October 2021

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GoldToken's Monthly News

• GoldToken's (Unofficial) 22nd Anniversary, October 5, 2021

October 5th marks GoldToken's Unofficial 22nd anniversary! GoldToken has come a long way since that first day! We've added numerous games, special tournaments, a wide variety of clubs, discussion boards, contests with tokens and prizes and many other features too numerous to mention.

You, our players, have made GoldToken what it is today with your membership and support and we would like you to celebrate with us! As we celebrate the day, be sure to look around GoldToken's various discussion boards for opportunities to collect some 22nd Anniversary Tokens!

22 different copper tokens have been created for the winners of these contests. Each winner will receive one token, designating how many years they've been a member of GoldToken. Any member who receives one of these tokens will be entered in a Four in a Row tournament with the winner of this tournament to receive a six-month extension to whatever membership they currently have.

I want to add a special, heartfelt thank you to all who make this anniversary celebration possible with all of your hard work! GoldToken has been extremely fortunate that some truly remarkable people devote their time and effort to making and keeping GoldToken special.

Wishing us all another 22 years of gaming at GoldToken!

- Badger

• Thank you!

This game site is so much more than "just" a game site to me. I appreciate the friends I've made playing here. I enjoy the camaraderie with my fellow volunteers, and it amazes me how much time and energy they put into GoldToken. I love it when Badger comes up with new ideas to sprinkle into the mix, and I can't wait to see what happens next. I hope you find as much enjoyment as I do!

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
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

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Birthdays & Special Announcements

-- Happy Birthday to *justme on October 1st! - From The To Your Health Club and The Scoop's Castle Club-
-- Happy Birthday to ema on October 2nd! - From The Daily Laugh Club, The He's Alive Club, The To Your Health Club, The Prime Time TV Club and The Monkeytyper's Gaming Paradise Club -
-- Happy Birthday to Brett smile on October 2nd! -
-- Happy Birthday to Bullets9mm on October 5th! - From The Word O'Rama Club -
-- Happy Birthday to Dmm on October 5th! - From The Daily Laugh Club, The Prime Time TV Club and The Word O'Rama Club -
-- Happy Birthday to starzone on October 5th! - From The Prime Time TV Club and The To Your Health Club -
-- Happy Birthday to lwmc on October 6th! - From The Prime Time TV Club -
-- Happy Birthday to loondog on October 7th! - - From The Classic TV & Music Club, The Wolf Pack Club and The Prime Time TV Club -
-- Happy Birthday to Sundrop kid on October 9th! - From The Friendship Club and The Scoop's Castle Club -
-- Happy Birthday to ladyblue2k on October 10th! - From The Daily Laugh Club, The To Your Health Club and The Prime Time TV Club -
-- Happy Birthday to grade1teacher on October 10th! - From The Word O'Rama Club, The To Your Health Club and The He's Alive Club -
-- Happy Birthday to Lil Moosie of the Wolf Pack on October 10th! - From The Wolf Pack Club -
-- Happy Birthday to DocMartin on October 15th! -
-- Happy Birthday to restivo46 on October 16th! -
-- Happy Birthday to three horses on October 20th! -
-- Happy Birthday to ozallan on October 20th! - From The Wolf Pack Club
-- Happy Birthday to z71cat on October 20th! - From The Scoop's Castle Club and The To Your Health Club -
-- Happy Birthday to fatdaddy on October 22nd! - From The Backgammon Tournament Club , The Friendship Club and The Classic TV & Music Club -
-- Happy Birthday to Candy Cane Kaz on October 24th! - From The Daily Laugh Club , The Scoop's Castle Club, The To Your Health Club and The He's Alive Club -
-- Happy Birthday to HenryJaimes on October 24th! - From The Scoop's Castle Club and The To Your Health Club -
-- Happy Birthday to blackdog3 on October 25th! - From The Daily Laugh Club, The Scoop's Castle Club and The To Your Health Club -
-- Happy Birthday to Eriisa on October 26th! - From The To Your Health Club and The Wolf Pack Club -
-- Happy Birthday to Bluefin on October 26th! -
-- Happy Birthday to Neat on October 26th! - From The Friendship Club, The Prime Time TV Club and The Word O'Rama Club -
-- Happy Birthday to brosius on October 26th! - From The MasterClass Club-
-- Happy Birthday to B*Elanna on October 28th! - From The Backgammon Tournament Club, The Daily Laugh Club, The Scoop's Castle Club, The Word O'Rama Club, The Pork Chop Club, The Wolf Pack Club and Man of Steel -
-- Happy Birthday to Sweetlips43 on October 28th! - From The To Your Health Club, The Prime Time TV Club and The He's Alive Club -
-- Happy Birthday to firefly on October 28th! -
-- Happy Birthday to GreenEyedLady on October 29th! -
-- Happy Birthday to RabidWolff of the Wolf Pack on October 29th! - From The Pork Chop Club, The Wolf Pack Club and The Scoop's Castle Club -
-- Happy Birthday to Penguin123 on October 29th! -
-- Happy Birthday to Rxb5 on October 29th! - From The Word O'Rama Club -
-- Happy Birthday to BmwLady_430i on October 31st! -
-- Happy Birthday to RaceMom on October 31st! - From The Prime Time TV Club
-- Happy Birthday to pepperbeach on October 31st! - From The Prime Time TV Club , The Friendship Club, The To Your Health Club and { Club }-


