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- GoldToken's 2024 Winter Olympics Is Finished!
Congratulations to The
2024 Winter Olympics Misfit Lenrad6672 Memorial Club for your win in the 2024 Winter Olympics.
Team.
Each member of the club has been awarded this token (unknown photo) along with 5
Golderos.
Team Scores
Congrats to these top-scoring players! Membership prizes have been awarded to the top three overall winners.
Thank you to our kind volunteers who spend hours making these Olympic games happen!
And thank you to all who participated in the games! We hope you had a blast and hope to see you in future tournaments.
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
Crafters' Fair
Up Front & Personal
Testimonial of the Month
Contest of the Month
Caption Contest
Icon Mania!
Shout Out!
Olympic News
 | Birthdays & Special Announcements |  |
-- Happy Birthday to
Sea Dreams on November 4th! - From The
Daily Laugh Club, The
Friendship Club -
-- Happy Birthday to
Alex on November 4th! - From The
Word O'Rama Club -
-- Happy Birthday to
Chris on November 6th! -
-- Happy Birthday to
gertess on November 9th! - From The
Word O'Rama Club, The
Daily Laugh Club, The
He's Alive Club ,The
To Your Health Club &The
Scoop's Castle Club, The
Friendship Club -
-- Happy Birthday to
cmacker on November 12th! - From The
Backgammon Tournament Club, The
Daily Laugh Club & The
Scoop's Castle Club -
-- Happy Birthday to
willy on November 14th! - From The
Daily Laugh Club, The
Gammon Addicts Club -
-- Happy Birthday to
Mumsie on November 18th! -
-- Happy Birthday to
mastitcher2 on November 18th! From The
Scoop's Castle Club -
-- Happy Birthday to
wakefield on November 20th! - From The
Word O'Rama Club & The
To Your Health Club-
-- Happy Birthday to
funtobewith11 on November 21st! -
-- Happy Birthday to
JeffF on November 28th! - From The
To Your Health Club, The
Friendship Club
-- Happy Birthday to
Catmane on November 28th! - From The
He's Alive Club and The
Scoop's Castle Club -
-- Happy Birthday to
Handyman on November 30th! - From The
Scoop's Castle Club
Anniversary & Other Wishes:
-- Happy Wedding Anniversary
goes out to
David and his wife on November 19th!
-- Happy Wedding Anniversary
goes out to
Beckie B and her husband on November 26th!
* 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!)
For the first time in history, we had ties for 1st and 3rd places.
grade1teacher, with (unknown photo), is October's Photozone competition winner with
votes and will be awarded with a profile token.
ladyvic, with (unknown photo), is October's Photozone competition winner with
votes and will be awarded with a profile token.
Jools came in 2nd place with 6 votes for (unknown photo)
robin50 came in 3rd place with 4 votes for (unknown photo)
pepperbeach came in 3rd place with 4 votes for (unknown photo)
(steelbound) came in 3rd place with 4 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. 
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You can view all the images submitted for the Photozone Competition by using the following link
Photozone Zepher's Album titled Fall
The theme for November's competetion will be: Collection.
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Stop by Photozone with your image and you may be the next winner!
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| Brought to you by: LittleTree |
Do new players wonder where all the tokens come from on different players' profiles? Many of them can be found on the Discussion Boards that GoldToken has provided for your entertainment. Shown at the top of your game sheet under "
Discussion Boards", just click on the link to see the various boards; scroll down and click away to see fun games, various kinds of contests, sports discussions, crossword puzzles and many others. Some of these boards offer fun contests with specialty tokens made just for that board, to the winners. Stop by some of these boards and see how much fun they create for our players!
Jools' Contest Announcements - With the special holidays coming up,
be sure to check this board out for a chance to win a special holiday token. In order to give more chances for players to win,
all answers will be sent to Jools instead of answering on the board. If you love trivia, (and who doesn't) you will love this board! So
by and check out the board and maybe you'll win one of the specialty holiday tokens!
Polls - This month's "Best Poll,"
Which Peanuts character is your favorite?, was submitted by
hoof hearted! We found out that Snoopy is the favorite character of more voters.
Do you have an idea for a future poll? Send your short question, along with several answer choices, to the
Pollmaster!
Other Boards GoldToken has Provided for Your Entertainment
Caption Humor
Crafters' Fair
Cutting Board
General Chat
Holiday Profile Contest
Hypothetical Questions
Jest for Puns
Jokes Board
Paraprosdokian Sentences
Photozone
Photo Album Contest
What's in Your Pantry?
