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| GoldToken's Monthly News |
| June, 2021 |
- Guest Members! Play to win a membership!
Win a six-month Silver membership, thanks to
Randel Trent RIP, by winning this double elimination Rummikub tournament:
The Jun 2021 — RAndel TRent, 6 Month Silver Rummikub Tournament!
Bonus!
All participants will receive this GoldToken 21st Anniversary token: { Image: goldtoken.com/pics/ptoken39813200920122908.png } and the winner will receive this one: { Image: goldtoken.com/pics/ptoken39813200920123119.gif }.
- GoldToken's 2020 Summer Olympics Games are finished!
Thank you to all our hard-working club presidents, commissioners, tournament director, and, of course, all the players who participated! The top three players were
wallywalter with the overall gold medal,
AndrewB with the overall silver medal, and
kruntessa with the overall bronze medal.
The winning team was The
2020 Summer Olympics nisqually Memorial Club, led by
PattyMac.
Complete team rankings are as follows:
For more details on scoring, check out the [
Main: Goldtoken Olympics Summer 2020 ] wiki. Stay tuned for information regarding the upcoming 2021 Summer Games.
- Would you like to play in GoldToken's 2021 Summer Olympics Games?
You are invited to play in GoldToken’s premier summer tournament, the 2021 Summer Olympic Games! It's a set of automated tournaments, pitting player against player and club against club.
If interested, please join The
GoldToken's Olympics Master Club! Click the link and look for the "invitations" box on the right-hand side of your screen, then click "yes" to join. If on a mobile device, scroll to the bottom of the screen and click “yes” to join. That's all you need to do to declare your desire to play - no need to send a PM or post a message on the discussion board. Please stay in the club until the games begin.
Note: If you have joined the club in the past, you will need to re-join. The club is emptied after each Olympics.
Team assignments will be made soon, and you'll be invited to join your specific team's club then. At that time, you will be able to sign up for the games you wish to play. Players can sign up for as few or as many games as they care to. The first batch of games will begin in July.
For more information about the GoldToken Olympics, check out this wiki with information about rules, prizes, and previous Olympics scores: [
Main: Goldtoken Olympics ].
- Club Presidents' Day - June 15
June 15th is all about our hardworking
club owners and presidents! We appreciate the unique and creative twists you provide to GoldToken and its members. Watch the
Club Presidents discussion board on June 15th for chances to win profile tokens celebrating YOU!
On Club Day, June 17, club owners and presidents will have a chance to celebrate their club members! Owners and presidents can run contests on any site discussion board for
club members to win profile tokens! Owners and presidents should then post their winners on the
Recognition Tokens discussion board so their profile tokens can be awarded.
Wishing you much luck and tons of fun!
--
heyred72
In this month's newsletter, we have:
Birthdays & Special Announcements
1st Stop Information
Photozone Competition
Discussion Boards in the Spotlight
Photo Album of the Month
Game Of The Month
Best Recipe Contest
Pony Up!
Up Front & Personal
Testimonial Of The Month
Contest of the Month
Caption Contest
Icon Mania!
Breaking Club News
Shout Out!
