May 2014
October 5th, 2014 marks GoldToken's 15th birthday! Be sure to let everyone you know who used to play here, and invite them back for a fun reunion. We will be giving away memberships, duffle bags and various old GoldToken prizes like pens and notepads. Mark the date on your calanders! Seeking volunteers to help organize GoldToken's reunion. Write to for info.
73 shirts sold! to all GoldToken players who helped raise $960 for our server upgrades. However, we are not out of the water yet, and are in the middle of planning our next fund raiser for this coming July...GoldToken mousepads! It's very important each and everyone understand just how much GoldToken needs your continued support. Our beloved game site would not be here today if it were not for your membership and active involvement in keeping our warm family game site alive and well. for being part of the best reason the rest of us play here! Our GoldToken family! Contests: For those who purchased a GoldToken T-Shirt: Be the first to post a photo of you or a family member wearing a GoldToken T-Shirt and win 5 Golderos! We will also be awarding another 5 Golderos for the T-Shirt photos voted funniest and best looking by our newsteam staff. Hurry! Go get your camera right now and take that picture! If you missed out on the T-Shirts, two very special players have lovingly donated 10 shirts as contest prizes. Watch for special tournaments and contests offering the prizes! The first is listed below...
The T-Shirt Prize #1 - First Five GT Games! Tournament is open to everyone! Send GoldToken Support 2 Golderos to be entered in this special tournament. This is the first of five (5) T-Shirt Prize tournaments. The player with the most overall points in this entire match (of all five games) will win a GoldToken T-Shirt. Be sure to join in all five games if possible, to increase your number of overall points!
A BIG to the players who donated the T-Shirts to make this possible.
We couldn't have done it without you! Everyone now enjoys GoldToken's new speedy servers! There are still a few tweeks here and there that will inprove our page loads and overall smooth running, but we are past the worst of it. The continued commitment and success of these services is costly, its true. Which is why we need you, and depend on your help. Every little bit helps! Stay involved, tell everyone you know about the games here, join the clubs, post on the boards and by all means, play! 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 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
Birthday Wishes: -- Happy Birthday to MsLady on May 2nd! - From { Club }, The Word O'Rama Club & The Backgammon Tournament Club - -- Happy Birthday to supermann8 on May 2nd! - -- Happy Birthday to Nina on May 3rd! - -- Happy Birthday to MBAfriend on May 4th! - -- Happy Birthday to * on May 4th! - -- Happy Birthday to carouselhorse on May 6th! - -- Happy Birthday to cissy on May 7th! - From laura lee and clare - -- Happy Birthday to tweets on May 8th! - -- Happy Birthday to Kjelle on May 8th! - From The Daily Laugh Club - -- Happy Birthday to Mary on May 9th! - From The Word O'Rama Club, { Club }, The Daily Laugh Club, { Club } & { Club } - -- Happy Birthday to rabbitoid on May 10th! - From The Chess & Variants Club and alexlee - -- Happy Birthday to bluelady on May 13th! - -- Happy Birthday to sidders on May 15th! - -- Happy Birthday to Tony Rome on May 16th! - -- Happy Birthday to maintenance man on May 17th! - From { Club }, The MasterClass Club and alexlee - -- Happy Birthday to stanley7 on May 18th! - -- Happy Birthday to STUSTU on May 18th! - From The Pork Chop Club - -- Happy Birthday to CarolP on May 19th! - From The Word O'Rama Club & The Daily Laugh Club - -- Happy Birthday to the loneranger on May 19th! - -- Happy Birthday to GeorgeF on May 20th! - -- Happy Birthday to GoneFishin on May 20th! - -- Happy Birthday to porkpie1 on May 21st! - From The Pork Chop Club - -- Happy Birthday to Athena46 on May 22nd! - From The Daily Laugh Club - -- Happy Birthday to Lil Red on May 23rd! - From { Club } & Lorraine of the Renegades and The Renegades Gaming Club. - -- Happy Birthday to tango2 on May 23rd! - -- Happy Birthday to pegasiswolf on May 24th! - -- Happy Birthday to unicorn on May 25th! - From The Word O'Rama Club, The Daily Laugh Club & { Club } - -- Happy Birthday to Misfit Lenrad6672 on May 25th! - From The Backgammon Tournament Club, The