Warning Labels
Word Of The Week
| Photo Album of the Month |
| Brought to you by: ladyvic |
October's theme was Mask and here are 2 great albums!
JanuarySnowAngel's Album titled Masks for October Watch for your token coming soon!
Jools's Album titled Masks 
The November Theme will be: Famous Legends.
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This will be lots of fun! Visit Photo Album Contest with your album and you could win one of our specialized tokens!
November's game of the month is
Small Chinese Checkers! Join us in a fun Double Elimination Tournament by signing up today for
The Game of the Month - Nov 2025 - Sm Chinese Checkers Tournament!
This variant of Chinese Checkers features a smaller board, but the objective is the same: move all your pieces across the board. Check out the
Rules of Small Chinese Checkers for more information.
We hope you enjoy it!
| Club ~VS~ Club Tournament of the Month |
November's game of the month is
Shake Your Bootie! 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!
October's winner is:
Ruth Reichl's Spaghetti Carbonara
Ruth Reichl's Spaghetti Carbonara
Serves 3
1 pound spaghetti
1/4 to 1/2 pound thickly sliced good quality bacon (I prefer Nueske's)
2 cloves garlic, peeled
2 large eggs
Black pepper
1/2 cup grated Parmigiano cheese, plus extra for the table
Bring a large pot of salted water to boil. When it is boiling, throwthe spaghetti in. Most dried spaghetti takes 9 to 10 minutes to cook,and you can make the sauce in that time.
Cut the bacon crosswise into pieces about 1/2 inch wide. Put them in a skillet and cook for 2 minutes, until fat begins to render. Add the whole cloves of garlic and cook another 5 minutes, until the edges of the bacon just begin to get crisp. Do not overcook; if they get too crisp they won't meld with the pasta. Meanwhile, break the eggs into the bowl you will serve the pasta in, and beat them with a fork. Add some grindings of pepper.
Remove the garlic from the bacon pan. If it looks like too much to you, discard some, but you're going to toss the bacon with most of its fat into the pasta. When it is cooked, drain the pasta and immediately throw it into the beaten eggs. Mix thoroughly. The heat of the spaghetti will cook the eggs and turn them into a sauce. Add the bacon with its fat, toss again, add cheese and serve.
GoldToken's
Clivia 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
.!
November's recipe contest is: "Anything Pumpkin". 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.
| Crafters' Fair- Hosted by sallyp |
It has been great to see so many craft pictures posted in October.
Let's see what we can get in November and December. With Christmas fast approaching I am sure we should get some seasonal posts.
It would be great if you or a friend have made it, but if not there are so many lovely online crafts to find.
If you are not a crafter, have a look online 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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We would like to say
to
stinky_malinky for letting us step into their personal life for a bit.
1. How'd you choose your name for GT?
- This is a weird one. When I was a child there was a nursery rhyme "skinny malinky long legs, big banana feet" and I misremembered that nursery rhyme as stinky malinky!
2. What interests you most on GT? Do you have a favorite game?
- I almost exclusively play site managed tournaments now, purely because I often have 600+ games at a time, so far less admin needed. Aside from that I have a few games running with site friends.
3. What state or country do you reside in? What do you think tourists should definitely see?
- I am from, and live, in the UK Great Britain, in a small town in the North-West. Other players from the UK would know the town for our former MP being jailed
last year for punching 
a constituent, and a long-running BBC sitcom from the 90's-00's
4. What hobbies do you have?
- I work in technology
so naturally have a keen interest in that, and have an interest in many sports too 
5. Children? Grandchildren?
- 4 children , 2 grand-pups
and 2 grand-kittens 
6. Do you work? What kind of work do/did you do?
- I work in IT, and have done for 28 years now
7. Any pets?
- We have a springer spaniel
, Rosie, who is approaching 14 years old, she joined our family at 8-weeks old. We also have a 3 year old Horsefield tortoise called Fergus
8. Are you under 30?___ 30 to 50? ___ or over 50? Male or Female?
- 30-50 (46, it's in my profile so no secrets !) and male
9. Favorite food?
- Indian food - curries mainly
10. What's the farthest you've been from home?
- In my former job, I spent a lot of time in the US, especially '18 & '19, so that would be the furthest distance. In terms of distance from home it would be Houston which is about 4750 miles from my home
11. If you could be anywhere right now, where would that be?
- Disneyworld, Orlando (unknown photo)
12. Favorite season?
- Summer, 100%. I think I get Seasonal Adjustment Disorder when the dark nights set in (unknown photo)
13. If you could meet anyone (living or dead) in the world, who would it be?
Such a tough question! Robin Williams fascinates me in terms of the complexity of the person. I would love to have an insight as I am a keen to understand complex personalities.