Olympic News
 | Birthdays & Special Announcements |  |
-- Happy Birthday to
wabasco on June 2nd! -
-- Happy Birthday to
cindygal on June 4th! From
The Pork Chop Club, The
He's Alive Club & The
Scoop's Castle Club -
-- Happy Birthday to
izzy on June 4th! From The
Scoop's Castle Club -
-- Happy Birthday to
katja on June 9th! - From The
Daily Laugh Club, The
Friendship Club, The
Classic TV & Music Club, The
Prime Time TV Club,The
He's Alive Club, The
To Your Health Club and
The Pork Chop Club -
-- Happy Birthday to
Chimera on June 10th! - From The
Friendship Club -
-- Happy Birthday to
LyndiLoo on June 10th! - From The
Daily Laugh Club, The
Classic TV & Music Club, The
Prime Time TV Club,The
To Your Health Club ,The
Word O'Rama Club & The
Scoop's Castle Club -
-- Happy Birthday to
fladutchess on June 10th! - From The
Prime Time TV Club
-- Happy Birthday to
postal-guy on June 11th! - From The
Daily Laugh Club -
-- Happy Birthday to
gypsyjan on June 11th! - From The
Friendship Club and The
Scoop's Castle Club -
-- Happy Birthday to
Honeybear on June 14th! - From { Club }, The
Backgammon Tournament Club and { Club } -
-- Happy Birthday to
game_77 on June 15th! - From The
Word O'Rama Club -
-- Happy Birthday to
JohnDerek on June 15th! - From The
To Your Health Club -
-- Happy Birthday to
nightingale on June 17th! -
-- Happy Birthday to
GameNut on June 23rd! - From The
Monkeytyper's Gaming Paradise Club, The
Classic TV & Music Club, The
To Your Health Club and { Club } -
-- Happy Birthday to
Gerry O of the Wolf Pack on June 24th - From
The Wolf Pack Club -
-- Happy Birthday to
Jacob1987 on June 24th! - From The
Friendship Club -
-- Happy Birthday to
katkrazy70 on June 24th! -
-- Happy Birthday to
Fade on June 25th! - From The
Daily Laugh Club, The
Scoop's Castle Club & The
Friendship Club -
-- Happy Birthday to
LittleTree on June 27th! - From
The Wolf Pack Club -
-- Happy Birthday to
GailorJ54 on June 27th! -
-- Happy Birthday to
Pamelak on June 27th! - From The
Scoop's Castle Club, The
Word O'Rama Club & The
Friendship Club -
-- Happy Birthday to
TexasRose on June 27th! - From The
Monkeytyper's Gaming Paradise Club & The
Word O'Rama Club -
-- Happy Birthday to
Ken2 on June 28th! - From
The Pork Chop Club and The
Scoop's Castle Club -
-- Happy Birthday to
poohbear on June 28th! - From The
To Your Health Club -
-- Happy Birthday to
The Viking on June 28th! - From The
To Your Health Club -
-- Happy Birthday to
SandyPaws on June 30th! - From The
Daily Laugh Club,
The Pork Chop Club -
-- Happy Birthday to
WolfGirl on June 30th! - From The
Daily Laugh Club, The
Scoop's Castle Club, The
Prime Time TV Club and The
Daily Laugh Club -
-- Happy Birthday to
jd91 on June 30th! - From The
Classic TV & Music Club ,
The Wolf Pack Club and The
Daily Laugh Club -
Anniversary & Other Wishes:
-- Happy Anniversary to
Badger for 17 great years of running GoldToken! -
-- Happy Wedding Anniversary
goes out to
seabird and her husband
dick turpin on June 21st!
-- Happy Wedding Anniversary
goes out to
Ana and her husband
willy on June 24th!
-- Happy Wedding Anniversary
goes out to
oldog and her olgoat, er...husband...on June 27th!
-- Happy Wedding Anniversary
goes out to
meme22 and her husband
Mike K of the Renegades on June 30th!
* 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 |
My birthday was last month. Why wasn't it announced in the newsletter?
Birthdays are submitted by various clubs and individual players. To have yours included, or to make sure someone else is included, simply send a PM to
GoldToken's Newshound by the 25th of the preceding month.
* 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.
(steelbound) with (unknown photo) is May's Photozone competition winner, winning the challenge with
votes, and will be awarded with a Photozone profile token.
TabbyCat came in 2nd place with 10 votes for (unknown photo)
Jools came 3rd place with 09 votes for (unknown photo)
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 Blue Hour
The theme for June's competition will be:
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Anyone submitting an image in June will receive an Anniversary Token and the winner will receive a Photozone Token!
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| Brought to you by: LittleTree |
- Jest for Puns - Two antennas met on a roof, fell in love and got married. The ceremony wasn't much, but the reception was excellent.
Ever hear a great pun you wish you'd thought of or actually came up with one yourself? Everyone loves puns and the best place to find them is on this board. Every week the prior winner decides on a subject and players add their favorite puns regarding the subject. Voting,
by players, determines the winner who then receives a Jest for Puns token. So check it out and get some laughs!
- The Golden Thread - Whatever your prayer need, finding peace of mind provides a foundation of strength to face any situation. For those who are looking for a place to post prayer requests, finding comfort by doing so, there is a board for you, recently added, to GoldToken. Here you can post any prayer requests you may have and other players may reply to your post, hopefully giving comfort and hope to those in need. So check this board out for your requests or to give comfort to others.
