July 2015
| GoldToken's Monthly News |
- Year of the Horse Token
Want to display this token on your profile:
? Play a Head-to-Head game in the month of July! When your game is finished, send a PM to GoldToken Support and include the game number (found in the "Help" box below the game board). 
Hint: You can post on the Head To Head Playing discussion board to find a player who's ready and willing to play when you're available!It's been a quiet month around here! July promises to be much busier, for those of us participating in GoldToken's Summer Olympics.
If you're not competing in the Olympics, there are plenty of other tournament options to keep you busy! Click on the "Tournaments" link at the top of your gamesheet and check them out! Or, send me an invite. We'll stay busy together! 
--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 Icon Mania! Breaking Club News Olympic News | Birthdays & Special Announcements |  |
Birthday Wishes:
-- Happy Birthday to Massimo Villa on July 1st! -
-- Happy Birthday to Rebel Rider on July 2nd! -
-- Happy Birthday to garbear on July 4th! -
-- Happy Birthday to REBEL DJ on July 5th! - From The Daily Laugh Club, { Club },The Backgammon Tournament Club and { Club } -
-- Happy Birthday to Linda Sue on July 6th! - From The Daily Laugh Club, The Scoop's Castle Club, The He's Alive Club and The Backgammon Tournament Club -
-- Happy Birthday to Santa Claus on July 8th! - From { Club }, The Backgammon Tournament Club, The Scoop's Castle Club, The He's Alive Club and The MasterClass Club -
-- Happy Birthday to Dru on July 9th! - From The MasterClass Club -
-- Happy Birthday to jenna on July 9th! - From The Word O'Rama Club -
-- Happy Birthday to Sir Geoff on July 10th! - From The Daily Laugh Club, { Club }, The Word O'Rama Club, The He's Alive Club & The Pork Chop Club -
-- Happy Birthday to theagle on July 11th! -
-- Happy Birthday to **YANKEE ROSE*JR FRANK PAB on July 11th! -
-- Happy Birthday to smokey164 on July 12th! - From The Monkeytyper's Gaming Paradise Cluband The Scoop's Castle Club-
-- Happy Birthday to Karen Q on July 13th! - From The Word O'Rama Club, { Club }, The Monkeytyper's Gaming Paradise Club, The He's Alive Club and { Club } -
-- Happy Birthday to DAKOTA on July 15th! -
-- Happy Birthday to seabird on July 15th! - From The Pork Chop Club
- -- Happy Birthday to smiler5 on July 17th! - From The Daily Laugh Club, The Scoop's Castle Club and The Word O'Rama Club -
-- Happy Birthday to Pinksmoke on July 18th! - From The Scoop's Castle Club -
-- Happy Birthday to SpillerGodt on July 20th! -
-- Happy Birthday to Lady Silver on July 21st! -
-- Happy Birthday to Hoosierenvy on July 21st! - From The Daily Laugh Club -
-- Happy Birthday to estick on July 21st! -
-- Happy Birthday to MrsN on July 21st! - From The Scoop's Castle Club & The He's Alive Club -
-- Happy Birthday to kellymcinaz on July 23rd! - From The Scoop's Castle Club -
-- Happy Birthday to RubyJoy on July 23rd! - From The Scoop's Castle Club -
-- Happy Birthday to rUsureU_ want2doTHAT on July 24th! - From The Daily Laugh Club and The Word O'Rama Club -
-- Happy Birthday to SarahMills on July 26th! - From The Pork Chop Club -
-- Happy Birthday to Pepsi Fan on July 26th! -
-- Happy Birthday to sweeteyes on July 27th! - From The Daily Laugh Club,The Scoop's Castle Club, The Pork Chop Club, The He's Alive Club and The Word O'Rama Club -
-- Happy Birthday to Judy on July 27th! -
-- Happy Birthday to Chester on July 28th! -
-- Happy Birthday to AutumnLeaves on July 28th! -
-- Happy Birthday to peanuts on July 28th! -
-- Happy Birthday to Cinnamon on July 29th! -
-- Happy Birthday to Vonnie on July 30th! -
-- Happy Birthday to theoldmaster on July 30th! - From The Daily Laugh Club -
-- Happy Birthday to antibs on July 31st! -
-- Happy Birthday to WONRHAF on July 31st! - From The Daily Laugh Club AND - From The Scoop's Castle Club -
-- Happy Birthday to Susie on July 31st! - From The Daily Laugh Club AND - From The Scoop's Castle Club -
Anniversary & Other Wishes:
-- Happy Wedding Anniversary
goes out to Lady Silver and Sir Silver of the GoldTable on July 1st!-- Happy Wedding Anniversary
goes out to asmdrm and her husband on July 15th!-- Happy Wedding Anniversary
goes out to Country_Gal and her husband on July 16th !* 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!)