Daily Laugh Club and your husband Dbledee - -- Happy Birthday to blue eyes on May 27th! - -- Happy Birthday to Arctic Warrior on May 27th! - -- Happy Birthday to nw2425 on May 29th! - -- Happy Birthday to Nj on May 30th! - -- Happy Birthday to dixiegal47 on May 30th! - -- Happy Birthday to BethA on May 31st! - Anniversary: -- Happy Wedding Anniversary to Capricorn and her husband on May 4th! -- Happy 41st Wedding Anniversary to silknlacy and her husband on May 5th! -- Happy Wedding Anniversary to Scrapbooking Maven and her husband on May 24th! -- Happy 30th Wedding Anniversary to Man of Steel and B*Elanna on May 26th! From The Word O'Rama Club -- Happy Wedding Anniversary to Opulent and her husband on May 29th! * 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!)
golfnutrof with (unknown photo) is April's Photozone competition winner who won the challenge with votes and will be awarded with a profile token. Jools came in 2nd place with 20 votes for (unknown photo). dlouise with (unknown photo) & smiler5 with (unknown photo) who came joint 3rd place with 11 votes each. 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 votes this month.Without you all, this competition wouldn't be activeYou can view all the images submitted for the Photozone Competition by using the following link Photozone Zepher's Album titled 2014-04 Reflections :DividerBee: The theme for May's competition will bePlease 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, May 28th, 2014. Voting for May's Photozone contest will be closed on: 12:00 Midnight, Pacific Time, Sunday, June 1st, 2014.
What beautiful picture albums we had this month for our Theme: April Showers bring May flowers The winner is MrLarry47's Album titled Flowers to MrLarry47 to anguslady's Album and { Subalbum: Varanus Komodensis } for their entries also! This Month's Theme is: Modes of Transportation I look forward to seeing all the entries! Don't forget! You can Win our very own Photo Album Contest Profile Token ladyvic
May's game of the month is Xiphiastoo! Join us in a fun Double Elimination Tournament by signing up today for The May, 2014 - Game of the Month - Xiphiastoo! Tournament! Haven't played it before? Check out this Nugget: xiphiastoo basics - how to play xiphiastoo HOW TO PLAY XIPHIASTOORed Panda's Game Walk-through Nugget #1IntroductionThis nugget is here to teach you the mechanics and basic strategies of xiphiastoo. If you haven't played before, this is the ideal nugget for you! I include a game walk-through as I discuss various topics. I would like to thank Jools for volunteering in the non rated game which was subject of the walk-through. I have chosen xiphiastoo as a the variant for discussion, because it has the complete capabilities. The other variants will all be similar
The StartAt the start you can pick your favourite colour (don't pick orange, because that is mine ) ( Jools says purple is his as well ) (unknown photo) and then you will be given three choices of start location. Each game the layout of the planets, and the start positions are different. (unknown photo) In this particular game, I chose my left most choice. I chose this because I wanted to be close but not too close to purple and allow me enough room to expand backwards. My bottom choice was the worst, as I could have been bottled up in a small area. I suspect purple would have chosen his middle choice for almost the same reason as me. Pay particular attention in selection to areas where the planets thin down to less than 3 wide with no alternate path. These are very easy to defend, and you want to either reach them first, or at least make sure you are on the larger side of the universe. FinancesThe most critical thing in the game is managing your finances. Please see the excellent nugget from Jools which gives lots of details on finances http://www.goldtoken.com/games/nuggets?id=62 But i will start with the basics. If you move your mouse over your own area, you can see there is a numbers 5 (0). This means that I have 5 golderos in my bank and each turn I gain 0 more golderos. You can see this in the following picture: (unknown photo) Your opponent will have 5(0) at the start too but if you hover over his area you will not be able to see anything. (When the game is finished you can see everybody's finances. It is strongly recommended that after you finish your game you replay the game and look at your opponents finances during the