Anniversary & Other Wishes:


-- Happy Wedding Anniversary goes out to ladyblue2k and her husband on October 9th! Have a terrific anniversary! -

-- Happy Wedding Anniversary goes out to Allison and DEG on October 14th! Have a terrific anniversary! -

-- Happy Wedding Anniversary goes out to loondog and her husband on October 19th! Have a terrific anniversary! -


-- Happy Wedding Anniversary goes out to Chermandy and marcmandy on October 25th! - From The Daily Laugh Club and The Word O'Rama Club Have a terrific anniversary! - | | Birthdays & Special Announcements | |

* 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

marcmandy, with (unknown photo), is September's Photozone competition winner. He won the challenge with votes and will be awarded with the photozone winner token.

TabbyCat came in 2nd place with 17 votes for (unknown photo).

oldog came 3rd place with 14 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 titled Doors.

The theme for October's competition will be: Machinery.

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Anyone submitting an image in October will receive an Anniversary Token, if you don't already have them all.

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(unknown photo) Discussion Boards in the Spotlight (unknown photo)

Brought to you by: LittleTree

• Argument Clinic - This board needs some action on it! Who doesn't love a good, old-fashioned argument? Especially when the more pointless these arguments are the better! Don't be factual; in fact, be a downright liar. Who could ask for more fun and get away with it? Did you know The Cat in the Hat was really a magic show to begin with and Mr. Suess had such success with his show he went on to write a book about it? Yep! Don't believe me?

• Crafters' Fair - It's now that time of year when thoughts turn to fall crafts. Presently there is a fall craft challenge going on on this board with tokens going to players posting links to crafts. So far there are a lot of them with fun crafts to do for all interested crafters! Host JanuarySnowAngel makes this board a lot of fun and interesting with the ability to post your crafts you've done or are doing. So what are you waiting for? by the board and check it out to see all the different ideas presented by players and view some of their handiwork!

• Don't forget to check out the new board Life Hacks hosted by Lil Red (voting poll up now for your favorite life hack) and TerryS's Contest Announcements for contests and a chance to win tokens! Click on the subscribe boxes so you don't miss these new hacks for life or miss any contests!

I also hear there's gonna be some action on the discussion boards October 5th. Don't want to miss it, so keep an out for them. You'll be glad you did!

Boards for your entertainment/info:

Caption Humor
Crafters' Fair
Cutting Board
General Chat
Goldie Story Contest
Jest for Puns
Jokes Board
Life Hacks
TerryS's Contest Announcements
Paraprosdokian Sentences
Photozone
Photo Album Contest

Polls
Pony Up!
Puzzles and Riddles

Word Of The Week

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Photo Album of the Month

Brought to you by: ladyvic(unknown photo)

Our theme was "Birds" for September

(steelbound)'s Album titled Birds You'll receive the winner and anniversary tokens!

**YANKEE ROSE*JR FRANK PAB's Album Watch for your tokens coming soon!

October's theme will be "Pumpkins and Jack-O-Lanterns"
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This will be lots of fun! Put your album together and post it @ Photo Album Contest

Anyone who enters an album in October's competition will receive an Anniversary Token if they don't already have them all.

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Game Of The Month

October's game of the month is Rock Paper Scissors! Join us in a fun Double Elimination Tournament by signing up today for The Game of the Month - Oct 2021 - RPS Tournament!

