February 2025

GoldToken's Monthly News

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• Best Wishes to the Birthday Badger!

Happiest of birthdays to the ringmaster, Badger, on February 6th!



Wishing you much luck and tons of fun!

--heyred72




In this month's newsletter, we have:
Birthdays & Special Announcements
Photozone Competition
Discussion Boards in the Spotlight
Photo Album of the Month
Game of the Month
Club VS Club Tournament of the Month
Best Recipe Contest
Pony Up!
Crafters' Fair
Up Front & Personal
Testimonial of the Month
Contest of the Month
Caption Contest
Icon Mania!
Shout Out!
Olympic News

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Birthdays & Special Announcements

-- Happy Birthday to heyblue32 on February 3rd! From The Daily Laugh Club, The Wolf Pack Club, The Friendship Club, The Diamonds Are Forever Club, The Scoop's Castle Club and The Lisa's Teddy Bear Picnic Club -
-- Happy Birthday to neonlicht on February 4th! -
-- Happy Birthday to shillotte on February 5th! - From The To Your Health Club and The Friendship Club
-- Happy Birthday to Badger on February 6th! - With love, from all at Gold Token! -
-- Happy Birthday to Xandu on February 6th! - From The Friendship Club
-- Happy Birthday to nana210 on February 7th! - From The Pork Chop Club, The Wolf Pack Club, The Diamonds Are Forever Club and The Scoop's Castle Club -
-- Happy Birthday to dolcol (LAW-10) on February 10th! - From The Daily Laugh Club, The Wolf Pack Club, The Friendship Club, The Word O'Rama Club & The Backgammon Tournament Club -
-- Happy Birthday to gpr11 on February 11th! -
-- Happy Birthday to Oartkickel of the Wolf Pack on February 12th! - From The Wolf Pack Club -
-- Happy Birthday to jfromfl on February 13th! -
-- Happy Birthday to globalroamer on February 13th! - From The Daily Laugh Club, The Scoop's Castle Club and The Friendship Club
-- Happy Birthday to Mr-Sid on February 14th! - From The Prime Time TV Club, The Wolf Pack Club, and The Lisa's Teddy Bear Picnic Club -
-- Happy Birthday to DIRKSTRA on February 15th! - From The Backgammon Tournament Club -
-- Happy Birthday to Nancy on February 16th! -
-- Happy Birthday to PattyMac on February 18th! From The Daily Laugh Club, The Prime Time TV Club, The Friendship Club , The Word O'Rama Club and The Club Nascar Club -
-- Happy Birthday to Beckie B on February 18th! - From The Daily Laugh Club, The Wolf Pack Club , The To Your Health Club and The Lisa's Teddy Bear Picnic Club -
-- Happy Birthday to Diddly on February 18th! From The Daily Laugh Club, The Scoop's Castle Club and The Friendship Club -
-- Happy Birthday to shobee1 kinobi on February 19th! From The Friendship Club and The To Your Health Club -
-- Happy Birthday to Sweetcheeks on February 23rd! - From The Prime Time TV Club and The Word O'Rama Club -
-- Happy Birthday to Sherlock on February 24th! -
-- Happy Birthday to MaryF on February 24th! - From The Word O'Rama Club, The Friendship Club , The To Your Health Club and The Monkeytyper's Gaming Paradise Club -
-- Happy Birthday to marcmandy on February 25th! - From The Daily Laugh Club, The Wolf Pack Club, The Friendship Club and The Word O'Rama Club -
-- Happy Birthday to Ray of Light on February 25th! -
-- Happy Birthday to smelly feet on February 25th! - From The Prime Time TV Club and The Friendship Club -
-- Happy Birthday to Spencer on February 27th! -
-- Happy Birthday to Tolp on February 27th! -
-- Happy Birthday to chessbro on February 28th! - From The Scoop's Castle Club -
-- Happy Birthday to steve111 on February 28th! -
-- Happy Birthday to csain1 on February 28th! - From The Innocent Instigators Club -

Anniversaries & Special Announcements

Anniversary:

--Happy Wedding Anniversary wishes go out to LyndiLoo & LifeScape on February 6th! Many special wishes sent to you both! -
--Happy Wedding Anniversary goes out to Executioner and his wife on February 22nd! Many special wishes sent to you both! -

* 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!)

