- 2014 GoldToken Summer Olympics
If you'd like to participate in the 2014 GoldToken Summer Olympics, now is the time to join the The
Olympiads Club and state your intent! The games are a lot of fun, and participants earn a special Profile Token. There are additional prizes, as well.
- New Draws Protocol to Prevent Accidental Draws
Due to numerous complaints about accidental draws (offered and accepted!)
, we made a change to the way draws are handled. In order to effect a draw, both the player offering
and the player accepting are now required to type "AGREE". This should prevent any further accidents! As always, if you need additional assistance with a draw, please don't hesitate to contact
GoldToken Support.
- T-Shirt Tournament Reminder
The tournament starts on July 30th! If you've already sent your
Golderos to
GoldToken Support, please be sure to click on the link and sign up for the games:
The T-Shirt Prize #1 - First Five GT Games! Tournament . If you haven't sent your 2 Golderos in yet, please be sure to do so before the tournament starts.
everyone!
Special thanks to
csain1 - she was the only player to submit to my authority and invite me to a game of Moultezim last month.
In appreciation, I've given her my "Make your own luck" Token.
This month, I'm in the mood for some Tawula. All invites are welcome!
--
heyred72
In this month's newsletter, we have:
Birthdays & Special Announcements
1st Stop Information
Photozone Competition
Photo Album of the Month
Game Of The Month
Best Recipe Contest
Red Panda's Trivia Connection
Up Front & Personal
Testimonial Of The Month
Contest of the Month
Caption Contest
Goldie Story Board Highlights
Icon Mania!
Breaking Club News
Olympic News
 | Birthdays & Special Announcements |  |
Birthday Wishes:
-- Happy Birthday to
Massimo Villa on July 1st! -
-- Happy Birthday to
Rebel Rider on July 2nd! -
-- Happy Birthday to
garbear on July 4th! -
-- Happy Birthday to
REBEL DJ on July 5th! - From { Club },The
Backgammon Tournament Club, The
Daily Laugh Club and { Club } -
-- Happy Birthday to
Linda Sue on July 6th! - From The
Backgammon Tournament Club and The
Daily Laugh Club -
-- Happy Birthday to
Santa Claus on July 8th! - From { Club } and The
MasterClass Club -
-- Happy Birthday to
Dru on July 9th! - From The
MasterClass Club -
-- Happy Birthday to
jenna on July 9th! -
-- Happy Birthday to
Sir Geoff on July 10th! - From { Club }, The
Daily Laugh Club, The
Word O'Rama Club &
The Pork Chop Club -
-- Happy Birthday to
theagle on July 11th! -
-- Happy Birthday to
Eunhye on July 11th! - From
The Pork Chop Club -
-- Happy Birthday to
**YANKEE ROSE*JR FRANK PAB on July 11th! -
-- Happy Birthday to
smokey164 on July 12th! - From The
Monkeytyper's Gaming Paradise Club -
-- Happy Birthday to
Karen Q on July 13th! - From { Club }, The
Monkeytyper's Gaming Paradise Club and { Club } -
-- Happy Birthday to
DAKOTA on July 15th! -
-- Happy Birthday to
Lucille on July 15th! -
-- Happy Birthday to
seabird on July 15th! - From
The Pork Chop Club -
-- Happy Birthday to
Scrapbooking Maven on July 16th! - From
The Pork Chop Club and The
Monkeytyper's Gaming Paradise Club -
-- Happy Birthday to
smiler5 on July 17th! - From The
Word O'Rama Club and The
Daily Laugh Club -
-- Happy Birthday to
Pinksmoke on July 18th! -
-- Happy Birthday to
SpillerGodt on July 20th! -
-- Happy Birthday to
Hoosierenvy - From The
Daily Laugh Club on July 21st! -
-- Happy Birthday to
estick on July 21st! - From The
Monkeytyper's Gaming Paradise Club -
-- Happy Birthday to
RubyJoy on July 23rd! -
-- Happy Birthday to
Specialsteel on July 23rd! - From
sallyp -
-- Happy Birthday to
rUsureU_ want2doTHAT on July 24th! -
-- Happy Birthday to
SarahMills on July 26th! - From
The Pork Chop Club -
-- Happy Birthday to
Pepsi Fan on July 26th! -
-- Happy Birthday to
Lis on July 26th! - From
sallyp -
-- Happy Birthday to
sweeteyes on July 27th! - From
The Pork Chop Club, The
Daily Laugh Club and The
Word O'Rama Club -
-- Happy Birthday to
wgh on July 27th! - From The
Daily Laugh Club and
sallyp -
-- Happy Birthday to
Chester on July 28th! -
-- Happy Birthday to
AutumnLeaves on July 28th! -
-- Happy Birthday to
peanuts on July 28th! -
-- Happy Birthday to
Cinnamon on July 29th! -
-- Happy Birthday to
theoldmaster on July 30th! -
-- Happy Birthday to
antibs on July 31st! -
Anniversary & Other Wishes:
-- Happy Wedding Anniversary
goes out to
Lady Silver and
Sir Silver of the GoldTable on July 1st!