It's a childhood classic. For details, see the Rules of Rock Paper Scissors.


We hope you enjoy it!

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Club ~VS~ Club Tournament Of The Month

October's game of the month is MUGGINS! Join us in a fun League Style Tournament by signing your club up today. Your rooster can be from 1 to 5 members from your club. Submit the list to PattyMac or post in The Site Wide Club vs Club Tournament Club. WIN Profile Tokens for your club only! Hope to see your club there!

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Best Recipe Contest

September's winner is: Pumpkin Bundt Cake

• Submitted by GinnyB

Ingredients:
2 packages of orange or spice cake mix, prepared according to the directions.
2 bundt pans
2 containers of vanilla icing
Orange food coloring
assorted bag of green and orange candies

Method:
Pam both bunt pans and set aside.
Prepare cake mixes according to package directions.
Pour each cake mixes into each bunt pan.
bake according to package directions
Allow bunt cakes to cool for 15 minutes and then put on racks to cool completely.
When both bunt cakes are totally cooled then place one on a serving dish or cake dish, slice the rounded part of both of the bunt cakes. Remove icing from containers and add the orange food coloring so it is evenly colored. Ice the top of the bunt cake with the icing and then place the second bunt cake on top of it then Ice the both bunt cakes. After all is iced evenly, than fill the "hole" of the bunt cake with the candies and making sure to have it high and make it look like the stem.
I will chill it for about 30 minutes before serving or taking it to a Halloween party.

Slice and ENJOY!!!



GoldToken's GinnyB 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 GinnyB!

October's recipe contest is: "Favorite Apple 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:

• 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 posts a recipe for October's contest is eligible to receive a 21st Anniversary Token, if they don't already have them all. The Cutting Board Winner will also receive one of our Cutting Board Tokens!

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Pony Up!

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Did you ever have that song you loved and sang along with only to find out part of the lyrics you always sang were wrong? We've all done it! One of our contests involved players telling us the name of the song and the correct line in addition to the way they always sang the one wrong line. We had some hilarious entries. Check them out for a good - Pony Up!

We also had a contest for players to write a news headline that depicts their life, now or in the past, their name they would pick for the restaurant they would open, a Club Crawl, Dear Abby and a caption contest. Pony Up tokens, golderos and anniversary tokens were won by our players. Good times!

October marks the beginning of fall and Halloween contests so drop by , join the fun and see what you can win!

September Winners

MM David littlefair XI - Dear Abby
csain1 laura lee - Club Crawl
ladyvic fatdaddy - Restaurant Impossible
oldog izzy - Extra, Extra Read All About It!
monkeytyper - Who Am I?
RabidWolff of the Wolf Pack - Icon Hunt
Bullets9mm HeartOnFire - Tell Me Please
Lorraine of the Renegades - Whatcha Gonna Do When They Come For You?

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Up front & personal

Interview by: laura lee

Game_Master


1. What brought you to GoldToken, and how'd you choose your name for GT?

• Mom of DJ told me about GoldToken. I chose it because I am the Game_Master

2. What interests you most on GT? Do you have a favorite game?

• Variety of games. My favorite games are chess and tourne-case.

3. What state or country do you reside in? What do you think tourists should definitely see?

• South Carolina, The beautiful mountains.

4. What hobbies do you have?

• Darts and fantasy football.

5. Children? Grandchildren?

• 1 son, 18 years old.

6. Do you work? What kind of work do/did you do?

• No, was born with a disability.

7. Any pets?

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8. Are you under 30?___ 30 to 50? ___ or over 50? Male or Female?

• I am over 50 and male.

9. Favorite food?

• My favorite food is chili

10. What's the farthest you've been from home?

• To Ohio to visit family.

11. If you could be anywhere right now, where would that be?

• In Ohio visiting my dad.

12. Favorite season?

• Summer!

13. Favorite movie? Favorite TV show?

• My favorite movie is the green berets and favorite tv show is NCIS.