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Photozone Competition

Brought to you by: Photozone Zepher

robin50, with photo titled Snow Clock, is January's Photozone competition winner.
She won the challenge with votes and will be awarded with a profile token.

We had a three way tie for 2nd place!
lowrider033 came in 2nd place with 4 votes for photo titled Race Time
(steelbound) came in 2nd place with 4 votes for photo titled Birthday Wishes
ladyvic came in 2nd place with 4 votes for photo titled Old Cash Register

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 Time - 2025

The theme for February's competition will be:

Show off your photography @ Photozone and win tokens!

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Discussion Boards in the Spotlight

Brought to you by: LittleTree

Jest for Puns - Wordplay is sadly pun-derrated. However, if you like coming up with groan-inducing quips, or have heard or seen one that you think is great just post yours on this board! There are some really great puns here on this board. The winner gets to choose the next subject for a pun and players post their favorite puns for a chance to win the board's tokens. The last contest pun was cookies. "A balanced diet is a cookie in each hand" was the winning pun, posted by monkeytyper. So come join the fun and enter your groan inducing pun!

Warning Labels - One of the newest boards GoldToken has provided for it's players, this board can be lots of fun! Think of various warning labels (the funnier, the better) you can come up with for the subject matter the host has posted. The last contest subject was "closet" and the winning warning label was..Warning: Use caution. There are enough different sizes in this closet! So come on by to give your funniest warning label and win one of the board's tokens and get a chuckle at all the different warnings players come up with!

Polls - This month's "Best Poll" winner is ladyvic! Thanks to her poll, What Do You Do When You Can't Sleep?, we now know that for sleepless nights it's a narrow margin between those of us who watch TV and those who play games on GoldToken. If you'd like to submit a poll, send a PM to the Pollmaster. Be sure to include a brief question and several answer options.

Other boards GoldToken provides for your enjoyment

Caption Humor
Crafters' Fair
Cutting Board
General Chat

Holiday Profile Contest
Hypothetical Questions
Jokes Board
Paraprosdokian Sentences
Photozone
Photo Album Contest
Pony Up!
Most Original Profile Contest
Jools' Contest Announcements
What's in Your Pantry?
Word Of The Week

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Photo Album of the Month

Brought to you by: ladyvic

The January theme was "Rainbows"
TaUrUsRoSe's Album titled Rainbows Watch for your token coming soon!
**YANKEE ROSE*JR FRANK PAB's Album Beautiful album!

The February theme will be: Funnies


*We'd love to have you join us @ Photo Album Contest.
Please let me know if you need any help with your album. New tokens available to win!*

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Game of the Month

February's game of the month is Quarto! Join us in a fun Double Elimination Tournament by signing up today for The Game of the Month - Feb 2025 - Quarto Tournament!

The goal of this game is To form a row of 4 pieces on the board sharing a common property. Sounds simple, but is it? Check out the Rules of Quarto for more details.


We hope you enjoy it!

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Club ~VS~ Club Tournament of the Month

February's game of the month is Outbreak! Join us in a fun Round Robin Style Tournament by signing your club up today. Please notify PattyMac to join or post in the The Site Wide Club vs Club Tournament Club. Hope to see you there!

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Best Recipe Contest

January's winner is: fatdaddy's Vegetable Loaded Potroast

• Submitted by fatdaddy

2.5 lb (1 kg) boneless beef chuck roast
2.5 lb (1 kg) potatoes
2.5 lb (1 kg) onions
1 lb (1/2 kg) carrots
4 stalks celery
3 toes garlic
1 T (15 ml) Worcestershire sauce
1 T (15 ml) (A-1 type) steak sauce
1/2 t (2.5 ml) Liquid Smoke
1 T (15 ml) dried parsley
1/2 T (7.5 ml) black pepper
1T (5 ml) sea salt
1/4 C (60 ml) water
Olive oil cooking spray

Spray crockery with cooking spray
Sprinkle 1/2t (2.5 ml) black pepper on the bottom of crockery
Add water
Add roast
Mix sauces & smoke and drizzle over roast
Add 1/2t (2.5 ml) salt and pepper to top of roast.
Clean, scrub and pare vegetables to uniform sizes
Add garlic toes, celery, carrots, & potatoes to crockery
Sprinkle with parsley
Add onions
Sprinkle with 1/2t (2.5 ml)pepper and salt

Cook on high for 2 hours
Reduce to medium and continue cooking for 5 more hours

This fits well in my 9 1/2 quart cooker. If yours is smaller you may want to adjust the recipe accordingly.


