August 2014

GoldToken's Monthly News

• Links Added to In-Game Help Box

For your convenience, you can now access Nuggets and game-specific discussion boards from the "Help" box below your game board. Help is just a click away!

• Fischer Random Chess Adjustment

The bug affecting castling moves in Fischer Random Chess has been corrected! Thank you to the players who helped with the troubleshooting, and thank you to Ray of Light for working to correct it.

• Double-Elimination Tournament Glitch Fixed

We're happy to report that the glitch in double-elimination tournaments that was causing a single player to receive byes in multiple rounds has been fixed! If byes are required in multiple rounds, they will be assigned to a random player each time.


Here in my hemisphere, summer vacation is drawing to a close and kids are getting ready to return to school. My family had a great time this summer. My husband and son went back to visit family and friends in Florida, and my son attended surf camp. Meanwhile, I was visiting a dear GoldToken friend in Oregon. I hope you all had the opportunity to enjoy some beautiful weather and good times with family and friends (be they near or far), too! Thanks to everyone who sent me an invite for Tawula last month! I'm ready for some more games - who's up the challenge? Send me an invite for the game of your choice!

--heyred72




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

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Birthdays & Special Announcements

Birthday Wishes:

-- Happy Birthday to Ken TJ on August 1st! -
-- Happy Birthday to postal-guy on August 2nd! - From The Daily Laugh Club -
-- Happy Birthday to Sapient on August 2nd! - From The Word O'Rama Club -
-- Happy Birthday to Robyn Hode on August 4th! -
-- Happy Birthday to robertst on August 4th! - From The Word O'Rama Club -
-- Happy Birthday to Genie on August 5th! - From The Word O'Rama Club and The Daily Laugh Club -
-- Happy Birthday to meme22 on August 5th! - From { Club }, The Backgammon Tournament Club, The Renegades Gaming Club and { Club } -
-- Happy Birthday to rik on August 6th! - From The MasterClass Club -
-- Happy Birthday to gramat on August 7th! - From { Club }, & { Club } -
-- Happy Birthday to Lillie on August 7th! - From { Club } -
-- Happy Birthday to TexasToest on August 8th! - From The Daily Laugh Club, { Club } and { Club } -
-- Happy Birthday to thebodywall on August 8th! - From The Word O'Rama Club -
-- Happy Birthday to Gail_M on August 11th! - From { Club } -
-- Happy Birthday to NanaT on August 16th! -
-- Happy Birthday to norma8 on August 16th! -
-- Happy Birthday to CalvinW on August 19th! -
-- Happy 100th birthday to GeorgiasGrandad's mother Lily on 22nd August -
-- Happy Birthday to asmdrm on August 22nd! - From { Club } -
-- Happy Birthday to jajo on August 23rd! -
-- Happy Birthday to blackdog3 on August 25th! - From The Daily Laugh Club -
-- Happy Birthday to Nukkle Dragger on August 27th! -
-- Happy Birthday to Heartsong on August 27th! -
-- Happy Birthday to Mystic Dreamer on August 28th! From your sister LyndiLoo and The Daily Laugh Club -
-- Happy Birthday to splodge on August 27th! - From The Pork Chop Club -
-- Happy Birthday to Uncle Chuckie on August 29th! -
-- Happy Birthday to Renegade Wolf on August 31st! - From The Renegades Gaming Club -

Anniversary:

-- Happy Wedding Anniversary goes out to Dionysos and his wife Irene on August 6th!
-- Happy Wedding Anniversary goes out to Jon *the return* and his wife Vanilla MAX Spice on August 11th!

* 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!)

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1st Stop Information

Site tips and helpful tools

How can I invite someone to play a game?

Sending an invitation is easy! There are several ways to do so:

1. If you've recently completed a game and wish to invite for a re-match, simply click on the Games Administrator message (the one announcing your win or loss). At the end of the message you will see a clickable "Invite" link that will set up an invitation for the same game type, with the same opponent. Note: This only works for 'friendly', non-tournament games.

2. If you see the player's name (for example: on a club wiki, on a discussion board, in the "Who's Here?" list), just click on the player's name and then look for the "Invite...to a game" link on the player's profile.

