October 2022

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GoldToken's Monthly News

• GoldToken's (Unofficial) 23rd Anniversary

GoldToken celebrates its unofficial anniversary on October 5th! Keep watching the discussion boards for opportunities to win special Profile Tokens commemorating the anniversary. The site continues to add new features and games, and it's exciting to think about what might come next. Here's to another great year (or 23)!


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 Scoop's Castle 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 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 Scoop's Castle Club, 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! -

* 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

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

Scheherizade came in 2nd place with 11 votes for (unknown photo).

Wrighty came in 3rd place with 10 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 Motion

The theme for October's competition will be:

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

Brought to you by: LittleTree

• Health and Wellness - A Place To Share & Discuss Health issues etc. Sometimes when we have health issues it helps to discuss them with other players who may be going through the same issues or have different issues but a common bond. Discussions about how you've dealt with or handled these may be of benefit to others or sometimes just sharing helps players to deal with it all. Maybe there are questions you have and someone may be able to answer them, not in a professional way but a caring, helpful way. GoldToken is all about caring for other players so we provide this board so others can share and maybe help.

• Writing With Style - Share your original work, discuss tips and tricks or help break someone's writer's block. This board is all about sharing your work and posting it for others to enjoy or comment on. So if your creative juices are flowing and you would like to share it with others, this is the board for you!! If you don't write but just want to enjoy others' writings, subscribe and you can read some wonderful writers with style.

• Don't forget to check out the Life Hacks board for hacks that can save you some time or learn something new that will make life a littler easier! There is currently a poll up for the latest hacks, so stop by and vote!

Other boards for your enjoyment

Caption Humor
Crafters' Fair

Cutting Board
General Chat
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

The Winner of the "Fall Colors" Album is: **YANKEE ROSE*JR FRANK PAB's Album
Watch for your token coming soon!

The October theme will be:
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Anyone that enters an album will receive this token (unknown photo) if you don't already have it.
Join in on the fun @ Photo Album Contest

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Game Of The Month

October's game of the month is Mahjong! Join us in a fun Double Elimination Tournament by signing up today for The Game of the Month - Oct 2022 - Mahjong Tournament!

The object of the game is to be the first player with no tiles left in your hand. Check out the Rules of Mahjong for more info.


We hope you enjoy it!

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Club ~VS~ Club Tournament Of The Month

October's game of the month is Zero G Four in a Row! Join us in a fun Round Robin Style Tournament by signing your club up today. Please notify RabidWolff of the Wolf Pack to join or post in the The Site Wide Club vs Club Tournament Club. Hope to see you there!

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Best Recipe Contest

September's winner is: Crackerbarrel Country Fried Steak

• Submitted by Silkwood

Ingredients
oil for frying
1½ cups all-purpose flour
½ cup saltine cracker crumbs
1½ teaspoons salt
2 teaspoons ground black pepper
1 cup buttermilk
1/2 cup water
1 pound tenderized cube steaks

Instructions
Pour 3 to 4 inches of oil into a deep fryer or large pot, and heat the oil to 350°F.
Combine the flour, cracker crumbs, salt, and pepper in a shallow dish. Mix well.
In another shallow dish, combine the buttermilk and water. Mix well.
Dip the cube steaks into the flour mixture and shake off the excess.
Dip the flour-coated cube steaks into the buttermilk, shake off the excess.
Dredge the cube steaks in the flour again.
Place the breaded steaks on a wire rack resting on a baking sheet. Allow the breading to set up for 5 minutes. This helps to set the breading on the steak.
Place the breaded steaks into the hot oil. Fry the steaks for 3 to 5 minutes on one side, until the sides of the meat start to brown and the top of the meat starts to cook.

Gently flip the steaks away from you to avoid splashing hot oil onto yourself, and fry for 3 to 5 minutes on the other side.
When both sides are golden brown and crispy, remove the steaks from the hot oil and drain on a clean wire rack over a baking sheet.

GoldToken's Silkwood 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 Silkwood!

October's recipe contest is: "Favorite Apples 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.

In addition, this month's winner will receive a new Cutting Board Profile Token, and everyone who posts a recipe for October's contest will receive the Cutting Board's Participation Token, if they don't already have it. (unknown photo)!

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Pony Up!

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The Pony Up! board had a variety of contests for September including riddles, captions, funny memes and spur of the moment contests. A special voting contest was held for random acts of kindness with participants receiving a special gift token for their random acts of kindness.

It will soon be time for Halloween so check out the board for some possible surprises!!

SEPTEMBER WINNERS

JanuarySnowAngel - Riddle Dee Dee
csain1 RabidWolff of the Wolf Pack - World's Funniest Memes
* Sassy_Angel * RabidWolff of the Wolf Pack eliphont551 Stinger2 Lorraine of the Renegades - Are You Ready for Some Football
Stinger2 - Sleeping on the Job
Lil Red - Those 60's Hits
csain1 JanuarySnowAngel cindygal * Sassy_Angel * gertess loca - Random Acts of Kindness

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Up front & personal

Interview by: laura lee

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We would like to say to *Gary* 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?