GoldToken's fatdaddy 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 fatdaddy!

February's recipe contest is: "Soup". 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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Pony Up!

- Trivia and a design your own T-Shirt were the contests for January, along with the game of Jeopardy! Players had to remember to give the answers with a question in true Alex Trebek style! RIP. Currently, there is a caption contest going on so stop by, post a caption or at the current captions. Any new players to the board will receive a Pony Up token as a !

JANUARY WINNERS

RabidWolff of the Wolf Pack
JanuarySnowAngel
Zanda
hoof hearted
monkeytyper

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Crafters' Fair- Hosted by sallyp

What do we think of in February?

Valentine's Day, of course. So let's craft something on a Valentine's theme.

If you are not a crafter, have a look online to see what takes your fancy.

Post your picture on the Crafters' Fair discussion board.

To make it easier to do the poll, please post your entry as A New Comment

Everyone that posts a craft will win a crafts fair token!

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Up Front & Personal

Interview by: laura lee

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We would like to say to Handyman for letting us step into their personal life for a bit.


1. What brought you to GoldToken?

• I was introduced to GT through another player here, aprildiamond

2. How'd you choose your name for GT?

• **Handyman* it is what I do for a living*...

3. What interests you most on GT?
I like all the variety of games here and the friendly players

4. Do you belong to any of the clubs? How about the chat only clubs (birds, kitties, garden)?

• I am in 11 clubs, but none of the chat only clubs ( yet )

5. What state or country do you reside in?

• I live in Thornton Colorado

6. Do you live in the city or country?

• I live in the city, it isn't a really crowded city, but you can see the mountains from my home, they are about 10 mins. away

7. What in your state or country do you think tourists should definitely see?

• Everything should be seen here, it is all awesome, I am a Native and haven't seen it all yet.

8. What hobbies to you have?
I enjoy Hunting , fishing , just about everything outdoors..I also enjoy making things out of old used wood

9. What other interests do you have?
Internet browsing, (unknown photo) t.v., cooking (unknown photo)

10. Children?
I have one son who is 39
Grandchildren?
1 Granddaughter, she is 15 , grandson is 12

11. Do you work? If so, what kind of work do you do?
I work for myself. I am a Handyman by trade, I do most of my work for a homeowners association and have regulars. I love what I do, I schedule my time the way I want to

12. Any pets?
I Have 2 cats , rescued two brothers, Chip and Dale

13. Are you under 30?___ 30 to 50? ___ or over 50?
I just turned 60

14. What's the farthest you've been from home?
Caribbean cruise last year on 2nd largest cruise ship, Symphony of the Seas

15. If you could be anywhere right now, where would that be?
I would love to just travel all over and do some hunting along the way

16. Favorite food?
Mexican food

17. Favorite season?
gotta love Spring


If there are any questions you would like to see asked in future interviews, please let us know.
Laura
laura lee

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Testimonial Of The Month

Brought to you by: *GoldToken* Players

You see, I was FORCED to join GoldToken. Yep, it's true. It was in the last century. I didn't even have a computer. I had this thing called WebTV and that's how I found the internet and I discovered a place to play chess called It's Your Turn, we called it IYT. Some guy named Chad, I think, had this club called Chess 4 Fun and I joined it and played many games with many new friends for months and months.
Then, one day, Chad announced that C4F was leaving IYT and going to a new home, a new site that he himself had created. He called it GoldToken and said all were welcome to stay in C4F but to do so we all had to jump over and join GoldToken. I liked C4F and didn't want to leave but yeah, I was then FORCED to join the new site.
I think there was only chess at first. But it was a long time ago so maybe there was backgammon too!
So we've come a long way and I'm still a member of C4F and there's a lot of really nice people here; who knew that being FORCED to do something could turn out so well.
RT Rogue Trooper

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Contest of the Month

Acrostic Poem

February's Contest of the Month is something new! Write an Acrostic Poem - one where the first letter of each line spells out one of these words: GOLDTOKEN, TURNBASED, or VALENTINE. An Internet search for "Acrostic Poem" will give you some ideas. Post your entry on the Writing With Style discussion board no later than 11:59 PM, Pacific Time, on February 26, 2025. The winner will be chosen by poll and will receive 5 Golderos.