replay. By doing this replay you will become better at understanding finances) Now, if you are losing money and get to 0 or below golderos in the bank you go bankrupt, which will likely lose you the game. (will explain later) You can see the rocket (unknown photo). A rocket costs 2, and you will have 1 rocket per area, and it can not be moved. It has some defensive purposes early in the game, but generally is just a cost. You also can see that you have a drone , this costs 2, and is your alien which you can move around. You gain 1 golderos per turn per planet, so because you have 4 planets makes +4 and your costs are -2(rocket (unknown photo) ) -2(drone ) making a total of 0. This is where the (0) came from. Some players spend the effort to track finances of your opposition each move and place it in the yellow notes box. However, although beneficial, it can be complicated (and nearly impossible in xiphiasyn), Your first move - EXPANDClick on your drone. You can move each alien once per turn. The top of the board then says "Select a planet to move alien to". In the picture below I have highlighted green places I can move my alien to, however this green is not highlighted in the game (unknown photo) Click on any planet. You will notice that you can only move the alien to a planet which is a) the planet in same area. You can see this does not help you financially (unless that planet has a virus explained later) (unknown photo) or b) next to the area which the alien is in (whether grey - neutral or your opponents coloured planet ) (unknown photo) you can not move to other planets and will not be able to do so. Only legal moves are given to you as an option. You can see that by expanding, you now have 5 planets and costs remain same (rocket (unknown photo) , drone ) so you now have (+1) and hence you are gaining money each turn. On the start of my next turn, I will have 7 golderos (+1) unless my opponent does something. (7 is calculated is 5 + 1 from my opponents turn, + 1 from my turn ). I expand one more planet, and therefore have 7(+2). This can be seen in the picture below (unknown photo) Thus expanding is a way to make more money , and money is useful for building things. If you are not expanding you must have a very good reason (perhaps defensively) because as a general rule not expanding is a case of you falling behind to your opponent in finances and resources. BUYING ALIENS
We hope you enjoy it! Special to Red Panda 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:
April's winner is: Marbled Deviled Eggs
everyone has their own favorite deviled egg filling.. this is my basic one... but the TECHNIQUES.. are the key... if u have ever tried to dye eggs that have a crack in the shell.. u know that the color will bleed onto the inner egg white... this will make deviled eggs with a marbled look to the whites.. 12 eggs 1/2 c. mayo 2-3 T. mustard (to taste) seasoning salt boiling water food coloring 1) boil the eggs for about 10-12 minutes in plain water 2) place the eggs into an ice bath or very cold water (for ease of peeling later) 3) lightly squeeze each egg to slightly crush the shell in ur hand..(do NOT remove the shell) 4) place about 1/2 cup of boiling water in each of 3-5 small cups.. add a different color of food coloring into each cup... 5) place an egg into each cup and let soak for about 10-30 seconds... (it really doesnt take long) 6) peel each egg and u will notice the color has made a marble effect on the egg 7) slice each egg lengthwise and drop the yolk into a small mixing bowl, set the whites on a serving dish 8) mix the mayo and mustard into the yolks and blend until smooth 9) pipe the yolk mixture evenly into the hole in the egg whites (if u do not have a piping bag.. u can easily make one by cutting a very small corner off of a plastic sandwich bag... this is the BEST tip ever!!!) 10) put a small sprinkle of seasoning salt on top of each egg makes 24 deviled eggs NOTE: u can make other colors for other holidays also... green ones for st. pats.... red/pink for valentines day... red and green for xmas dinner.... (with a little practice.. u can dip one end in red.. and the other end in blue.. for red/white/blue deviled eggs for 4th of July... these are GREAT at picnics.. ppl will 'oooo and ahhhhh' over them!!!!).. u can buy specialty food color in black.. to make 'spider web' deviled eggs for halloween even!!... use ur imagination GoldToken's pegasiswolf 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 pegasiswolf! May's recipe contest is: "Dip Recipes". 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:
