think tourists should definitely see? -
The beaches of Florida 
5. What hobbies to you have? -
Playing games on GoldToken
What other interests do you have? -
My Grandsons - ages 4 & 1yrs, Watching the new Dallas, Modern Family & Hot in Cleveland on TV
6. Children? -
I have a grown son & daughter 
Grandchildren? -
I have 2 grandsons in Indiana that I don't ever see ages 10 & 13 
and 2 grandsons in Florida that I babysit every day - ages 4 & 1 yrs 
Do any of them play on GT. -
no
7. Do you work? -
Yes
If so what kind of work do you do? -
Sales rep for ADT Security
Do you enjoy your job? -
I guess I must, I've been there since Oct 1999
8. Any pets? -
yes 6 cats 
9. Are you under 30?___ 30 to 50? __ or over 50? -
Over 50
10. What's the farthest you've been from home? -
Canada
Was it a vacation or for business? -
vacation to Niagara Falls 
11. If you could be anywhere right now where would that be? -
Smoky Mountains - I would like to live there. Been going there on vacation most every year since 1971.
If there are any questions you would like to see asked in future interviews, please let us know.
Laura
laura lee
| Testimonial Of The Month |
| Brought to you by: *GoldToken* Players |
I am disabled and not able to work or get out of the house much, and this site keeps me busy. I am on here day and nite playing my games and running my club I just recently started. I have met many good friends here. I can't imagine life without GoldToken. You might say I'm addicted to Gold Token.
I do so love GoldToken. You might say it's my life. I go to bed early so I can get up early and be here. You have probably heard people say they don't know what they did before computers came along, well that's true, and I don't know what I did before GoldToken came along. There are so many dear sweet and kind people here, they are like family to me. It was really exciting at Christmas time when I received around 30 Christmas cards from people here. I had them all up on the wall in front of my computer, they looked so pretty.
Thank you for all you do to keep this site running for all of us here at Gold Token. I do hope it brings you great happiness also!
Scoopdedew
August's Contest of the Month is:
Best Nugget
Augusts' contest is the
Best Nugget submitted throughout the month. All entries will be posted in a poll and announced for voting in next month's newsletter.
Nuggets articles give all the players an opportunity to write various tutorials, strategy guides, and other materials related to playing each of our many games, as well as general information about out various site features. Once approved, the new Nugget article will be added to the appropriate category for all the players to see.
Searching and sorting functionality is also available, allowing you to easily find what you are looking for.
Guest and Wood level players can submit one Nugget per month. Players with a Silver membership or higher can submit as many articles as they want.
Additionally, we are also working on a way for highly successful Guest article writers to obtain site membership as a reward - the details of this will be posted at a later time.
When submitting articles, please be sure to only submit content that you have written yourself, or that you have a permission from its author to post here. Citations and links are obviously fine, as long as they do not lead to inappropriate content.
To write and submit a Nugget, click the
Nuggets link at the top of your game sheet.
** _
Winner will receive two extra months on their current membership, or, if Guest, a two month Silver membership.
We have a winner for July, 2012's Best Blog Contest!
to
JimC!
JimC won a personalized GoldToken Signature Goldie to sign his blog with! You can check out
JimC's Blog and read some of his musings and anecdotes.
The Caption contest winner for the July, 2012, newsletter is
AZD159 with:
My buddy - My friend - My pal!!!
AZD159!
To enter August's Caption Contest, click on the link and post your best caption.
photo titled August 2012 Caption Contest
The winner will be chosen by our news team, given 5
Golderos, and announced in next month's newsletter.
| Breaking Club News: |
| Brought to you by GoldToken's roving reporter, PattyMac |
The
Friendship Club Is starting up exciting League Challenges. League Challenges are based on a League Table, there are no knockouts. A number of rounds will be specified, with each round being a variant of a specific game type. Players will invite all other players, which means they will play 2 games against each player. Scoring will be 3 points for a win and 1 point for a draw. One League table will be created, with players being moved up or down the table at the end of each round, depending on their scores, and the winner will be the one at the top of the table at the end of the final round.
The
Friendship Club Has also registered 22 teams for interclub ladders in just over the first 24 hours, and they have also resumed club v. club challenges. This club is eager for the games to begin. If you want further information contact the owner
katja
Scrapbooking Maven has announced that the club, House of Crafts, has merged with The
Crafters Fair Club, bringing all the crafters into one club. A new President was announced, congrats to
blackangus she will also bring some gaming fun to the club as well.
They will be starting a new Scrapbook for one of the member here in GoldToken, if you would like more information or would like to be included in the scrapbooking project, contact the club owner they would be happy to have you, you don't have to be crafty to participate
The
Monkeytyper's Gaming Paradise Club is excited to announce that their Annual Trivia Contest will be starting up in August. 5 questions are posted each week for a total of 50 questions and the members message with their answers, all correct answers are logged under that members name, the grand winner will receive a nice surprise package of fun and useful items. All the members look forward to this event, if you want to join in, pm
monkeytyper today, dont delay it starts on the 5th of August...and good luck
{ Club } Has announced the Provisional standings for the club.
EKIN Dude still maintain his lead while favourite
Cat*Scratch continues her rise up the ladder after her traditional slow start to the season. 3 teams are battling out to avoid relegation.
If you would like more information or news about this exciting Paper Football Club, contact the owner
Red Panda
The
Stonehead Stone Games Club Is a six year old specialty club. If it has stones they play it. Many of their members are among the top ranked players on the site, but all skill levels are welcome there. Their pente team remains undefeated in the history of the club, and best of all they are very friendly people
They are looking for more Go Moku, Pente and Four in a Row (and their variants) players. If you are interested, contact,
Oakheart
New_Club
{ Club } is a new club and even tho there is not a game on Gold Token with this name, it has been submitted to support to consider for release in the future. But that does not stop
Sir Wilfred of Ivanhoe from his favorite game. Knights of the Air? It's a World War I aerial combat game where each player is a pilot of a single aircraft who fly's around the gaming board shooting down his enemies, bombing bridges, doing photo recon missions, strafing enemy trenches and/or enemy aerodromes. Currently there are stats for almost 40 different aircraft and he is in the final stages of re-editing the rules. Several members have already joined and are already playing the game. A printed gaming board was made with aircraft counters and sent to several members, they program their movement/fire orders and then message them to each other. They all then move the aircraft on their respective gaming boards and then conduct combat. If hits are scored, they are noted, also ammo expenditures are noted. When an aircraft has been hit enough times and has used up all its damage points it is considered shot down.
If you are interested in the game or even want to talk war, this is the place to be, contact the owner
Sir Wilfred of Ivanhoe he would be glad to tell you about the game and welcome you into the squadron.
New_Club
Carol91859 has started a walking club. Anyone who is interested in walking, or exercise in general is welcome to join! AS soon as they get enough members they will also offer inter-club challenges and Tournaments. So hate to exercise, or hate to exercise alone, come join in the fun. { Club }
goes to { Club } they celebrate their 10th anniversary on August 28th.
| Olympic News |
| Brought to you by: *GoldTokens* Olympic *Presidents* |
July's 2012 Olympic Winners! A big congratulations to these players & their clubs! 
Competitions are published when gold, silver & bronze winners have been determined
- Do you have a special story, poem or testimonial you would like to share? How about some club news, announcements or any other special events? Then don't delay, send GoldToken's Newshound your submissions today! We look forward to hearing from you!
** (Please note: All submissions are added on a first come first serve basis.) **
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