August 2017
I encourage anyone interested in making a difference to get active and become a part of a team working to help make the appropriate changes needed. GoldToken is what you help make it. Our current priorities are based on our site revision. Next, it's a list of features and changes listed in The GoldToken Capitulum Club. Following that, we are planning on a gaming commision of sorts to edit rules, decide on playing issues, bugs/or not and that sort of thing. Who would like in? Send GoldToken Support a note if interested.
Please note that along the same line of thinking, from this day forward, players that repeatedly & repetitively vote anothers posts and photos without warrant will find themselves chumped to that player automatically. What can I say lol. If you don't like someone, get over it, don't go vote all their stuff.
A huge to all those helping with the Olympics! You work very hard to see the games play fair and are fun for everyone, no small task! Secondly, to all the winners! All Kings & Queens in my book! ~~Mary 2016 Goldtoken Summer Olympics ResultsRegion with most points: The Summer Olympic 2016 Otrera Club Player with most points: wallywalter 191 tournaments out of 191 are finished. Team Scores
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 Photo Album of the Month Game Of The Month Chess Corner Best Recipe Contest Up Front & Personal Testimonial Of The Month Contest of the Month Caption Contest Icon Mania! Breaking Club News Olympic News
Birthday Wishes: -- Happy Birthday to David on August 1st! - -- Happy Birthday to Ken TJ on August 1st! - From The Prime Time TV Club - -- Happy Birthday to Rabbits2 on August 2nd! - -- Happy Birthday to postal-guy - From The Daily Laugh Club on August 2nd! - -- Happy Birthday to Sapient on August 2nd! - From The Word O'Rama Club - -- 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 Daily Laugh Club, The Friendship Club, The Scoop's Castle Club and The Word O'Rama Club - -- Happy Birthday to meme22 on August 5th! - From The Backgammon Tournament Club, The Scoop's Castle Club and { Club } - -- Happy Birthday to rik on August 6th! - From The MasterClass Club - -- Happy Birthday to Lillie on August 7th! - From { Club } - -- Happy Birthday to thebodywall on August 8th! - From The Scoop's Castle Club - -- Happy Birthday to Gail_M on August 11th! - -- Happy Birthday to dadalo on August 11th! - From The Scoop's Castle 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 blackdog3 on August 25th! - From The Daily Laugh Club - -- Happy Birthday to ladybird25 on August 25th! - -- Happy Birthday to Nukkle Dragger on August 27th! - -- Happy Birthday to AmberLove on August 27th! - -- Happy Birthday to Mystic Dreamer on August 28th! - From The Daily Laugh Club , The Prime Time TV Club and your sister LyndiLoo - -- Happy Birthday to splodge on August 27th! - From The Pork Chop Club & The Word O'Rama 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 32nd Wedding Anniversary goes out to John Q and HollandSkip on August 10th! -- Happy Wedding Anniversary goes out to Jon *the return* and his wife on August 11th! -- Happy Wedding Anniversary goes out to disterdis and her hubby on August 11th! * 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, cannot be put in after the fact, we're sorry!)
There was a sitewide news announcement a few days ago, but it disappeared from my gamesheet before I got a chance to read it. Where can I find the information I missed? Whether you accidentally clicked the "dismiss" link or procrastinated on reading the article, it's easy to check out the information you missed! Scroll to the bottom of your gamesheet and look for the "News Archive" link. If you're really looking for a blast from the past, announcements dating back to 1999 are available! * If you have a question about a site tip or helpful tool you would like answered next month, please send GoldToken's Newshound a message before the 25th of this month.