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Last months winner.Congratulations to macBruck for solving last month's trivia contest first with all ten correct answers. The connection was people who died in air crashes. He will receive a special recognition token
{ Image: i994.photobucket.com/albums/af66/llwgirl/people/ATT000195_zps5e2b99b7.gif } **~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~** We would like to say to ema for letting us step into their personal life for a bit. 1. What brought you to GoldToken? I asked if there were any other gaming sites on a db at iyt; and a few of the players showed me to this site ---> 2. What interests you most on GT? the people of course, they are like family -Your all time favorite game here? mau mau bg shake games and a lot of others 3. Do you belong to any of the clubs? oh yes, quite a few!!! but I play mostly wiki'less games and ladders in the clubs. I use to have 5 clubs of my own, but it became like work..and just enjoy the games now. 4. What State or Country do you reside in? What in your State or Country do you think tourists should definitely see? I live in the sunny state of Florida ,gulf coast, 8 minutes to beaches., (I am originally from buffalo ny) tourists really need to see our beaches and enjoy the seafood 5. What hobbies to you have? What other interests do you have? Goldtoken, of course, bingo, music, facebook, out to dinner and sunsets 6. Children? Grandchildren? I have a daughter who moved to fl with me and is now back in buffalo she played here a while as buffalogirl I also have a 14 yr oldgrandson 7. Do you work? If so what kind of work do you do? Do you enjoy your job? I just recently officially retired from the university of buffalo..ive been on disability a while, then mandatory retirement came along. I was in human resources in personnel; I enjoyed it very much 8. Any pets? a beautiful 3 yr old shih tzu ...lost my 17 yr old cat and 13 yr old shih tzu within a month of each other..then I got my new puppy 3 yrs ago..love her to death 9. Are you under 30?___ 30 to 50? ___ or over 50? i'm over 50 10. What's the farthest you've been from home? Was it a vacation or for business? I use to travel extensively my furthest journey was Europe. I saw 12 different countries 11. If you could be anywhere right now where would that be? probably buffalo.. I miss my family and all the additions in 20 yrs..my one brother lives here in fl not far from me 12. Favorite season? I miss the fall colors in buffalo..But i enjoy our cool days in fl I love this site, seen how its grown over the many years and certainly enjoy resting up in the mental ward here If there are any questions you would like to see asked in future interviews, please let us know. Laura laura lee
Hi all I found GoldToken by accident about 5 years ago. I have always been a keen domino player & I was bored one day & put dominoes in my computer search engine & the rest is history as they say. It was the best accident I have ever had! I really love this site & now play many of the different games & variations of them. I played my first game on here against chesletta at dominoes & I will always be grateful for the accept on my invite, I now play on here as much as I can. I have played against some lovely & very tough opponents a few I would like to mention who I love to play GinnyB who re-introduced me to Backgammon after nearly 40 years of not playing. I really love to play dominoes against BettyAnn and SarahMills who always give me a great game & are great sports. A big thanks to all of my opponents over the years & to Badger & the gang for making this a great site to play on, shillotte
Club of the Year May's contest of the month is Club of the Year. The members of the winning club will all receive a special Profile Token commemorating their win! All of GoldToken's clubs are special. But each year, we want to recognize the one that stands out over and above the norm. GoldToken's Club Of The Year is not only a great club, but has members that are helpful, friendly, and make playing here a joy. The poll for 2014's Club of the Year will run on Thursday, May 29th. Please vote for the most helpful and friendly club on the list! Note: Entries must be posted by no later than May 28, 2014.