3. If you know the player's nickname (exact spelling is critical!), or if the player is a "Chum", you can click on "New Game" at the top of your gamesheet. When you get to Step 3 of the invitation, you can use the "select a chum" dropdown box to choose your chum's nickname or you can type the player's nickname into the box.

4. Don't have a friend who enjoys the game you want to play? Looking for new opponents? Click on "New Game" at the top of your gamesheet and when you get to Step 3 simply leave the opponent entry blank. This will create an "Open Game Invitation", which will show up on other players' gamesheets. You won't see it on yours, but once it's accepted by an opponent your game will start!

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Photozone Competition

Brought to you by: Jools

wgh with (unknown photo) is July's Photozone competition winner who won the challenge with votes and will be awarded with a profile token.
golfnutrof came in 2nd place with 22 votes for (unknown photo)
Jools and sandi en margarita came in 3rd place with 2 votes each for (unknown photo) and (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

The theme for August's competition will be:

any sort of vehicles will do, be they land, sea, air or even space

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Photo Album of the Month

Brought to you by: ladyvic

We had some great entries this month for the Photo Album Contest to all that entered

Our winner for July Celebration and Flowers Best Photo Album is

Cheetah's Album titled Florida Summer Flowers and Celebrations

Second place goes to { Subalbum: llwgirl }

to everyone that entered

Our August Theme will be Fun in the Sun (unknown photo)

Stop on by Photo Album Contest and join in on all the fun!

You could win this Profile Token (unknown photo)

To All
ladyvic

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Game Of The Month

August's game of the month is Four in a Row! Join us in a fun Double Elimination Tournament by signing up today for The August 2014 - Game of the Month - Four in a Row! Tournament!

First Four In a Row tutorial, by SunnY DaY

Hello!

I have decided to write down a tutorial on Four In a Row. Maybe more people will get interested in it and its variants and more tournaments will be held on GoldToken. This will be part 1 of two of the tutorial, without any advanced tactics, just some introduction.

Table of contents:

1.	Introduction
2.	Small glossary of terms
3.	How to begin & game goals
4.	Quite a few openings
5.	Table determining who wins the game with regard to dangers created by both players

1.	Introduction

The game was originally designed by Hasbro in 1974, under the name of 'Connect 4'. The board size was 7x6, and yellow and red pieces were used. There are lots of programmes on the Web, which can help you mastering your skills. However, most of them also use 7x6 board, and cannot be used for cheating here. As the rules imply, players put their pieces in turn until either the board is full, or one of them creates a line of four or more, before his/her opponent does so.
The 7x6 (and numerous other boards) have been solved - scientists have had all possible moves analyzed and answer the question - who wins if both players play well? This doesn't apply to our board - 8x8. At least I haven't found any data about that. However, a general opinion amongst the best players is that 8x8 is won by red (second) player.
What does that mean? It states, that if blue (first) player plays perfect, and red player plays perfect, the red player wins the game. In other words, if blue can't trick red into making a wrong move, the red will win eventually.

I will write down some guidelines that should be followed. First, try to put your pieces in strategically important spots, while preventing your opponent from doing so. Think forward before you make your move, analyze carefully what opportunities will your opponent have after you have made your move. Secondly, see to it that your opponent doesn't get into a favourable situation by stacking many pieces very close to each other. Think what dangers he/she can create in his/her next move. Later, I will provide a table of players' possible dangers with description which are important, and which are harmless. Many games' outcomes are determined in first 5-6 moves of both players.

2.	Small glossary of terms

In this section I would like to describe some terms I will use in this article, give their definitions, and make everything clear.

Danger - originally, articles about Four In a Row used the phrase 'threats'. I have chosen dangers since they have less pejorative meaning. And so, a danger is a situation in which a player can win the game in his/her next move or in next few moves. As it is a basic tutorial, it means any situation when a player has connected 3 pieces in a solid row. Dangers might be direct and indirect.