pepperbeach with (unknown photo) is July's Photozone Competition Winner who won the challenge with votes and will be awarded with a profile token.(steelbound) came in 2nd place with 20 votes for (unknown photo) Dmm came 3rd place with 11 votes for (unknown photo) to all the winners and to all of the members who participated either by submitting photos or voting and commenting. We had a total of entries and votes this month.Without you all, this competition wouldn't be active.You can view all the images submitted for the Photozone Competition by using the following link Photozone Zepher's Album titled 2017 - 07 Sparkle The theme for August's competetion will be:(unknown photo)(unknown photo)(unknown photo)(unknown photo)(unknown photo)
The theme for July was (unknown photo) and boy, did we have some delicious looking Photo Albums! The winner is: Kookaburra's Album titled Checker and Chess Cuisine with 64 Votes!Coming in a very close 2nd place was asmdrm's Album titled Baked goods and other goodies with 61 Votes! Take a look at all these goodies she baked. Wouldn't you love to have her as a neighbor? lol Awesome job everyone with your Bon Appetit Albums The August theme will be: (unknown photo)(unknown photo)(unknown photo)(unknown photo) This will be lots of fun! So start working on your albums and you may be the next to win this cool Profile Token! You can find us @ Photo Album Contest Best of Luck, ladyvic
August's game of the month is Giveaway Hypergammon! Join us in a fun Double Elimination Tournament by signing up today for The Aug 2017 Game of the Month - Giveaway Hypergammon Tournament! This Hypergammon (a variant of Backgammon) variant requires you to try and force your opponent to remove all his or her pieces from the board first. We hope you enjoy it!
August's game of the month is Dice Pipe! Join us in a fun League style Tournament by signing your club up today for The Site-Wide Club Vs Club Dice Pipe August 2017 Tournament! Please contact Giant Gila Monster to join! You can also follow the past Club VS Club Tournaments below: The Club Vs Club Shake Rattle & Roll July 2017 Tournament The Sitewide Club-vs-Club Cribbage June 2017 Tournament The Sitewide Club-vs-Club Chess May 2017 Tournament The Site-Wide Club Vs Club Dominoes April 2017 Tournament
July's winner is: Seafood Spinach and Artichoke Dip
Ingredients 2 cups of canned crab (or artificial crab chopped) 2 cans of artichoke hearts in water 1 can water chestnuts 1 package frozen chopped spinach 3 gloves garlic chopped (or minced garlic) 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese 1/2 cup Romano cheese 1 teaspoon parsley (I don't use it but if you like parsley add it) 1 tablespoon lemon juice 1 teaspoon spicy mustard (I use Dijon) 1/ 1/2 cup mayonnaise dash of salt and pepper Directions Chop the artichoke hearts, garlic, water chestnuts put in a large bowl and add the crab meat. Add well drained spinach to the bowl and the rest of the Ingredients, mix well. Put mixture in a glass baking dish like a 9" pie pan if you have one and top with more cheese. Bake at 350 degrees for about 20 to 30 minutes. GoldToken's Cheetah 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 Cheetah! August's recipe contest is: "Favorite Homemade Sauce". 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:
{ Image: i994.photobucket.com/albums/af66/llwgirl/garden/snieyt_zps996481d2.gif } **~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~** We would like to say to PattyMac for letting us step into their personal life for a bit. 1. What brought you to GoldToken? I was playing on another game site and was told about this site. I did not move completely over until Dominoes where offered, love that game. Been here ever since and do not intend to ever leave, so you're gonna have to put up with me How'd you choose your name for GT? Its a nick for both my first name and last name 2. What interests you most on GT? The members, some of the best people I have ever met are in this site from all over the world. favorite game here? Not sure I have a favorite have actually found a couple of games that I had not played before and love them. 3. What state or country do you reside in? I am in a very hot July Texas What in your state or country do you think tourists should definitely see? Oh wow so many awesome places here, just took a trip to Carlsbad Cavern, was awesome. The Grand Canyon is breath taking. Just way too many to mention. I have been across the U.S. many times. 4. What hobbies do you have? Gardening I love but am wearing myself out right now trying to keep enough water on them, come on Fall Also love bowling, I am on several (probably too many) leagues right now. 5. Children? Grandchildren? 3 Daughters who blessed me with 8 grand babies, now I am counting great grand babies, so far up to 10 there - I am truly blessed in my life with my family. 6. Do you work? what kind of work do/did you do? I am retired, came out for awhile and volunteered at our local food bank for about 4 years, I am retired again 7. Any pets? I have four rescue cats and one older dog. They are my companions and my loves. 