| 1st Stop Information |
| Site tips and helpful tools |
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| Photozone Competition |
| Brought to you by: Jools |
TallPaul with (unknown photo) is June's Photozone competition winner, who won the challenge with 
votes and will be awarded with a profile token. 
Scheherizade came in 2nd place with 14 votes for (unknown photo)
Treksterz came 3rd place with 13 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 2015-06 Speed
The theme for July's competition will be Mirror Images & Reflections -
to Scheherizade for suggecting this month's theme.
(unknown photo)Please post your entries on the Photozone DB with "Photozone Contest" in the subject line to enter and please give your entries a name as well.
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| Photo Album of the Month |
| Brought to you by: ladyvic |
Beautiful Photo Albums were Entered this month for the Theme
(unknown photo)The WINNER is Scheherizade's Album
The RUNNER-UP is Cheetah's Album
The THEME for August is
Enter your Photo Album at Photo Album Contest and You could win this Profile Token --
Best of luck,
ladyvic
| Game Of The Month |
July's game of the month is Officer's Skat! Join us in a fun Double Elimination Tournament by signing up today for The Game of the Month - July 2015 - Officer's Skat Tournament!
Looking for help with the more complex main version, Skat? Check out this Nugget:
Skat bidding guide, by ChipsChap
As a relative Skat beginner I face what many new players face: difficulty in evaluating the bidding strength of my hand. Here's a guide which I found on the internet in German and translated.
Count up the points in your hand. If you have 4.5 points or more you have enough strength to bid.
Jack of clubs only 1
Any other single jack 0.5
Jack of clubs and jack of spades 2.5
Any other two jacks 2
Jack of clubs, jack of spades, and jack of hearts 4
Jack of clubs, jack of spades, and jack of diamonds 3.5+
Jack of clubs, jack of hearts, and jack of diamonds 3.5
Jack of spades, jack of hearts, and jack of diamonds 3.5
All 4 jacks 5
Ace, 10, K of any suit 2.5
Ace, 10 of any suit 2
Ace, king, queen of any suit 1.5
Ace, king, 9 of any suit 1+
Any other ace 1
For some examples, if you have all 4 jacks you have a sure bidding hand (5 points). If you have Ace, 10, K in two different suits you have a sure bidding hand (5 points). If you have two jacks and an Ace, 10, K in one suit, you can bid (4.5 points). If you have Ace, 10, K in one suit and A, 10 in another you can bid (4.5 points).
I find this to be a rough guide that is conservative and can make you a bit of a "Mauerer" (someone who always underbids), but as a beginner it's fairly safe. There are many other rules and Skat proverbs that you hear, and many exceptions to all of them. I find Skat to be a very sophisticated game that will take much experience to really learn.
We hope you enjoy it!
Special
to ChipsChap 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
| Best Recipe Contest |
June's winner is: Little Finger Cucumber Sandwich
- Submitted by hoot
Ingredients
1 cucumber, peeled and thinly sliced 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened 1/4 cup mayonnaise 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder 1/4 teaspoon onion salt 1 dash Worcestershire sauce 1 pinch lemon pepper (optional)
1 loaf small round sliced bread of your choice (Rye is a good one)
Directions
1.Place cucumber slices between 2 paper towels to allow liquid to drain
2.Mix cream cheese, mayonnaise, garlic powder, onion salt, and Worcestershire sauce in a bowl until smooth
3.Spread cream cheese mixture evenly on one side of each bread slice
4.Divide cucumber slices over half of the bread slices; sprinkle lemon pepper on cucumber
5.Stack the other half of the bread slices with spread sides down over the cucumber slices to make sandwiches.
Note I prefer one slice of bread open face , rather than using 2 slices of Bread, again your choice.
GoldToken's hoot 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 hoot! July's recipe contest is: Favorite Grilling 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.