We will be talking mostly about indirect dangers. The direct ones require immediate responce from the red player (B1), or the game will be lost. Direct dangers may be used to force the opponent into making a specific move, which is a part of our tactical plan.
Below you can find an example of a direct danger:

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Basic properties of indirect dangers are as follows. Indirect danger causes a column to be completely unplayable for the opponent till the end of the game. This means any attack above that danger is completely useless, unless the indirect danger's creator decides to sacrifice it. To sacrifice a danger is to play your piece directly below the danger so that your opponent can block it in his/her next move.

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In this game, red created an indirect danger in C2 (diagonal B1-E4), making blue's C7 (diagonal B8-E5) useless. To sacrifice it, red player would have to play in C1.
This, however, is a double-edged weapon, since when there are no other moves left, you might be forced to sacrifice your danger, and the other player might be lucky enough to win with his/her indirect threat above yours. Detailed information about this will be written at the bottom of this article.

Odd row - this will be a reference to any odd row on the board (particularly rows 3,5, and 7).
Even row - like above, but it will refer to rows 2,4,6, and 8.

3.	How to begin & game goals

How to begin?
In the middle, of course! Well, not quite. If what I have written earlier is truth, it doesn't matter where you should make your first move. You lose against the red anyway! The middle appears to be the best choice, since mid-field pieces can be a part of much more lines then pieces on the edge (A1 can create only 3 lines - A1-A4, A1-D1 and A1-D4, right?) while D1 and E1 can create 7 lines. There's a drawback, however. Playing D1 allows red to play D2, which can create even more lines than D1. Your possible reply, D3 is better, but so is red's answer - D4 - in the middle of the board! Plus, starting in the middle is a well-known variant for good players. And since they know them well, the chances you will trick them are low! As a blue (yellow) player you have nothing to lose! Be practical and creative! The more unusual position, the higher chances red will lose are!
The first thing you should focus on is the opening. Like in chess, players should follow only the good ones. What is a good opening in Four In a Row? Of course one that leads to victory!

Game goals.

Game goals is what you should aim at so to win your game. Most middle-skilled players focus on creating a danger and defending it at all costs, and later hope it will grant them a win. Well, depending on your luck is not enough to win a tournament. This section will briefly introduce what both players should seek during the game.

Blue player:
Your task is hard. You need to create dangers in odd rows, even rows are useless for you. More over, if you fail to create an odd-row danger, whilst creating an even-row one it might make you lose the game faster. If you manage to make an odd-row danger, it's an almost guaranteed win for you, with a few exceptions. These exceptions are:

If red create an even-row danger directly below your odd-row danger.
If red also create an odd-row danger in a different column.
If red create two odd-row dangers in two different columns.

Other than that, the win is yours!

Red player:
Your job is rather easy, but you should never underestimate your opponent! He is to create an odd-row danger, which means, he should secure pieces in third/fifth/seventh row. Red pieces are in better situation, because they need to secure 2nd row (or 4th, 6th or 8th). Odd-row dangers are not entirely useless for you, in fact they might help you win the game, or disrupt blue's strategy, if you are feeling they have an advantage. You should focus on destruction, preventing blue from creating odd-row dangers. This is your priority, chances of winning for you will pop up almost entirely themselves! However, if blue manage to create an odd-row danger without any of your even-row dangers directly below it, don't panic. Your situation is bad, but you haven't lost yet. Try creating an odd-row danger somewhere else! This will at least save you a draw!

Some explanation to the above. Notice, that the game board consists of 64 separate spaces. This means, each player may play up to 32 pieces until the board is full and the game ends. After blue's second move we have what follows - 3 pieces occupy the board, 61 empty spaces remain. After red's responce, there are 4 pieces on the board, and still 60 places for next pieces. Which implies: Even number of pieces (or empty spaces) means it is blue player to move, and odd number of pieces/spaces left tell that it is red player's turn now.
The following picture is a pre-determined draw game (no matter who's turn it is now, the game will end in a draw). According to my explanation you should be able to guess who will play next.

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You were right! Blue player will occupy E1, E3, E5 and E7, and red will place his pieces in E2, E4, E6 and E8. That's a proof of what both players should aim at.

4.	Quite a few openings

...To continue reading this Nugget, click here: First Four In a Row tutorial



We hope you enjoy it!

Special to SunnY DaY 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:

• Silver, Gold, and Platinum Members: a one month extension to your current membership
• Wood Members: a free membership upgrade
• Guests: a free two-month Silver Membership

So, what are you waiting for? Start writing! .