-- Happy Wedding Anniversary
goes out to
generous52 and her husband on July 10th from The
Word O'Rama Club!
-- Happy Wedding Anniversary
goes out to
asmdrm and her husband on July 15th!
-- Happy Wedding Anniversary
goes out to
heyred72 and her husband on July 20th from The
Word O'Rama Club!
-- Happy 62nd Wedding Anniversary
goes out to
partygirl and
rsm31 from The
Word O'Rama Club on July 23rd!
-- Happy Wedding Anniversary
goes out to
Sir Geoff and his wife on July 30th from The
Word O'Rama Club!
* 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!)
| 1st Stop Information |
| Site tips and helpful tools |
We understand times are hard for everyone, especially with the recession taking so long to recover around the world. Here on GoldToken, we are working at creative ways for players having a difficult time to earn a membership. We really do want you to be able to play all the games and enjoy the benefits of being a greater part of our GoldToken family. As such, we would be happy to trade your donation of service for a lovely Silver, Gold or Platinum membership.
There are lots of possibilities and we are open to suggestions. Perhaps you would be interested in hosting a discussion board, or maybe you are creative, good with words or have valuable wiki skills. You can see more ways on the
Earn a site membership! page.
None of these sound good to you? Try your luck at a contest or two. There are tournaments and newsletter contests offered off and on throughout the year.
Memberships for services will be paid on a month by month basis for as long as you remain active in your position unless otherwise mutually agreed upon in advance. This way, should you decide it is more than you have time for, it is easy to opt out.
Write us at
GoldToken Support today with your ideas and/or your bid for one of the specific job openings posted on the
Earn a site membership! page. Do not hesitate, as the positions posted fill up fast.
| Photozone Competition |
| Brought to you by: Jools |
TallPaul with (unknown photo) is June's Photozone competition winner who won the challenge with
votes and will be awarded with a profile token.
Holly came in 2nd place with 13 votes for (unknown photo)
Scheherizade came 3rd place with 12 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
The theme for July's competetion will be;
I~~~~n~~~~D~~~~u~~~~s~~~~T~~~~r~~~~i~~~~a~~~~L 
Please post your entries on the Photozone DB with "Photozone Contest" in the subject line to enter and please give your entries a name as well.
The deadline for this month's Photozone contest is:
12:00 Midnight, Pacific Time, Wednesday, July 30th, 2014.
Voting for July's Photozone contest will be closed on:
12:00 Midnight, Pacific Time, Sunday, August 3rd, 2014.
| Photo Album of the Month |
| Brought to you by: ladyvic |
We really had some great Entries for the
Photo Album Contest this month!
to all that entered
Our June Photo Album Contest winner is
phil's Album 
Awesome pictures!