8. Are you under 30?___ 30 to 50? ___ or over 50? Oh I am definitely over 50 but still going strong Male or Female? Female 9. What's the farthest you've been from home? I have been a lot of places, not sure which would be the farthest actually, maybe Tangiers. 10. If you could be anywhere right now where would that be? I would love to have a house on top a mountain, probably would never leave.. 11. Favorite season? Spring, love the smell of the dirt when I am gardening. 12, Favorite movie? Die Hard - have to watch that movie at least once a month. Actor? Hmmm, I guess that would be Jeff GoldblumActress? another hmmm, as it a bit hard to pick one, I would say Meryl Streep Song? I loved the 70's music. Music can change my mood. The Bee-Gees, Fleetwood Mac or The Eagles can get me smiling in nano second 13. If you could meet anyone (living and dead) in the world. Who would it be ? I would love to have met Jesus, King Solomon, Abraham Lincoln, Al Capone. I know a real variety here but hey they intrigue me. If there are any questions you would like to see asked in future interviews, please let us know. Laura laura lee
Hi My name is RabidWolff of the Wolf Pack and I am addicted to GoldToken. My story starts the same as so many others, playing at IYT and then learning about GoldToken from there. It only took two or three months of playing at GoldToken for me to say a final goodbye to IYT and I have never looked back. I joined GoldToken in March of 2001 because it was the friendliest game site I had ever been on, and then when clubs were introduced... well let's just say that was the icing on the cake! The site was so much smaller back then and Chad was trying to get people to start up Clubs. A couple of us were talking back & forth and decided to start a club and we named it The Wolf Pack. Of course things were different back then... each club could only have one game (and there were no variants). So there were actually many Wolf Pack Clubs, one for each game type that we played. Eventually GT changed the programming and we were able to have ONE club that included all the games, so we merged all of these smaller Wolf Pack clubs into the one larger club, that is now The The Wolf Pack Club GoldToken is a second home for me and The The Wolf Pack Club is a second family! I am disabled, so my free time is mostly spent watching tv or on GoldToken. I have met so many wonderful people here on GT and have seen so many changes (improvements) on this site. I'm excited for what the future holds for GoldToken! RabidWolff of the Wolf Pack
Best Nugget August's contest is the Best Nugget submitted throughout the month. The winner will be chosen by poll and announced in next month's newsletter. Winner will receive two extra months on their current membership, or, if Guest, a two month Silver membership. 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. 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. ** _We have a winner for the Best Blog contest!to bookfox! Be sure to check out bookfox's Blog - she's a skilled writer.
The Caption Contest winner for the July, 2017, newsletter is Buddha with: (unknown photo) Maybe this isn't the best way to get away from those hungry lions! Buddha! To enter August's Caption Contest, click on the link and post your best caption. (unknown photo) The winner will be chosen by our news team, given 5 Golderos and announced in next month's newsletter.
There was no Winner for July so am re-posting those for August. Be sure to play the icon contest will end after September due to the Holidays approaching.JUST a reminder - Please try to keep track of the icons you have in save as its very time consuming for the GoldToken's Icon Fairy to look them up and then post the image numbers ....You will also need to use the saved icons at least once a year or they will be put back into circulation at that time. We will make every effort to notify you before that happens so please try to keep track of them. Also remember there is a 30 day limit on changing icons. EXCEPTION being for Holidays. If a Holiday starts and those icons are placed on the board you can change to A HOLIDAY icon regardless of your change time. Here are the icons to find in the August Icon Hunt. Happy Hunting { Image: goldtoken.com/pics/icon080810092132.gif } { Image: goldtoken.com/pics/icon16042115265325.gif } { Image: goldtoken.com/pics/icon131002092751.gif } { Image: goldtoken.com/pics/icon071006133911.gif } { Image: goldtoken.com/pics/icon100516224205.gif } I'm sure everyone understands that The Icon fairy loves to spread joy to as many players as possible , so for that reason players are only eligible to win the Icon hunt prize once every six months. Thanks for your cooperation. Did you see the Icon Of The Day. Its a Minion, have a lot of them . Stop by the and see what might be new -->Name Icons