Check out these boards for more fun/info!
Caption Humor
Crafters' Fair
Cutting Board
General Chat
Jest for Puns
Jokes Board
TerryS's Contest Announcements
Paraprosdokian Sentences
Photozone
Photo Album Contest
Polls
Pony Up!
Word Of The Week
| Photo Album of the Month |
| Brought to you by: ladyvic |
We had a fun theme with Around the house and some great album entries!
nd place goes to: laura lee's Album titled house and garden
The next album theme will be Black and White:
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This will be lots of fun! So start working on your album and post a link on the: Photo Album Contest DB!
Best of luck,
ladyvic
Anyone who enters an album in June's competition will receive an Anniversary Token and the winner gets a Photo Album token!
June's game of the month is
Trax! Join us in a fun Double Elimination Tournament by signing up today for
The Game of the Month - June 2021 - Trax Tournament!
This two-player game is won by the player whose track forms a loop or a line either during that player's completed turn or during an opponent's completed turn in which the opponent's track does not also form a loop or a line. A loop is a continuous path of track that connects with itself. A line is a continuous path of track that connects opposite and outermost edges of the tiles in play, over at least 8 rows of tiles, across or down. For more info, check out the
Rules of Trax.
We hope you enjoy it!
| Club ~VS~ Club Tournament Of The Month |
June's game of the month is
Fast Cribbage! Join us in a fun League Style Tournament by signing your club up. Join The
Site Wide Club vs Club Tournament Club or contact
PattyMac with your list of 1 to 5 players for your club!
Your club will win 2 Club Tokens if a member of your club team wins!
May's winner is:
Potato Salad
Ingredients
2 lb. new potatoes
1/2 c. fresh chives, chopped
1/3 c. olive oil
2 tbsp. white wine vinegar
1 tsp. Dijon mustard
Kosher salt and black pepper
2 tbsp. fresh flat-leaf parsley, chopped
Instructions
Simmer potatoes in salted water until just tender; run under cold water to cool. Cut into quarters. Puree chives, olive oil, white wine vinegar, Dijon mustard, and kosher salt and black pepper in a blender until smooth. Add sauce flat-leaf parsley to potatoes and toss to combine.
GoldToken's
**Lover of Darkness** 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
**Lover of Darkness**!
June's recipe contest is: "Summer Desserts". 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.
In addition, everyone who enters a recipe for June's contest will be awarded a random 21st Anniversary token and winners will receive one of our new Cutting Board tokens, so come on over and bring your favorite 'Summer Dessert Recipe'!
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Wishing all our fathers and grandfathers a
. Hope it's a great one for each and every one of you!
The
Pony Up! board is offering Pony Up tokens for the winners of the contests offered. Many of our players are winning tokens and golderos so don't forget to check out this board for fun and prizes!
May Winners
Jools - Whose Profile
monkeytyper Who Am I?
Silkwood - Detective Story
ladyvic - Riddle Me This
Silkwood - Riddle me This
RabidWolff of the Wolf Pack - Betcha Didn't Know
bestgremlin - She Loves Me, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah.
laura lee - Find Me!
**Lover of Darkness** - Which Way Did He Go George - Caption This
Lil Red - Which Way Did He Go George - Caption This
Buddha - Which Way Did He Go George - Caption This
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We would like to say
to
wakefield for letting us step into their personal life for a bit.
1. What brought you to GoldToken, and how'd you choose your name for GT?
- A former coworker suggested Gold Token. I chose my name based on where I live.
2. What interests you most on GT? Do you have a favorite game?
- My favorite games are cribbage and grabble.
3. What state or country do you reside in? What do you think tourists should definitely see?
- I live in Rhode Island. Tourists should see the beaches
here and also Newport is a beautiful city.
4. What hobbies do you have?
- My hobbies are reading,
walking, 
biking 
and of course Gold Token. 
5. Children? Grandchildren?
- 3 daughters,
1 granddaughter, 
5 grandsons, 
and 1 great granddaughter. 