2nd place goes to
oldog's Album 
Please drop by the
Photo Album Contest and join in on all the fun!
You could
our very own Profile Token!
Our July Contest Theme will be
Celebration and Flowers So get your Photo Albums ready!
to all
ladyvic
July's game of the month is
Short Senet (Bell's Variant)! Join us in a fun Double Elimination Tournament by signing up today for
The July 2014 Game of the Month - Short Senet (Bell's) Tournament!
Can you believe it? There are no
Nuggets for this game!! Why not consider writing one while you're enjoying the tournament?
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!
.
June's winner is:
EZ Strawberry Shortcake
This is an easy recipe since there is no cook time, just buy everything pre-made.
Ingredients
1 pound cake
Strawberries; save a few of the nice looking berries for the toppings
Strawberry jell
Vanilla pudding cups
Whip Cream
Individual bowls for the shortcake
Directions
Remove the stems from the berries and slice in quarters. In a large bowl add berries and jell cover with plastic wrap and put into the refrigerator until cold and ready to use.
Cut the pound cake in 3/4 inch slices (2 cm) and cut into squares. Place into the bowls. Add one cup of the pudding on top of the cake. Put some of the berries in jell and top with the whip cream. Put some of the berries sliced in half on top and top.
•If you can not find jell a simple recipe is 1 cup water to 2 cups sugar. Bring to a boil and add 1 teaspoon of cornstarch and stir until it thickens. Let the syrup cool add the berries and cool overnight.
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!
July's recipe contest is: "Raspberry 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.
As last month's edition was very hard, I have made this one much more
easy.
Rules of The Trivia Connection
- There are 10 people, and you need to guess all ten people. These ten people are all connected in some way. Post your answer to Red Panda.
- These questions are not meant to be easy. Although if you work out the connection it will become easier. Any research is allowed.
- First answer submitted with all correct answers and the connection will be deemed winner
Questions
| 1. | Often lied about his age. Went to school in Paris. His drawings published in fairy a tale. Wanted to marry his pet |
| 2. | Performed many years in vegas, before being seriously hurt on stage. Stage name different from birth name. Met his partner on a cruise ship. Had his life saved by half-wolf half-dog |
| 3. | Same name as a world war 1 general. Early life was home schooled. Aristocratic family. Appeared in a famous cartoon. Subject of many songs. Most feared in the world during a war |
| 4. | Daughter of actor and actress. Also an actress. One of film won Cannes award. Famous photo with a snake. Has a sleep disorder, Had a scandalous relationship with a director while just 15. Lived with a jazz musician |
| 5. | Famous organ player. His death was claimed to be from complications to surgery. Unmarked grave for over a century. Spent a month in jail. Had at least 20 children. An Olympic athlete released his song and got to top 30 charts |
| 6. | Descendant of Queen Victoria. One arm substantially shorter than the other. Bit the Duke of Edinburgh on the leg. Lost control of the military and abdicated his throne |
| 7. | Acknowledged by many as greatest ever. Married a former #1 tennis player. Runs a charity to help children and families affected by war. Successfully sued Microsoft over fake pictures |
| 8. | Father was a lawyer. Was engaged to a magician. Opened a chain of restaurants with some work colleagues. Was romantically linked to a prince. Her dog bit a mail man |
| 9. | Mother was the daughter of a chef. Famously went deaf despite needing sound for his career. Fell in love with his student: a countess. Major piece of music named after a French Political leader. |
| 10. | Moved to Italy when his fathers company went bankrupt. Renounced his citizenship to avoid military service. Married his cousin. Worked in the patent office. A known pacifist but lobbied united states president to build atomic bomb |
Last month's winner.
There was no winner last month (although
smiler5 did solve it in beta) but congratulations to
kellymcinaz for solving 8 out of 10.
The connection was people who owned Rolls Royces. She will receive a special recognition token
.
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**~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~**
We would like to say
to
cindygal for letting us step into their personal life for a bit.