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| by Red Panda |
PRIZES
Prizes have been updated for 2015 thanks to the efforts of Jools
| (unknown photo) | Yearly trivia winner 2015 |
| (unknown photo) | Monthly trivia winner 2015 |
| (unknown photo) | Trivia Participation Award 2015 |
Rules of The Trivia Connection
- There are 10 people. These ten people are all connected in some way. Post your answer which consists of the people you know plus the connection 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 monthly winner and collect a special recognition token. If no one gets them all correct the prize will be given to the person who had the most correct
- A yearly prize will be awarded to the person who gets the most questions right over the course of the whole year. Who will become the trivia guru for this year?
- A Participation prize will be awarded to all those who get at least 50% right in at least 50 % of the trivia quizzes of the year. You do not need to get all correct to send your answer in.
- Have fun
Questions
| 1. | Speaks English, Russian, French, Turkish. Former Ballerina. Former Pianist. Twice divorced. Cover of Vogue. |
| 2. | Lived in India as a child. Starred in famous TV show but not many friends on the set. Awarded a DBE.Her husband related to SAS founder |
| 3. | Retired due to work related injuries. Swapped jobs due to language difficulty of other person. Sci-fi actress in home country. Had a film named after her. |
| 4. | Academy Award winner. Miss World COntestant. Divorced twice. Named after a department store. Injured in filming several of her movies. |
| 5. | Worked on a bus, Swapped roles with #3. PLayed in several King Kong Movies. |
| 6. | Granddad , father, and brother were bishops. Model. Speaks 7 languages. he r ex husband was more than 25 years younger tjan her. |
| 7. | Appeared in a Dracula movie and other horror films. Father owned an antique shop. Cover model of a book on tv horror. |
| 8. | Parents divorced. Dance Instructor. Boss talked to her through speaker phone. Nominated for several Razzi awards |
| 9. | Animal lover. French. Two children . Named best director in a film festival |
| 10. | Fluent in 5 languages. Married twice. Father was in tax department. Could be on this list 3 times. |
Last month's winner.
The answers to the last quiz are
1. General George Armstrong Custer
2. Michela Brambilla
3. Vladimir Lenin
4. Jessica Rabbit
5. Benedict Cumberbatch
6. Lindsay Lohan
7. Katharine Hepburn
8. Rameses II
9. Alfred E. Neuman
10. Prince Harry
The connection from last moth was all had Red Hair.
5 people answered with the required 50% and only 1 had 100%. But as they have won before, the winner goes to a player who got 9 right the first. Congratulations to macBruck who is the monthly winner
| Up front & personal |
| Interview by: laura lee |
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We would like to say
to Lady Goodwrench for letting us step into their personal life for a bit.1. What brought you to GoldToken?
How'd you choose your name for GT?
I originally signed up for GT in 2000 (or maybe 2001) I was on webtv at the time, and I was bored and wanted to play games online, and found GT from the search engine.. My name comes from my original occupation as a Certified Automotive Technician.
2.Favorite game here?
My favorite games are Rummikub games
, Backgammon 
, Cribbage 
, and the Square Grabble. 3. What State or Country do you reside in?
What in your State or Country do you think tourists should definitely see?
I live in Missouri,
... We have many interesting and gorgeous caves in my state.4. What hobbies do you have?
I guess GT is my only hobby, if I am awake, I am usually parked right here.
5. Children? Grandchildren?
I have a 32 year old son
, and a 28 year old daughter
, and a 9 year old grandson. 
6. Do you work?
What kind of work do/did you do?
I am currently a Corrections Officer
, for 13 years. I work in a Level 5 Maximum all male State Prison.
Prior to that I was a Certified Automotive Technician specializing in brakes and suspension and steering. 
7. Any pets?
I have 2 cats,
Willy, 7 years old, and PJ, 6 years old.8. Are you under 30?___ 30 to 50? ___ or over 50?
Male or Female?
Female,
51 years old9. What's the farthest you've been from home?
Vacation or for business?
Depends on what you consider "home".. I was born and raised in Colorado. I have lived in Colorado, Arizona, California, Tennessee, and Missouri. I have never left the US on any vacations or business travel. The farthest vacation I went on was in 1997, I traveled to Charleston, SC, and swam
in the Atlantic Ocean
, and had a grand vacation.10. If you could be anywhere right now where would that be?