• what brought me to GoldToken was me looking for checkers online back on ntl, when I first had access to that I found GoldToken, itsmy turn, and dailygammon. All around the same time in 2001 but then was gone for more than six months when there weren't permanent accounts then when Chad was running it along with his brother Taylor back then.
• I chose my name for GoldToken when I use to play magic the gathering Portal 2 series from one of the cards in that game which was a flying creature in that game with a attack of six and power of four
• I was gone for a while then I came back in 2008 I've been here ever since (on and off)

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

• what interested me the most is a very large part of the game site like the tournament games I like the ratings which show you how you are doing in the games
• Like the clubs in GoldToken. Years ago I use to run two myself, they were 'accumulated explorers' which was a checkers club and 'EUroclub', when I left for a while I put tulip in charge of it from Wales

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

• I reside in England United Kingdom in. A town called Northampton
• In this country they should see things like Stonehenge and places like Buckingham Palace and the place Princess Diana grew up in on the Spencer estate and the castles dotted around the country

4. What hobbies do you have?

• one of my hobbies use to be collecting comics which I was doing from the age of eight and playing board games

5. Children? Grandchildren?

• no as far as I know but do expect I might have two which they never let me know if they're we're mine or not

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

• no I don't work anymore as been run over five times and the left side of the body can collapse at any given moment plus other ailmemts that I have also. I used to work in a cash and carry also work as a plasterer being trained for that when I was seventeen, also worked in warehouses, I've worked for dubble glazing companies, had a paper round from the age of eleven

7. Any pets?

• I used to own some cats when I was growing up, they used to run up the stairs to wake me up for school in the morning and when my cat 'Poppy' had its second litter it drop one of its first litter on them Which nearly killed them all, after that the cat was put off from feeding them so I had to hand feed them from a bottle I managed to save all of. Then had two when I was in middle school

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

• I'm am 49 and male

9. Favorite food? (Do you have a recipe you'd like to share?)

• favourite food is fish like jelly deals and things like chicken

A good recipe is get some chicken fillets put them in the oven for 30 minutes get some vegetables like parsnips/carrots/sweetcorn/garlic and choose Which others vegetables you would like to put with that on the boil for about 25 minutes. Add beans and a couple of fried eggs to that, add salt to the vegetables and add some tomato puree. Add some herbs like sage and look and lime leaves add some onions into that which makes for a great meal

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

• always been in England so the furthest I've been is to the coast at South end

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

• if I could be anywhere it be one of the comic cons in the world as that reflects a good part of my life when I was growing up and collecting them

12. Favorite season?

• spring is my favourite season as everything comes to life

13. Favorite movie? Favorite TV show?

• there's more than one, I would have to say the marvel cinematic universe for their films and TV shows which I like all of those and the DC universe too watch the sandman the other day that's a fantastic series I recommend that's worth watching

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

• if I could meet any body alive or dead it would have to be my dead partner that's who I would choose as I was with them for years

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

I came to play here at GoldToken almost 10 years ago, wow! I just looked it up. Boy, does time fly. I started playing here after a player from another site recommended it and I have never looked back. Lots of great people here and so many fun games. My sisters are loondog and Marylou. Our sister, baxter10 passed away but she played here too, and we have many great games going. My favorite games are backgammon, Rummikub and now Senet. I love the variants in each of the games. Keep up the great work, Admin and club officers. You are the best!

Gilbertei

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Contest of the Month

Best New Game Design

October's contest is for the Best New Game Design submitted during the month of October.

There are a number of steps involved in creating a new board game. A new game design can be a variation of a current game or entirely new, but it must be original and not a game found anywhere else. 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, or 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!

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.

The contest winner will receive two extra months on their current membership, or, if Guest, a two-month Silver membership, and see their new game added to GoldToken's venue of games (as long as it is feasible to code), sometime during the next year.

Entries must be entirely new games or variants not seen anywhere else, and be submitted to GoldToken's Newshound no later than 11:59 PM, Pacific Time, Wednesday, November 2, 2022.

We have a winner for 2022's Club Owner of the Year!

to hoot, owner of The hoot's hide-a-way Club! From the club's main page: Welcome to hoot's hide-a-way club,a place to meet old friends and make new ones,to just hide-a-way from all the pressures of todays world and sit back and relax awhile and to enjoy what we already have! Be sure to check out the games and challenges boards! It's an active club with lots of fun to be had. hoot, please be sure to write to GoldToken Support to claim your two-month membership extension.

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Caption Contest

The Caption Contest winner for the September, 2022, newsletter is Lil Red with:

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What is that crazy cat up to now?

Lil Red!

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

It's that time of year again! Looking for an icon that celebrates the spirit of Halloween? Check out the Halloween icons on the Name Icons page and see if there is one you would like to have next to your name. Ask for it on the Icon Mania discussion board, and you're all set to start celebrating! Please note if you have a Halloween icon from last year you will need to use that or replace it.

Be sure to check out the Icon Of The Day. You never know what will pop up as it changes often!