1. What brought you to GoldToken?
My Mother Nina plays here and she got me hooked!
How'd you choose your name for GT?
Its a name I had used at other game sites.
2. What interests you most on GT?
Playing the games and close second is meeting new people.
-Your all time favorite game here?
Oh my there is so many good games I really don't have a favorite.
3. Do you belong to any of the clubs?
Yes, probably too many!! hahaha
4. What State or Country do you reside in?
Louisiana USA
Do you live in the City or Country?
A country girl all the way!
What in your State or Country do you think tourist should definitely see?
Visit New Orleans..lots to do and see and the food is soooooo good!
5. What hobbies to you have?
I love flowers in the yard and containers. I love to camp out.
What other interests do you have?
I love the beach although I don't get to go very often and I love going to flea markets and antique stores.
6. Children?
2 daughters and 1 step son 
Grandchildren?
8 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren. Some are step but to me they are all mine
Do any of them play on GT?
No
7. Do you work?
no-retired
If so what kind of work do you do?
I was a supervisor for Sunbeam Appliance for 25 years then was one for Emerson Electric (Alliance Compressor) for 6 years.
Do you enjoy your job?
being retired...very much!!!
8. Any pets?
I have 3 dogs, 1 cat and 1 cockatiel.
9. Are you under 30?___ 30 to 50? ___ or over 50?
Over 50
10. What's the farthest you've been from home?
Hum I don't know in miles but I have been as far West as Utah and far East as Florida and then Michigan.
Was it a vacation or for business?
Vacation
11. If you could be anywhere right now where would that be?
Pensacola Beach Florida enjoying the surf and sand!
12. Favorite season?
Spring
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 |
Joined Dec. 15 2003. My friend,
furryfeet, told me about GoldToken and said it was a great game site, and I'm so grateful to him as it has become my second home. I've meant so many wonderful people on GT that have become so like family to me. It's a caring and loving game site with a lifetime of people with wisdom, thoughtfulness and caring about each other. I truly can not say enough good things about GT it's management and good will to all. It's so well programed with so many great fun games to share and might add challenging to the mind too. I Love GoldToken. That's about it in a nut shell. Have fun and Good luck in all your games everyone.
Bluejayaka Katie
Best Blog Contest
What Is A Blog
A blog (according to Wikipedia) is a website where entries are written in chronological order and commonly displayed in reverse chronological order. "Blog" can also be used as a verb, meaning to maintain or add content to a blog.
Many blogs provide commentary or news on a particular subject such as food, politics, or local news; others function as more personal online diaries. A typical blog combines text, images, and links to other blogs, web pages, and other media related to its topic.
If you decide to enter the world of blogging, you should decide what kind of blog you want your blog to be. What do you want to write about? Are you going to write about many things or something specific? Decide how often you are going to add entries, every day, once a week, once a month.
Once you have decided what you are going to write about, you need to think about how you are going to write it or enter it into your blog. Be it by text, by pictures, or even external links. A great blog will take advantage of all of the above things, your blog story or viewpoint can be enhanced and made much more enjoyable and interesting to read by the use of pictures and links.
Write about what you are passionate about, write about what you know and make sure you know what you are writing about. For the more serious bloggers, you won't be taken very seriously if your blog is full of grammar and spelling mistakes. So make sure you spellcheck.
No matter your blog content, people will continue to come back to read it as long as you continue to make it interesting.
- The contest winner will be chosen by poll on the Blog Entries DB, based on entries submitted in July. Deadline to enter is July 30, 2014.
- The winner will receive a special Profile Token:
!
Unfortunately, there were no entries submitted for June's "Best Short Story" Contest
! 
| Goldie Story Board Highlights |
Bought to you by: PattyMac
There were two entries submitted for the June - "The Rose". They were fun to read and submitted by
garbear and
MM David littlefair XI, unfortunately we need three entries to hold the contest so there was no winner announced. Please drop by and read the great goldie stories. The theme for July is "All About Ice Cream" as July is National Ice Cream Month, something we all love to enjoy especially in the summer time, so come on by and create your entry, so much fun to play and share with the other members. This board gives you all the links to the goldies at the top of the page...See you there!