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Best Recipe Contest

July's winner is: Raspberry Bread Pudding

• Submitted by Cat*Scratch

Ingredients

2 cups 2% milk
1/2 cup liquid egg substitute
1/2 cup maple syrup
1/4 cup oat bran
2 teaspoons vanilla extract 
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
5 cups multigrain bread cubes
4 cups raspberries
1 tablespoon butter, cut into small pieces
1 cup low-fat vanilla yogurt

Directions
1.preheat the oven to 350°F. Coat a 9" x 9" baking dish with cooking spray.
2.in a large bowl, mix the milk, egg substitute, maple syrup, oat bran, vanilla, and cinnamon. Add the bread and stir to coat. Let stand for 10 minutes.
3.fold in the raspberries. Place in the prepared baking dish. Sprinkle with the butter.
4.bake for 45 minutes, or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool on a rack for 15 minutes. Serve warm or cold, topped with the yogurt.




GoldToken's Cat*Scratch 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 Cat*Scratch!

August's recipe contest* is: "Rice Dish". 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.

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by Red Panda

Rules of The Trivia Connection

• There are 10 people, and you need to guess all ten people. These ten people are all connected in some way. Post your answer to Red Panda.

• These questions are not meant to be easy. Although if you work out the connection it will become easier. Any research is allowed.

• First answer submitted with all correct answers and the connection will be deemed winner

• First answer submitted with all correct answers and the connection will be deemed winner

• Win a special recognition token .

Questions

1.	Mother was a German princess, Ancestor of a Greek princess, married her cousin, Escaped an assassination attempt two days in a row, short and overweight, kept a daily journal
2.	Wealthy family, both parents died while he was child, traveled to France and Spain for education, Leader in a successful war of independence, and first president of newly established country, Had an Assassination attempt on his life in a mutiny which was prevented by his mistress
3.	Founded a bank, victim - along with #8 - in a mining hoax, built a hotel but went bankrupt because of the expenditure and a stock market collapse, Found dead in the ocean the day after the stock market crash.
4.	Father died before he was born, never attended highschool, as a journalist was friend of #8, bought his own newspaper, not nominated for reelection due to a railroad scandal
5.	Tall, handsome except for hooked thin nose, Son of a king, His granddad who had a famously bad tooth was also a king, Devout christian, Successfully invaded England with a multinational force and became king of England. Modern technology uses his grandfather's initials as a logo.
6.	Born in Scotland, general in the army leading a brigade in a vital battle that led to the King returning to France, became governor, studied astronomy and was an avid astronomer, built many observatories. Accused and acquitted of running a brothel.
7.	Worked in a cotton mill, studied medicine, wife died of malaria, attacked by a lion, doctor claimed he was not mentally stable, famous greeting from an american journalist, heart buried thousands of miles from his body
8.	Founded a newspaper and became editor, vegetarian, Campaigned against slavery, Died while running in an election before the votes could be counted.
9.	Adopted by ruler, name changed many times including addition of "son of the divine", won many civil war campaigns to become leader, his daughter arrested for adultery and treason and exiled and forbidden to drink wine. Died while visiting the place of his fathers death
10.	Served in same political role as #4 but for longer, lieutenant in British army, General in the american army, nephew was a New York governor. Publically opposed the constitution until it was amended with the Bill of Rights.

Last month's winner.

The winner this month with all correct is macBruck and the connection which was German people

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Up front & personal

Interview by: laura lee

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We would like to say to golfnutrof for letting us step into their personal life for a bit.


1. What brought you to GoldToken?
I started playing here in 2002 after my daughter moved away so we could keep playing backgammon games. I had no experience playing on-line games prior to that time.

2. What interests you most on GT? Favorite game?
Although I still play lots of backgammon, my favorite games here are the Outbreak games. They are extremely challenging and we have a large number of very good players here. I also love the Sports DB and the "friendly" banter among the regular followers there.

3. Do you belong to any of the clubs?
I belong to many clubs and I'm President of The GERM WARFARE Club, the "best" Outbreak Club here!