14. If you could meet anyone (living or dead) in the world, who would it be?

• John Wayne

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

My name is Cindy, I am Blessed and Love my Children, Elijah and Isaiah, who are miraculous life and breath, I enjoy walking, dancing routines, I call myself a Free Writer, I write my own way without rules. I enjoy Poetry, Quotes and Encouragement and write it with Real Honesty and Soulful Meaning, whether it is personal or just my inner feelings of Truths. I am a Truth Seeker and Speaker. I enjoy Praying and Reading my Bible and serving Jesus. I joined GT on April 5, 2020. I have loved playing board games all my life, then new age and technology has brought me to online gaming years back. I had played other game sites and enjoyed playing because of the people I got to talk to. On another game site about 22 years ago, I actually met One very Special man, Gary Paul, who we quickly grew to a solid friendship and he became my Best Friend. He is the One who introduced me to other game sites and then to GT. GT became my favorite game site of all. I have met and gotten to play with many nice people on GT and through the Discussion Boards which I love. I have been in a few clubs including 80's Breakfast Club, Monkeytyper's Gaming Paradise, The Wolf Pack, The Cook Book Club, 2020 Winter Olympics, and others maybe more later. I love my games, but I love reading all through the comments on the boards. Many on here have wonderful personalities and I can always count on some chuckles and laughs. In fact, it really is like a FAMILY here, honestly is how I feel. Connection to here. I am so thankful my Best Friend told me about here. It really stimulates my Mind and honestly my Heart and Soul. At Christmas, it was Special getting neat little Blessings here that warmed my Children and I. I also have been Blessed by an Anonymous person who paid a Silver Membership for me. I Thanked and Pray Blessings on whoever did that. As a Proud Mom, I Love that it is Family Friendly too. I Love the Ideas of here, the People, Owners, Presidents, Volunteers...wow!! Everyone here seems to work together well and give so much of their time to keep this site going. You all are doing fabulous commitments!!! Thank each of you for your Dedication and hard work and for running this site and people for making me laugh and be able to chat or play. This GT Family means more to me than you know!!! Especially my long time Best Friend!! Prayers and God Bless each of You! cindy1970

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Contest of the Month

Best New Game Design

October's contest is for the best New Game Design submitted throughout the month. You can include your own graphics, opt to use graphics already available on GoldToken, or if chosen as the winning entry, possibly have your graphics designed by our professional graphic artists. All entries will be reviewed for playability, and judged by GoldToken's Graphic Arts team. The winning game will be announced in November's newsletter. Winner will receive two extra months on their current membership, or, if Guest, a two-month Silver membership.

There are a number of steps involved in creating a new board game. Start with variations of games that you love, that you loved as a child etc. Work out what makes these games fun, what’s wrong with these games, what could be better. Look at all different kinds of games from many different genres. This is the most fun part of game design. We hope you enjoy planning your entry!

Entries must be entirely new games or variants not seen anywhere else, and must be submitted to GoldToken's Newshound no later than October 27, 2021.

We have a winner for 2021's Club Owner of the Year!

to marcmandy, owner of The Daily Laugh Club! He was up against a couple of amazing club owners, and he joins a list that is quite distinguished. marcmandy, please be sure to write to GoldToken Support to claim your 2-month membership extension.

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Caption Contest

The Caption Contest winner for the September, 2021, newsletter is rUsureU_ want2doTHAT with:

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A kiss may turn me into a Prince, but up HERE I feel like a KING!

rUsureU_ want2doTHAT!

To enter October'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 and announced in next month's newsletter.

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Icon Mania!

Brought to you by: GoldToken's Icon Fairy

laura lee was the first to send in the correct names for the September icon hunt. Congratulations and thank you so much to all of those that participated. We have five new icons for the October search. 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. Send me your guesses by private message or post them on the Icon Mania.

Can you find these name icons?

1. { Image: goldtoken.com/pics/icon100419195340.gif }

2. { Image: goldtoken.com/pics/icon100427162740.gif }

3. { Image: goldtoken.com/pics/icon2108131217481.png }

4. { Image: goldtoken.com/pics/icon110510154856.gif }

5. { Image: goldtoken.com/pics/icon070724223909.gif }

We will not have the icon hunt for the rest of year because of all the holidays and name icons changing so much. We will back in 2022.

Halloween is just around the corner and for those that celebrate GoldToken's Icon Fairy is standing by to get your saved Halloween icons out of storage for you....or....you can choose a great icon in Rows 2 and 3 here on the Name Icons page.