The Caption contest winner for the June, 2014, newsletter is
jfp with:
Someday son, all of this will be yours . . . .
jfp!
To enter July's Caption Contest, click on the link and post your best caption.
photo titled July, 2014, Caption Contest
The winner will be chosen by our news team, given 5
Golderos and announced in next months newsletter.
Check this out
, yes its the Icon Fairy's Gift to the eagle eye that finds all five of the below icons for the July Contest, the Winner for June
was
pepperbeach....NOW be the first to find and send a message to the Icon Fairy for the below July icon hunt. As soon as I have a winner it will be announced on the Icon Mania Discussion Board so make sure you have that ticked. This token will be placed on your profile if you WIN!
Happy Hunting
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.
Icons to FIND:
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Did you see the
Icon Of The Day. Like glow sticks all over, so cute...
Be sure to visit the Icon Board for some great icons that will be sure to bring a smile, you can see all the icons for adoption here
Name Icons
The
GoldToken's Icon Fairy is wearing a Club icon from the "My Litte Pony" collection. If your club would like to adopt these for your members contact the Icon Fairy for information, also many more to choose from. Your Silver members can adopt and wear these icons as well
| Breaking Club News: |
| Brought to you by GoldToken's roving reporter, PattyMac |
News from The
Overall Competition Club
The leaders of the 2014 Overall Competition are
Tian-Xian,
smiler5 ,
1926,
the celt, and
1karlos. The 2013 edition is lead by
Hamsarnie,
Red Panda,
TrueIndian,
McGoo98, and
DavidJ. Top players for the 2012 edition are
jbdobie,
Hamsarnie,
AndrewB,
csain1, and
brosius.
July's games include Acey Deucey, Outbreak, Hanging Diceman, Fast Cribbage, Pente, and Euro Domination. Top five players win 3, 2, 1, 1, and 1 goldero. Top seven players for the year win 20, 10, 6, 4, 3, 2, and goldero.
More information at The
Overall Competition Club or contact the club owner
1926
The RestHaven Club has merged with the { Club }. Wishing that Club the very best.
to the
The Pork Chop Club, They turned 10 on July 3rd.
to a great Club
The
Sallyp and Friends Club sending out
to
ChrisC for winning Budgie's Thanks to Gold Token BackGammon tournament.
ChrisC won 12 Golderos for himself and 12 for The
Sallyp and Friends Club.
ChrisC
They are offering Golderos as a prize in a new club tournament which they announced has already filled with almost half of the club members, a great response
Good luck everyone.
A big
to
Budgie for running his prize tournament it was a nice idea.
The The
High Rollers Club announced with great sadness the loss of one of their members
JRL in May. You may have seen some of his terrific photos taken on his many vacations in his GT photo album. His good friend Lew told us
JRL(John) was a traveller, visted across USA, Europe, and Egypt/Africa. Now they have sent an envelope to 44 of those people he met living all over the world, so that he may continue to travel. Feb 4, 1963 - May 16, 2014 At home in Washington State, GoldToken, fishing and canoeing were his favorite pastimes. His sister,
pegasiswolf, also plays at GoldToken."
The CRC Club is a fun chat club, heard thru the grapevine
that there will be some great 4th of July celebration and Family renuion pictures put up soon. If you would like more info about this fun club, contact owner
Beckie B who adds that she hopes everyone is having a fabulous summer
| Olympic News |
| Brought to you by: *GoldTokens* Olympic *Presidents* |
June's Olympic Winners! A big congratulations to these players & their clubs! 
2013 Winter Olympic Winners 
2013 Summer Olympic Winners
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.) **
Did you find the hidden coin in the newsletter ? Our winner last month was sarahjan. to her for spotting it and being the first to send a message to GoldToken Support. 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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