4. What State or Country do you reside in? Do you live in the City or Country?
My home is in Florida but my wife and I mainly reside in our RV. As we say, our home is "Where we park it"! Using a MiFi to connect to the internet from anywhere is great.

5. What hobbies do you have? What other interests do you have?
Golf is my life long passion. I also enjoy hiking, sight seeing and reading.

6. Children? Grandchildren? Do any of them play on GT.?
We have two married children and a 1 year old granddaughter. I still play backgammon with my daughter when she has time.

7. Do you work?
I'm retired now...that's work in itself!

8. Any pets?
We had dogs but both are now gone. With our traveling, we feel we don't have time to care for a pet now but may again if we settle down someday.

9. Are you under 30?___ 30 to 50? ___ or over 50?
Well over 50!

10. What's the farthest you've been from home?
We spent 2 great weeks in Australia when our daughter was in school there for a semester in college.

11. If you could be anywhere right now where would that be?
Today, I am exactly where I want to be! Tomorrow, we leave here and go somewhere else for awhile. This is a huge country and there are so many interesting places to visit. We still have a long "bucket list" to complete.

12. Favorite season?
Any season except snow!

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

Gold Token has been a wonderful site. I have been here for several years and have made many, many amazing friendships here.
I don't want to start listing them because I'm afraid I will miss someone. I have got to meet some of the friends I made here
in person and that was a very neat blessing. The friendships that I have made here will always be very special.
The clubs I have been a part of is such an uplift and has helped me through many tough times.
The games here are so fun also and so glad there is many that are board games I know how to play.
I helped out with wikis and have done a little of everything here.
I took a year or two break from this site and so glad I could come back and it still feels like home.
I do thank God for this site and pray that it can keep going for a long time.
Thanks to all who put in time to make it all work.
To all of you that have touched my heart thanks for all the memories. I pray we have many, many more.
I'm so thankful I have a site like this to play games and really make some great friends.
Lord, Thanks for Gold Token and may it always be a good site.

DINGEROO Carol

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Contest of the Month

Best Nugget

August's contest is the Best Nugget submitted throughout the month. All entries will be posted in a poll, and the winner will be announced in next month's newsletter.

Nuggets articles give all the players an opportunity to write various tutorials, strategy guides, and other materials related to playing each of our many games, as well as general information about various site features. Once approved, the new Nugget article will be added to the appropriate category for all the players to see.

Searching and sorting functionality is also available, allowing you to easily find what you are looking for.

Guest and Wood level players can submit one Nugget per month. Players with a Silver membership or higher can submit an unlimited number of Nuggets.

When submitting articles, please be sure to only submit content that you have written yourself, or that you have a permission from its author to post here. Citations and links are fine, as long as they do not lead to inappropriate content.

To write and submit a Nugget, click the Nuggets link at the top of your game sheet.

Winner will receive two extra months on their current membership, or, if Guest, a two month Silver membership!

We have a winner for July's Best Blog Contest!

to birdstoe! If you haven't had a chance to read her blog, you can click this link: birdstoe's Blog. birdstoe has been awarded the "Best Blog" winner's Token.

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Bought to you by: PattyMac

Goldie Story Board Highlights

The theme for July was "All About Ice Cream", we had a lot of entries and the Winner is Callie, here is her story below:

One hot summer day (unknown photo), I felt trapped in the heat . I tried but that didn't help . I ate a cone--but that didn't help either . Suddenly, I had an ! What I need is some ice_cream!! (unknown photo). In my haste to get to Dairy , I got caught speeding (unknown photo) through the zone. The officer gave me a , which I couldn't pay . Now I'm in . But guess what ? They gave me ice_cream!!

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August 26th is National Dog Day....let's write a story about man's best friend, the DOG ....looking forward to all the great stories and don't forget the DB to help you locate the goldies you want to use...

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Caption Contest

The Caption contest winner for the July, 2014, newsletter is kellymcinaz with:



Yeahhhhhh, I hear the ice cream man.

kellymcinaz!

To enter August's Caption Contest, click on the link and post your best caption. photo titled August, 2014, Caption Contest
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 all the icons. and so much to all of those that participated. Winners will received the special Icon Fairy Token to their profile We have five new icons for the August search, be the first to let me know, winner will be announced on the Icon Mania. 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. Thanks for your cooperation.