If you know of an exceptional club, post your nomination on the discussion board. We have a winner for the "Best Original Poem" Contest!to crow57, who submitted this poem: Ole to Hay Fever Oh yes hay fever may sound like endless joy Poor lads and lasses may envy those of us that have it I pity that you can not share the joy Of using a box of tissues a day I weep that you do not sneeze so much That you think your head shall fall off Or that your nose mocks a leaking faucet I cry that your eyes do not tear up I am sorry that they do not itch You do not know the joy of having your head double in size Or experience the feeling of seconds that seem as if they are hours Now be gone, go with you open head and clear eyes Take your money you saved on unbought tissue Smell the blooms and pollen that affect you not Use a nose that is not stopped up day and night But hang your head in shame and sorrow That you are not blessed as I Mark Sumner 2014
Yes we have a winner for the April Contest - a Four lined poem about Easter or Spring......winner in ladyvic who submitted the poem below and I know so many will enjoy this. Congrats ladyvic "Bring on the Spring" Yes! no more snow! Mr. Winter! Hello Spring! I love Springtime! When the fresh breeze of flowers blows in air and everything gets green It just makes me Happy Happy Happy! Join in for the May contest - a Four lined poem about one of the things that makes Spring so awesome "The Busy Bee"...
The Caption contest winner for the April, 2014, newsletter is dellajo with: I just love our little picnics! dellajo! To enter May's Caption Contest, click on the link and post your best caption. photo titled May, 2014, Caption Contest The winner will be chosen by our news team, given 5 Golderos and announced in next month's newsletter.
Icons to FIND: { Image: goldtoken.com/pics/icon100427154225.gif } { Image: goldtoken.com/pics/icon100530101528.gif } { Image: goldtoken.com/pics/icon100530101746.gif } { Image: goldtoken.com/pics/icon070823155458.gif } { Image: goldtoken.com/pics/icon100421173856.gif } Did you see the Icon Of The Day. Someone is ready for summer... Be sure to visit the Icon Board for some Spring and Summer 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 "Transformer" 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
MM David littlefair XI wants to let everyone know that he has formed a club called { Club }. This Club ties in with the board that he hosts called Caption Humor. All photos are posted in the club for further dicussion. If interested contact David for more information. M3 tells me that he is now on the Beta site playing the new game of Fischer Random Chess which has been added and being tested for the GoldToken.com site. He is excited about this new game and to add it to the list of game at The Chess & Variants Club. This club is dedicated to the chess variants, contact M3 or the club officiers Ray of Light or rabbitoid for more info and to get in on one of the first games played of this variant. The Save Our Earth Club has a new owner - its ladyvic. After a period of dormancy, the Save Our Earth Club has been rejuvenated by its new owner. Along with more activity with games and tournaments, their discussion boards are bustling. There's the usual general chat, but also boards slanted towards the environmental interest of the club with nature trivia, recommendations for books, articles and documentaries about the environment and a very popular gardening section. With all of this to offer, their membership has grown from single digits to nearly 80 in just a few months. Currently, they are looking for more club vs. club challenges and add that all new members are welcome to join. Contact the club for more information. Our Club Highlight this Month is The Pork Chop Club The Pork Chop Club was created by porkpie1 and is run by a team consisting of the best porkpie1, Pepper and eliphont551. They are getting ready to celebrate 10 Years in July, a awesome record for any club. porkpie1 tells me they run many various tourneys, these include tourneys made by the officers ( for those who like editing wikis and adding game# ), also GT style tourneys ( no wikis to edit no game# to add ) and they run Club v Club games plus Ladder games. Come and get in on the fun and join them here at The Pork Chop Club
April'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 Did you find the hidden coin in the newsletter ? We had two winners last month anguslady and Susie sent their message at the same time. to both for spotting it and sending 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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