Right now I would love to be in San Francisco visiting a special someone
that I met on the internet 15 years ago, and in person 2 years ago.11. Favorite season?
My favorite season is Spring. I love the sweet fragrance of blooming flowers
, the beautiful song of baby birds
, and baby bunnies playing in the grass. 12, Favorite movie?
I am not a big movie buff... Dirty Dancing, and Dancing with Wolves sits on my DVD shelf, and I watch either one from time to time.
Actor?
Patrick Swayze.
Actress?
I really can't think of a specific actress that I adore...
Song?
I have 2 favorite songs that I like.. 1. Unchained Melody 2. Amazing Grace
... I especially love to see Amazing Grace "sung" in American Sign Language.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 |
Benny C ( Benny was the name of my cat) was a primary participant of only 1 online game site, which was Daily Gammon.
Being a member there since its inception(2001) allowed me to meet some great people while toning my backgammon skills. In addition
I organized many tournaments for pure enjoyment of the members.
Roughly 2 years ago, my wife was diagnosed with Breast Cancer and spent 6 months at home. She always envied the fact that I had
an online game site which I enjoyed so much and wanted me to find her a site where she could play Cribbage. Cribbage was foreign to me as
backgammon was foreign to her. I googled the net and found GoldToken for her. Needless to say, I became a huge fan of the site and started
playing more games that were not backgammon related. My wife (CaperViv) taught me cribbage and I in turn taught her backgammon.
I was ecstatic to see the variety of games available on GT and started playing many of my childhood favorites such as Salvo and Locho Ochos and Shake Rattle and Roll.
Over the last 2 years, my online time has been spent mostly on GoldToken, and although still a member at Daily Gammon, I find my time there less and less each day.
I play these games for pure enjoyment and never take them too seriously. I try to have fun (part of my nature) and use humor where ever possible.
I may not always have time to chat or to say good luck or good game, but that does not mean that I don't wish it. Playing on my cell phone at times, makes it
difficult to chat, and time constraints limit my speech. Mind you, there is many people out there wishing for me to limit my speech...lol
I have met some wonderful people on this site and always look for a good challenge. An entertaining game of backgammon can always be found with players such as
latenite, pchech, The Wall, Sir Gilmour of Gold Table, Jim O, and many others.
I truly respect true sportsmanship from players, and this site has many to mention. A couple that I would like to mention are racekey ( simply because of the determination of any game he plays whether skilled or not) and in backgammon; steveoboy.. who has not had much luck playing me over the last 2 years, but exhibits true sportamanship and determination in every match.
If asked, I am always willing to assist others with backgammon and any other games that I am familiar with.
Thank you to Badger for this wonderful site and I look forward to enjoying it for quite some time.
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| Contest of the Month |
Best Blog Contest
What Is A Blog
A blog (according to Wikipedia) is a website where entries are written in chronological order and commonly displayed in reverse chronological order. "Blog" can also be used as a verb, meaning to maintain or add content to a blog.
Many blogs provide commentary or news on a particular subject such as food, politics, or local news; others function as more personal online diaries. A typical blog combines text, images, and links to other blogs, web pages, and other media related to its topic.
If you decide to enter the world of blogging, you should decide what kind of blog you want your blog to be. What do you want to write about? Are you going to write about many things or something specific? Decide how often you are going to add entries, every day, once a week, once a month.
Once you have decided what you are going to write about, you need to think about how you are going to write it or enter it into your blog. Be it by text, by pictures, or even external links. A great blog will take advantage of all of the above things, your blog story or viewpoint can be enhanced and made much more enjoyable and interesting to read by the use of pictures and links.
Write about what you are passionate about, write about what you know and make sure you know what you are writing about. For the more serious bloggers, you won't be taken very seriously if your blog is full of grammar and spelling mistakes. So make sure you spellcheck.
No matter your blog content, people will continue to come back to read it as long as you continue to make it interesting.
- The contest winner will be chosen by poll on the Blog Entries DB, based on entries submitted in July. Deadline to enter is July 29, 2015.
- The winner will receive a special Profile Token:
!
We have a winner for the Best Short Story contest!
to murrsquito, author of ATLANTIC CITY, NEW JERSEY - 1962. murrsquito will receive 5 Golderos!ATLANTIC CITY, NEW JERSEY - 1962
by
murrsquito
He would have made The Invisible Man jealous.