August Icons to find:
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I am sure you have noticed the cute icon that the GoldToken's Icon Fairy is wearing, this cutie belongs to The Word O'Rama Club. We have a lot of super icons for Club Adoption. Contact the GoldToken's Icon Fairy if your club is looking for some unique and fun icons suitable for your Club. And don't forget these club icons can also be worn by your club silver members!

Here is the Icon Of The Day. Come on over to the Name Icons and find that perfect icon for you.

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Breaking Club News:

Brought to you by GoldToken's roving reporter, PattyMac

to the { Club }, they are turning 12 on August 28th. Come check out this great club, contact Honeybear or Nancy for more information. { Club }....

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Information out of the The Overall Competition Club...
Red Panda won the Overall Competition December 2013 contest with McGoo98 and Hamsarnie finishing second and third. All three players won prizes in golderos.

Challenges for 2014 start the last day of each month with prizes in golderos for the top five players and prizes in golderos for the top seven overall 2014 players. The current overall leader is smiler5.

Wrighty leads the January challenge; 1karlos is the top player in March, while greggyw is the leader in February, April, May, and June.

More information can be found at The Overall Competition Club.

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The Acey Deucey Club announces something exciting even if it does not pertain to club activities....The owner meme22, just married in Las Vegas, we want to take the time to send big to the happy couple...
“Happily ever after is not a fairy tale. It’s a choice.”

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The Chess & Variants Club
Two new Chess variants are now available for play, they are Fischer Random Chess and Recycle Chess, come over to The Chess & Variants Club and learn these two new games. There are now 24 different Chess variants to chose from and this club plays them all, Contact M3, rabbitoid or Ray of Light for more information on this Chess club and its games.

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The Club Highlight
The High Rollers Club
​When you read the introduction to the High Rollers Club, it makes members feel as if they are being welcomed into an exclusive club, it is actually a Federation here in GoldToken. Membership is by invitation only to those who have won a site run tournament in one of the Shake games. Because of the wide array and popularity of those dice games, it is actually the second largest club on GT.
The Basics of The High Roller's Federation are:

1) You must win a site sponsored tournament in any Shake game to be invited to join.
2) Anyone winning a Site run Shake Game Tourney during a year can remain in the club for the rest of the year and the following year.
3) During that year you must win a Site run Shake Game Tourney to remain the following year.
4) Club Tourneys that are run through the site (not Wiki tourneys) are included in the Site run tourneys.
5) Anyone Finishing a Shake Race (winning one tourney of each Shake game during a calendar year) can remain in the club as long as they wish.
6) Joining the club can happen any time but you must be invited.
7) Have fun while helping others learn the best way to win games.

All of the teams and ladders in the club are also focused on the Shake variations. There are monthly tournaments within the club and in an egalitarian move, members suggests and then vote on the names of the tourneys. Whichever member's name is chosen gains five Golderoes. ​It's a winning combination all around. ​Come and check this Club out A.S.A.P The High Rollers Club....Contact funtobewith11 for more information...One who doesn't throw the dice can never expect to score a six.

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Olympic News

Brought to you by: *GoldTokens* Olympic *Presidents*

July's Olympic Winners! A big congratulations to these players & their clubs!

2013 Winter Olympic Winners

The Novice Division of the Dominoes Competition in The 2013 Winter Olympic Tournament Group 1B Tournament
Dominoes	GOLD	{ Club }	Rand al*Thor
Dominoes	SILVER	{ Club }	gypsyjan
Dominoes	BRONZE	{ Club }	ditzyblue

The Upper Division of the Short Senet Competition in The 2013 Winter Olympic Tournament Group 4B Tournament
Short Senet	GOLD	{ Club }	ozallan
Short Senet	SILVER & BRONZE	{ Club }	globalroamer
Short Senet	SILVER & BRONZE	{ Club }	gpr11
Short Senet	SILVER & BRONZE	{ Club }	Hillbilly