We have a winner for the Best Club Advertisement contest! Congrats to bookfox, who posted this advertisement:

Cutesy name, but lots going on

Don't let the name scare you off. In The Lisa's Teddy Bear Picnic Club we have a Game of the Month Tourney. We let members choose what they'd like to play in our multi-game tournaments. We have Polls which can range from silly to serious. With all of that on offer, why not check the club out? It's open for anyone to join. Just click on the club name to go to the main page and click "Yes" if you'd like to join. Hope to see you there.

to bookfox! Watch your inbox for your Golderos prize!

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Caption Contest

The Caption Contest winner for the January, 2025, newsletter is SPORTS JUNKIE with:



OK NOW.. FINALLY FOUND MY PLACE FOR PEACE AND QUIET : )

SPORTS JUNKIE!

To enter February's Caption Contest, click on the image below and post your best caption.


The winner will be chosen by our news team, given 5 Golderos and announced in next month's newsletter.

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Icon Mania!

Brought to you by: GoldToken's Icon Fairy

February, the month of LOVE...visit the Name Icons page. There are really some nice Valentine icons in rows 1-2, and even here . We can all find love everywhere even without trying!

I just finished the "unused icons" for this year-end, and you were very prompt and decisive. Thank you all so much for your help and courtesy. If you have not checked your email for Icon Fairy messages, please do so. Love hearing from you. If you did not get a message for the Icon Fairy, then your name icons are all in good standing.

Remember: Platinum can save 9. Gold can save 7. Silver may wear 1 icon but has no save capabilities. ALL saved icons must be used within a year's time or they will be returned to circulation. When you change your icons on the Icon Mania board, be sure to mention if the icon you are wearing at that time needs to go into your saves or go back to circulation.

Always look out for the Icon Of The Day, too. There sure have been some awesome looking name icons posted lately.

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SHOUT OUT!

SHOUT OUT! to Londoner - from London, Ontario, member since 2012. "We don't stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing.— George Bernard Shaw" Thank you for sharing your kayak adventures with us in your album and thank you, Londoner, for being such a committed member of GoldToken and we're glad you're a member of our GoldToken family!


SHOUT OUT! to Sushi Warrior - veteran member since 2002. "I prefer fast games but a great slow game once in a while is fine too. One to three days prefered." Thank you for being such a valued member of GoldToken. We're glad you're a member of our GoldToken family, Sushi Warrior!


SHOUT OUT! to chris3 - Australia, member since 2005. "Originally from U.K. The grabble games and crossdowns are my firm favourites but also like, hypergammon,tourne-case, tabula,cribbage Word O Rama race around is my new favourite." Thank you being such a dedicated member of GoldToken and we're glad you're part of our GoldToken family, chris3

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Olympic News

Brought to you by: GoldToken's Olympic Presidents

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The Chinese Checkers Competition in The 2024 Summer Olympics Group 3 Tournament
Chinese Checkers
Gold	The 2024 Summer Olympics blondie Memorial Club	melanchton1
Silver	The 2024 Summer Olympics Mystic Dreamer Memorial Club	ferdi
Bronze	The 2024 Summer Olympics gmak Memorial Club	Patico

The Konane 10x10 Competition in The 2024 Summer Olympics Group 4 Tournament
Konane 10x10
Gold	The 2024 Summer Olympics MrWCF Memorial Club	TrueIndian
Silver	The 2024 Summer Olympics woodhead larry Memorial Club	DavidJ
Bronze	The 2024 Summer Olympics gmak Memorial Club	hoof hearted

The Intermediate Division of the Shake Rattle & Roll Competition in The 2024 Summer Olympics Group 6 Tournament
Shake Rattle & Roll
Gold	The 2024 Summer Olympics woodhead larry Memorial Club	marshmud
Silver	The 2024 Summer Olympics Mystic Dreamer Memorial Club	gpr11
Bronze	The 2024 Summer Olympics Mystic Dreamer Memorial Club	Linda Sue