On August 21, 2017, millions of people across the United States will see nature's most wondrous spectacle — a total eclipse of the Sun. It is a scene of unimaginable beauty; the Moon completely blocks the Sun, daytime becomes a deep twilight, and the Sun’s corona shimmers in the darkened sky. A total solar eclipse is unlike anything you've seen in your life. As totality approaches, you will see the astonishing sight of day turning to night and the Sun's corona blazing in the sky. This is truly a great American eclipse because totality will sweep the nation from the Pacific to the Atlantic. Nearly everyone in the US can reach this total solar eclipse within one day's drive. The The Astronomy Club here at Goldtoken has been preparing, discussing and getting excited about this wonderful event and we even have a tournament underway named after it. Some members will be in attendance on the path of totality to report to club members. We await this momentous event with anticipation and our spirits will soar with the majesty of it!!!!!! Contact Kookaburra for more information The No Frills Club Do you like to play tournaments with any or all of the Shake games but not all the messages or stuff that goes along with being in a club? Do you like small clubs with a smaller number of players in each tournament? How would you like to join a club that you do absolutely nothing but sign up and play tournaments? If this is something you might be interested in, then, I have just the club for you. For a limited time, from August 1, 2017, until December 31, 2017, I am opening up The No Frills Club for anyone to join. January 1, 2018, I will change it back to an invitation only club. This club only plays Shake games and was set up to help players win Shake Tournaments easier to be able to stay in The High Rollers Club. If this is a club you would like to join, simply go to The No Frills Club and click on the 'Yes' on the right side of the page. Questions? No problem. Just drop a message to, funtobewith11. The World Chess Dice Club Fedration Club We are the "ORIGINAL" Chess Dice Club. if you have a silver membership and want to join The World Chess Dice Club Fedration Club. Invites are now open and you will be on the Chess Dice team and all Ladders. Knight Jarlynn goes on to explain that, We value loyalty and honor over ratings and experience. This is a compliment to you which is another benefit for you is we take your word as your bond. If you need more information contact Knight Jarlynn CHESSARAMA EVENTS FOR TOURNAMENT FUN Presents 5 New Tournaments coming your way. chess dice> 10x10 chess dice> chessgi> 3 checks chess> and chess Watch for dates for October. Tournaments with 5-day moves. Tournaments Coming Up: The Sep 2017 — The Sep 2017 — KJ's Chessarama Dice Chess, league Tournament The Aug 2017 — The Aug 2017 — KJ's Chessarama BELOW-1600 tourney The Aug 2017 — The Aug 2017 — KJ's Chessarama ABOVE-1600 tourney Play for Fun, play a family game and friends; and play for yourself. Knight Jarlynn Some Prize Tournament Winners!
Congrats Winners CLUB CONNECTIONSBrought to you by bookfoxLike many owners, berecca recalls exactly when her club was founded, The Berecca's Variety Club started 4th October 2012. I asked about the name, which has an appealing old-fashioned feel, “I wanted a club that played a variety of games so it made sense to name it that.” she explained. It lives up to it’s intent, “No special games, I try to set up a lot of different games, new ones and the favorites.” So far, it’s been rewarding and those in her club are appreciative, “Having my Members behind me, a lot of them thank me for getting the games set up and for giving them the reminders for the invites.” berecca runs the club completely on her own, with no officers, which is rare. It can also lead to amusing moments “The funny times are when I make a mistake and I have a few of my members get me back on the straight and narrow by messaging me telling me about the mistake or also letting me know if a game needs moving on.” Of the club she says, “Its not changed too much, except possibly for the lack of interest in a good share of the members, the Club has 75 members but I would say that maybe only half of them play the games!” She would like that to change in the future, along with her plans “To keep striving to set up a variety of games that all can play and enjoy and also I would like to get more Club vs Club Challenges.”
Olympic Winners! A big congratulations to these players & their clubs! Winter Olympic Winners
Summer Olympic Winners!
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** (Please note: All submissions are added on a first come first serve basis.) **Did you find the hidden coin in the newsletter ? Our winner last month was Gilbertei. to her for spotting it and being the first to send a message to GoldToken's Newshound. We would like to give everyone a chance to play this fun game and win 5 Golderos,so you will only be eligible to win the Coin Hunt once every six months.[ Main: GoldToken's Monthly Newsletter - Past Issues ] Wiki Options This page was last edited by GoldToken Support at 3:12PM on 7 August 2017 Find referring pages |
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