The Lower Division of the Senet Competition in The 2013 Winter Olympic Tournament Group 1B Tournament
Senet	GOLD	{ Club }	1926
Senet	SILVER & BRONZE	{ Club }	cmacker
Senet	SILVER & BRONZE	{ Club }	heyred72
Senet	SILVER & BRONZE	{ Club }	TallPaul

The Giveaway Backgammon Competition in The 2013 Winter Olympic Tournament Group 1A Tournament
Giveaway Backgammon	GOLD	{ Club }	EU BNL frisian3
Giveaway Backgammon	SILVER	{ Club }	1karlos
Giveaway Backgammon	BRONZE	{ Club }	Gail_M
Giveaway Backgammon	BRONZE	{ Club }	bengt

The Advanced Division of the Hypergammon (3 Point) Competition in The 2013 Winter Olympic Tournament Group 2A Tournament
Hypergammon 3 Point	GOLD	{ Club }	Bill Roupas
Hypergammon 3 Point	SILVER	{ Club }	jamchug
Hypergammon 3 Point	BRONZE	{ Club }	ceci

The Lower Division of the Thematic Hangman Competition in The 2013 Winter Olympic Tournament Group 3A Tournament
Thematic Hangman	GOLD	{ Club }	macBruck
Thematic Hangman	SILVER	{ Club }	smiler5
Thematic Hangman	BRONZE	{ Club }	Rand al*Thor

The Upper Division of the Color Halma Competition in The 2013 Winter Olympic Tournament Mystery Games Tournament
Mystery Game 8 Color Halma	GOLD	{ Club }	Jelaza
Mystery Game 8 Color Halma	SILVER	{ Club }	AndrewB
Mystery Game 8 Color Halma	BRONZE	{ Club }	Hamsarnie

The Intermediate Division of the Dominoes Competition in The 2013 Winter Olympic Tournament Group 1B Tournament
Dominoes	GOLD	{ Club }	jklh
Dominoes	SILVER & BRONZE	{ Club }	Cruiser
Dominoes	SILVER & BRONZE	{ Club }	unicorn

The Advanced Division of the Loco Ochos Competition in The 2013 Winter Olympic Tournament Group 2A Tournament
Loco Ochos	GOLD	{ Club }	AndrewB
Loco Ochos	SILVER & BRONZE	{ Club }	aprildawn
Loco Ochos	SILVER & BRONZE	{ Club }	LittleTree
Loco Ochos	SILVER & BRONZE	{ Club }	loca

The Novice Division of the Acey Deucey Competition in The 2013 Winter Olympic Tournament Group 1A Tournament
Acey Deucey	GOLD	{ Club }	MT
Acey Deucey	SILVER	{ Club }	Wrighty
Acey Deucey	BRONZE	{ Club }	Acedog
Acey Deucey	BRONZE	{ Club }	crow57

The Lower Division of the Large Dice Pipes Competition in The 2013 Winter Olympic Tournament Group 4B Tournament
Large Dice Pipes	GOLD	{ Club }	Senorita ZORRO_
Large Dice Pipes	SILVER	{ Club }	Neat
Large Dice Pipes	BRONZE	{ Club }	SOcean255

The Lower Division of the Fast Cribbage Competition in The 2013 Winter Olympic Tournament Group 3B Tournament
Fast Cribbage	GOLD & SILVER	{ Club }	BennyC
Fast Cribbage	GOLD & SILVER	{ Club }	smiler5
Fast Cribbage	BRONZE	{ Club }	MORRIS

The Advanced Division of the Corner Checkers Competition in The 2013 Winter Olympic Tournament Mystery Games Tournament
Mystery Game 2 Corner Checkers	GOLD	{ Club }	junelee
Mystery Game 2 Corner Checkers	SILVER	{ Club }	macbann
Mystery Game 2 Corner Checkers	BRONZE	{ Club }	AndrewB

The Junior Division of the Backgammon Competition in The 2013 Winter Olympic Tournament Group 1A Tournament
Backgammon	GOLD	{ Club }	tzorec
Backgammon	SILVER	{ Club }	Man of Steel
Backgammon	BRONZE	{ Club }	Pamelak
Backgammon	BRONZE	{ Club: 2013 Winter Olympic Team Hebe }	WONRHAF

Competitions are published when gold, silver & bronze winners have been determined

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