The Chess Competition in The 2024 Summer Olympics Group 2 Tournament
Chess
Gold	The 2024 Summer Olympics Mystic Dreamer Memorial Club	George 1955
Silver	The 2024 Summer Olympics anguslady Memorial Club	AndrewB
Bronze	The 2024 Summer Olympics Mystic Dreamer Memorial Club	Man of Steel

The Moebius Moguls Competition in The 2024 Summer Olympics Group 1 Tournament
Moebius Moguls
Gold	The 2024 Summer Olympics anguslady Memorial Club	AndrewB
Silver	The 2024 Summer Olympics MrWCF Memorial Club	TrueIndian
Bronze	The 2024 Summer Olympics woodhead larry Memorial Club	marshmud

The Grabble Scatter Competition in The 2024 Summer Olympics Group 5 Tournament
Grabble Scatter
Gold	The 2024 Summer Olympics Mystic Dreamer Memorial Club	Senorita ZORRO_
Silver	The 2024 Summer Olympics woodhead larry Memorial Club	chris3
Bronze	The 2024 Summer Olympics anguslady Memorial Club	AndrewB

The GoldDots Competition in The 2024 Summer Olympics Group 3 Tournament
GoldDots
Gold	The 2024 Summer Olympics anguslady Memorial Club	stinky_malinky
Silver	The 2024 Summer Olympics MrWCF Memorial Club	TrueIndian
Bronze	The 2024 Summer Olympics Mystic Dreamer Memorial Club	Nukkle Dragger

The Barricade Competition in The 2024 Summer Olympics Group 1 Tournament
Barricade
Gold	The 2024 Summer Olympics gmak Memorial Club	Point01IV
Silver	The 2024 Summer Olympics woodhead larry Memorial Club	Road Runner
Bronze	The 2024 Summer Olympics MrWCF Memorial Club	TrueIndian

The Lower Division of the Hypergammon (3 Point) Competition in The 2024 Summer Olympics Group 2 Tournament
Hypergammon (3 Point)
Gold & Silver	The 2024 Summer Olympics MrWCF Memorial Club	loudpedal
Gold & Silver	The 2024 Summer Olympics MrWCF Memorial Club	Suzanne
Bronze	The 2024 Summer Olympics MrWCF Memorial Club	TrueIndian

The Lower Division of the Short Hit and Run Senet Competition in The 2024 Summer Olympics Group 3 Tournament
Short Hit and Run Senet
Gold & Silver	The 2024 Summer Olympics anguslady Memorial Club	(steelbound)
Gold & Silver	The 2024 Summer Olympics anguslady Memorial Club	unicorn
Bronze	The 2024 Summer Olympics blondie Memorial Club	road_hog

The Lower Division of the Dominoes Competition in The 2024 Summer Olympics Group 1 Tournament
Dominoes
Gold	The 2024 Summer Olympics MrWCF Memorial Club	TrueIndian
Silver	The 2024 Summer Olympics Mystic Dreamer Memorial Club	Nukkle Dragger
Bronze	The 2024 Summer Olympics MrWCF Memorial Club	loudpedal
Bronze	The 2024 Summer Olympics Mystic Dreamer Memorial Club	pepperbeach

The Lower Division of the Moultezim Competition in The 2024 Summer Olympics Mystery Games Tournament
Moultezim
Gold	The 2024 Summer Olympics MrWCF Memorial Club	SOcean255
Silver & Bronze	The 2024 Summer Olympics Mystic Dreamer Memorial Club	Mad_Monkey
Silver & Bronze	The 2024 Summer Olympics Mystic Dreamer Memorial Club	Mad_Monkey
Silver & Bronze	The 2024 Summer Olympics anguslady Memorial Club	stinky_malinky
Silver & Bronze	The 2024 Summer Olympics gmak Memorial Club	thebodywall

Competitions are published when gold, silver & bronze winners have been determined

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Wanted

• 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.) **

Did you find the hidden coin in the newsletter ? Our winner last month was golfnutrof. to him 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.

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