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Breaking Club News:

Clem3610 has created a new club! The The I Love Ludocrous Club is open for anyone to join, so pop by and check it out!

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SHOUT OUT!

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SHOUT OUT! to lowrider033 from Hatfield, Pa, member since 2009. An avid lover of all things motorcycling, slot cars and from the looks of his profile pictures, a self-made handyman. Thanks for sharing your pics with us! Thank you for your dedication to GoldToken and we're glad you're a member of our GoldToken family lowrider033!


SHOUT OUT! to harrymac from Queens Village NY, but living in Florida, veteran member since 2002. Lives in a quiet, small town that gives him time to enjoy nature. Loves to travel and visit family. Thank you for being such an active and faithful member of GoldToken and we're glad you're a member of our GoldToken family harrymac!


SHOUT OUT! to dixiegal47 from Midlands SC, member since 2006. Loves to sing, play word games and especially loves being retired but wonders "Where is all the FREE TIME that people said I'd have?" Thank you for being such a faithful member of GoldToken and we're glad you're part of our GoldToken family dixiegal47!

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Olympic News

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Brought to you by: GoldToken's Olympic Presidents

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The Chivalry Competition in The 2021 Winter Olympics Group 1 Tournament
Chivalry
Gold	The 2021 Winter Olympics FujiTape Memorial Club	Moondyne
Silver	The 2021 Winter Olympics ozallan Memorial Club	Straycat
Bronze	The 2021 Winter Olympics Grover Memorial Club	Point01IV

The Upper Division of the Dragon's Breath Competition in The 2021 Winter Olympics Mystery Games Tournament
Dragon's Breath
Gold	The 2021 Winter Olympics ozallan Memorial Club	Carpe Diem
Silver	The 2021 Winter Olympics poohbear Memorial Club	Oddie
Bronze	The 2021 Winter Olympics AZD159 Memorial Club	Big Giant Head

The Novice Division of the Acey Deucey Competition in The 2021 Winter Olympics Group 2 Tournament
Acey Deucey
Gold	The 2021 Winter Olympics WONRHAF Memorial Club	MORRIS
Silver	The 2021 Winter Olympics Grover Memorial Club	nw2425
Bronze	The 2021 Winter Olympics FujiTape Memorial Club	Ray of Light

The Lower Division of the Dragon's Breath Competition in The 2021 Winter Olympics Mystery Games Tournament
Dragon's Breath
Gold	The 2021 Winter Olympics FujiTape Memorial Club	ditzyblue
Silver & Bronze	The 2021 Winter Olympics WONRHAF Memorial Club	Ahhnanas
Silver & Bronze	The 2021 Winter Olympics FujiTape Memorial Club	Begadoonie

The Double Nine Muggins Competition in The 2021 Winter Olympics Group 4 Tournament
Double Nine Muggins
Gold & Silver	The 2021 Winter Olympics poohbear Memorial Club	Bill Roupas
Gold & Silver	The 2021 Winter Olympics WONRHAF Memorial Club	GoldiLocks
Bronze	The 2021 Winter Olympics AZD159 Memorial Club	AndrewB
Bronze	The 2021 Winter Olympics Grover Memorial Club	BettyAnn

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The Loop Trax Competition in The 2022 Summer Olympics Group 5 Tournament
Loop Trax
Gold	The 2022 Summer Olympics Abby Normal Memorial Club	dgb
Silver & Bronze	The 2022 Summer Olympics CATCHER211 Memorial Club	DavidJ
Silver & Bronze	The 2022 Summer Olympics superkaempe Memorial Club	golfnutrof

The Go 13x13 Competition in The 2022 Summer Olympics Group 1 Tournament
Go 13x13
Gold	The 2022 Summer Olympics PEACH WINE Memorial Club	Begadoonie
Silver	The 2022 Summer Olympics superkaempe Memorial Club	ypercube
Bronze	The 2022 Summer Olympics CATCHER211 Memorial Club	M3

The Gemma 6x6 Competition in The 2022 Summer Olympics Group 6 Tournament
Gemma 6x6
Gold & Silver	The 2022 Summer Olympics Abby Normal Memorial Club	Klaus11
Gold & Silver	The 2022 Summer Olympics superkaempe Memorial Club	Mad_Monkey
Bronze	The 2022 Summer Olympics Abby Normal Memorial Club	wallywalter

The Trax Competition in The 2022 Summer Olympics Group 5 Tournament
Trax
Gold	The 2022 Summer Olympics Abby Normal Memorial Club	dgb
Silver	The 2022 Summer Olympics superkaempe Memorial Club	ypercube
Bronze	The 2022 Summer Olympics Abby Normal Memorial Club	wallywalter

The Plateau Competition in The 2022 Summer Olympics Group 6 Tournament
Plateau
Gold	The 2022 Summer Olympics superkaempe Memorial Club	AndrewB
Silver	The 2022 Summer Olympics coop Memorial Club	thebodywall
Bronze	The 2022 Summer Olympics PEACH WINE Memorial Club	Big Giant Head

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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 **Lover of Darkness**. 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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