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 |
A little bit about me. My name is Klaus, I turned 55 in July. I've been married for 20 years now. My daughter has already moved out.
My hobbies are cycling, walking, and sometimes jogging. I enjoy vacations in hotels with delicious food. I also enjoy chess and, of course, playing on Goldtoken.
I became aware of Goldtoken through a very nice and active player from Australia. We played tournament chess on Chess.com. It was a club game between Germany and Australia.
The community and the games here are great. I wish I had been here years ago! I'm having a lot of fun here. I like the friendly and sometimes very tough and skilled players here!
I played my first game here on Goldtoken in early April 2019. It was pretty difficult for me to get started. I wasn't familiar with things like ladders, wiki, and non-wiki tournaments. In addition, there were lots of clubs with their own rules and different officers, which seemed incomprehensible to me. Then there were also numerous forums, club news, nuggets, etc. It was all quite confusing for me.
Over the last 6 years, I have acquired many skills here. I learn very slowly
I was wet behind the ears back then. I just wanted to play and have fun.
I didn't know most of the games yet. Now I know almost all the games here! And in some of them, I'm one of the top players. I get along well with most of my fellow players. I rarely have conflicts with them.
Won silver for the first time in the 2021 Winter Olympics!
And I won bronze in the 2022 Winter Olympics.
That was tough. The competition is fierce.
Some of my favorite games here are:
Hex and Variants
Lines of Action
Four in a Row
Hypergammon (especially points 3-9)
Actually I'm Director in the Clubs:
The
Complete Checkers Club
The
For the Love of Draughts Club
The
Stonehead Stone Games Club
My favorite quote 😀
“Cake won't make you fat. It will just smooth out your wrinkles.”
Klaus11
Most Original Profile
November's contest of the month is the
Most Original Profile. Winner will receive two extra months on their current membership, or, if Guest, a two month Silver membership.
If you know of an exceptional profile, or would like to submit your own, please post it on the
Most Original Profile Contest DB, where everyone can check it out.
Note: Entries must be posted on the
Most Original Profile Contest DB by no later than
11:59PM, Pacific Time, Wednesday, November 26, 2025.
We have a winner for the Best New Game Design contest!
There's a new game in the works, from the creative minds of
David and
marcmandy! The only info we can divulge at this time is that the name of the game is "
Stay In Your Lane".
The Caption Contest winner for the October, 2025, newsletter is
nana1928 with:
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They will never find me here
nana1928!
To enter November's Caption Contest, click on the image below and post your best caption.
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The winner will be chosen by our news team, given 5
Golderos and announced in next month's newsletter.
Holidays are moving fast, now. Goldtoken's Icon Fairy is busy taking the Halloween name icons off and putting Thanksgiving icons up for adoption so be sure and check
Name Icons for some awesome Thanksgiving cerebration name icons. I hope all who celebrate have a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday! { Image: goldtoken.com/pics/icon2109051815451.png }.
Don't forget the
Icon Of The Day!
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SHOUT OUT! to
Carol59 - from Medford,Ma, member since 2021. "
I played on here before as Carol91859. I love most games on here, however do not care for Chess, Checkers or any of the giveaway games. I am owner of The We Love Hangman Club, The Let's Play Whist Club, The Pipe Down Club and The Kool Kats Club. Come on and join the fun!"
Thank you for being such a committed member of GoldToken
Carol59 and we're glad you're a member of our GoldToken family!
SHOUT OUT! to
hostovich - from New Port Richey,Fl, member since 2009. Thank you for being such a valued member of GoldToken and we're glad you're a member of our GoldToken family
hostovich!
SHOUT OUT! to
* Sassy_Angel * - from New Castle, Indiana and a veteran member since 2001. "
ALWAYS OPEN FOR INVITES: Im really not good at chess or checkers and really dont care for thoses games but will accept invties.So PLEASE feel free at anytime to send an invite.I like to chat,but sometimes I dont say anything if you dont chat.Im here to play games and have FUN." Thank you being such a dedicated member of GoldToken and we're glad you're part of our GoldToken Family
* Sassy_Angel *!
| Olympic News |
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| Brought to you by: GoldToken's Olympic Presidents |
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Competitions are published when gold, silver & bronze winners have been determined (unknown photo)
- 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 Marylou. 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.
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