6. Do you work? What kind of work do/did you do?
- I am retired but delivered mail for 30 years. I now have 3 volunteer jobs that keep me quite busy. I teach ESL, which is my favorite one.
7. Any pets?
- One rescue dog named Phoebe and she is the love of my life.
8. Are you under 30?___ 30 to 50? ___ or over 50? Male or Female?
- Over 50 and female
9. What's the farthest you've been from home?
- I have been to Finland and Sweden many many years ago. Beautiful country.
10. If you could be anywhere right now where would that be?
- If I could be anywhere, it would be Beaufort, South Carolina.
11. Favorite season?
- That's a tough one. Either spring
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12. Favorite movie? Favorite TV show?
- Favorite movie is Pretty Woman and favorite TV show is Bob loves Abishola.
13. If you could meet anyone (living or dead) in the world, who would it be?
- I would love to meet the rest of my siblings who I have not met yet. I was adopted and have met 3 out of 7 of them.
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've been a member of GoldToken since 2004 so this is my seventeenth year. I think that I found the site almost by accident. I think that I was playing on It's Your Turn and I was chatting and my opponent said that I should check out GoldToken. I like chess, backgammon, checkers, and salvo. Every now and then I play Quarto, and am currently learning Ordo. As far as clubs go, the list is long:
The Aprildawn's Fun Gaming Club
The Astronomy Club
The Castaways Club
The Chess - USA Central Friendly Club
The Complete Checkers Club
The Deck of Cards Club
The Fairy Tales Multi Gaming Center Club
The Fast Gammon Club
The For the Love of Draughts Club
The For the Love of Draughts (Tiger) Club
The Friendship Club
The GoldToken Capitulum Club
The Horsin' Around at GT Club
The Loose Cannons Club
The Mentalis Club
The Onyx Token Club
The Planet Gold Token Club
The Power of Chess Club
The Prime Time TV Club
I stay active in them all by being on teams and ladders. I like the news and notes from them all.
Thanks for asking.
Whimjest
Best Short Story
June's contest is:
Best Short Story posted on the
Writing With Style DB.
- This year's writing contest topic is: Phobias.
- Rules:
- 500 words or less
- Story must be original work posted by the writer on the Writing With Style DB.
- Story must be original and have never been posted on the Writing With Style DB before.
- Stories must be posted no later than 11:59pm, Pacific Time, Wed, July 30th.
The winner will be chosen by poll and posted in next month's newsletter. The winner will receive 10
Golderos and a Profile Token.
We have a winner for 2021's Club of the Year!
to The
hoot's hide-a-way Club, owned by
hoot! This club has lots of creative wiki tournaments, including multi-player games. All members of The
hoot's hide-a-way Club will receive a special Profile Token commemorating their club's win. Our graphics team is hard at work creating a custom design. Be on the lookout for it!
The Caption Contest winner for the , May 2021, newsletter is
GailorJ54 with:
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I tried to tell you I was hungry
GailorJ54!
To enter June'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 (unknown photo) and announced in next month's newsletter.
Have you been over to the
Name Icons Info page? We are highlighting all the cats this month in rows 1 and 2...drop by, they are all up for adoption.
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All icons in row 3 have been changed out and I will be working on rows 4 and 5 this week. Keep your eye out for that special name icon that calls to you.
Look at this neat
Icon Of The Day!
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Shout Out! to
feeco "All you have to do is be you. Unless you're no fun!!"
Great motto and nice profile picture!! Member since 2002 from North Carolina and a super proficient player in backgammon. Thank you for being such a dedicated member of GoldToken
feeco and we're so glad you're part of the GoldToken family!
Shout Out! to
Brendans Grandmom from Bensalem, PA, a proud grandmother and a member since 2002. Loves the gammon games with great stats to show it! Thank you for being a faithful member of GoldToken
Brendans Grandmomand we're so glad you're part of the GoldToken family!
Shout Out! to
grammajo from St.John, NB, member since 2011. A lover of cribbage, both tournament and friendly, with stats to show it! Thank you for being such a loyal member of GoldToken
grammajo and we're so glad you are a part of the GoldToken family!
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| Brought to you by: GoldToken's Olympic Presidents |
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- 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 (unknown photo)? Our winner last month was Evan54. 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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