It's starting to look a bit scary over there. A lot of creepy Halloween icons up for adoption, such as { Image: goldtoken.com/pics/icon131018111634.gif }, { Image: goldtoken.com/pics/icon131002142751.gif }, { Image: goldtoken.com/pics/icon100531180522.png } and every Halloween has to have a witch or two { Image: goldtoken.com/pics/icon2109051809311.png }, { Image: goldtoken.com/pics/icon2108291911161.gif }.

Even the Icon Of The Day has gone Halloween. So come over and check out the Halloween Icons: Name Icons.

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SHOUT OUT!

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SHOUT OUT! Terryjam from Minnesota, member since 2013. An avid player of Cribbage and Acey Deucey with stats to show it! Your background picture on your gamesheet is adorable! Thank you for being such a faithful member of GoldToken Terryjam and we're so glad you're part of our GoldToken family!


SHOUT OUT! jessaroo from Lewistown, Illinois, member since 2009 and an enthusiastic player of Dominoes and variants. Great picture of "Santa Claus" in your photo album; we enjoyed it as I'm sure others did! Thank you for being a dedicated member jessaroo and we're glad you're part of our GoldToken family!


SHOUT OUT! restivo46 from Coffs Harbour NSW, member since 2002. A radio DJ, loved Rock and Roll music with an extensive record collection. Loves to chat and plays all the various games on GoldToken. Thank you for being such a dedicated member of GoldToken restivo46and we're glad you're part of the GoldToken family!

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Olympic News

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Brought to you by: GoldToken's Olympic Presidents

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The CrossDowns Race Competition in The 2020 Winter Olympics Group 6 Tournament
CrossDowns Race
Gold & Silver	The 2020 Winter Olympics furryfeet Memorial Club	Buddha
Gold & Silver	The 2020 Winter Olympics sandi en margarita Memorial Club	cmacker
Bronze	The 2020 Winter Olympics Nargada Memorial Club	HenryJaimes

The Upper Division of the Dragon's Breath Competition in The 2020 Winter Olympics Mystery Games Tournament
Dragon's Breath
Gold	The 2020 Winter Olympics Doodles Memorial Club	Oddie
Silver	The 2020 Winter Olympics furryfeet Memorial Club	AndrewB
Bronze	The 2020 Winter Olympics wingfoot Memorial Club	SarahMills

The Lower Division of the Switch Competition in The 2020 Winter Olympics Group 1 Tournament
Switch
Gold & Silver	The 2020 Winter Olympics wingfoot Memorial Club	road_hog
Gold & Silver	The 2020 Winter Olympics sandi en margarita Memorial Club	Linda Sue
Bronze	The 2020 Winter Olympics wingfoot Memorial Club	marshmud

The Officer's Skat Competition in The 2020 Winter Olympics Group 1 Tournament
Officer's Skat
Gold & Silver	The 2020 Winter Olympics Doodles Memorial Club	steve111
Gold & Silver	The 2020 Winter Olympics furryfeet Memorial Club	AndrewB
Bronze	The 2020 Winter Olympics greggyw Memorial Club	csain1

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The Trax Competition in The 2021 Summer Olympics Group 5 Tournament
Trax
Gold	The 2021 Summer Olympics Budgie Memorial Club	dgb
Silver & Bronze	The 2021 Summer Olympics Sapient Memorial Club	csain1
Silver & Bronze	The 2021 Summer Olympics hrhawk Memorial Club	Road Runner

The Hex-Y Competition in The 2021 Summer Olympics Group 5 Tournament
Hex-Y
Gold	The 2021 Summer Olympics hrhawk Memorial Club	Point01IV
Silver	The 2021 Summer Olympics Sapient Memorial Club	csain1
Bronze	The 2021 Summer Olympics Tezcatlipoca Memorial Club	Klaus11

The Quarto Competition in The 2021 Summer Olympics Group 6 Tournament
Quarto
Gold	The 2021 Summer Olympics Genie Memorial Club	cmacker
Silver	The 2021 Summer Olympics Dionysos Memorial Club	AndrewB
Bronze	The 2021 Summer Olympics Tezcatlipoca Memorial Club	RabidWolff of the Wolf Pack

The Classic Renju Competition in The 2021 Summer Olympics Group 5 Tournament
Classic Renju
Gold	The 2021 Summer Olympics Sapient Memorial Club	csain1
Silver	The 2021 Summer Olympics Sapient Memorial Club	DavidJ
Bronze	The 2021 Summer Olympics Dionysos Memorial Club	AndrewB

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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 (unknown photo)? 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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