The mother's helper, the young woman, a different one each year, who came with his family (parents, aunt, uncle, cousin and mother's parents) to clean house and watch him at night while his family was on the famous Atlantic City Boardwalk, never discovered him hiding on the landing between the first and second floors so he could watch ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS between the balusters.
Since he was six-months old, his family had been renting the same house on Hillside Drive. The house was located in Ventnor, a fourteen minute car, bus or Jitney (for him, the most fun) ride from Atlantic City itself.
This vacation, though, would be his best vacation of them all! This would be his last vacation as a boy. In December, just four months away, he would be a man! A bar mitzvah!
But, that is a show for the future. Now was the time for the main show!
He'd even skipped his usual night-time snack: partly out of excitement and, mainly, it would have taken him too long to eat. His braces were still new to his mouth.
Tonight's show was the fourth, next-to-last, chapter of the western he'd been acting out all week. Being an only child, he had to play all the parts himself. This would make tonight's chapter his greatest challenge. tonight was the fight scene between the hero and all the members of the villain's gang. he had to be very careful and have precision timing jumping from character to character while throwing punches at full speed in every direction to every body part.
He was ready.
The first thirty seconds went perfectly. It was sometime during the next ten seconds that it happened. The hero misjudged a punch being thrown from the villain's most brutal gang member. He felt the bumpiness of knuckles meeting the smoothness of jaw; he heard the silken sound of steel sliding; he felt the pressure of metal tightening inside his mouth.
The dentist said, "I really have no idea how this could have happened."
The ninety-two-year-old man's look was more amused than puzzled: it was a look of near-perfect inscrutability.
"The staff at the facility had no idea, either."
The dentist stared at the two front teeth he held in his hand. When the aides put him top bed last night, those same two teeth were in his mouth. In the morning, they were on his pillow.
"It's impossible, but, if I didn't know any better, I'd think someone hit you in the mouth."
Mona Lisa would have been jealous of his smile.
In the van, on the way back to the assisted-living facility, he was alone with his thoughts:
They could forget to bring him his hearing aids; they could ignore the unrelenting peal of his call bell when he needed help; they could leave him, soiled, in his bed. They could do anything and everything to hammer away like a third-rate sculptor at his dignity.
He knew none of that really mattered.
He knew none of them would ever get inside him.
Tonight, as sleep's sands softly cocooned him, the hero would rescue the damsel from the villain.
| Caption Contest |
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| Icon Mania! |
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The Icon Fairy Token has been placed on their profile. Thanks to all you joined in on the fun, the icons to find this month are below: 
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Have you seen the dog that goes WOOF, he is our Icon Of The Day.
Come on over to the Name Icons and find that perfect icon for you. | Breaking Club News: |
| Brought to you by GoldToken's roving reporter, PattyMac |
NEW A new club has been started by MrLarry47. It is The A Fast Games Club. He merged two of his current clubs into this new club and had added a few other games. As the name implies, this is a club for "Fast" games.
What is a "Fast" game? There are two types 1 - A fast game can be games that take less than 20 moves to complete. Such as Quarto, Shake Rattle and Roll, or Camette. 2. - Or, a fast game can be games that only take a minute or two to make up your mind what play to make. Such as Loco Ochos, Switch, or Large Diagonal Duel 3 point.
So if you like games that play fast and are fun you can message MrLarry47 for more information.
NEW These 2 new clubs are for helping beginners in Chess improve their game...build a powerful foundation..and a mind to match...
{ Club } and { Club }. If you are just starting to play chess , 6 mos or your first year...these clubs will improve your game and improve your play. Message Knight Jarlynn for any further information, be sure to check out these clubs as the club profile will highlight the clubs purpose
Tournaments you will want to join The Aug 2015 — Knight Jarlynn's 10×10 Dice Chess tourn Tournament - starts August 13 and you can follow Round Two of the [ Main: The Women vs The Men Chess Tournament ]. 55 members now playing in The June 2015 — Knight Jarlynn's Dice Chess tourney. It's Your Move
The Club Nascar Club wants to extend a warm welcome to new member jd91 and to thank all the members of this fun club.
Racing at Sonoma this past week-end ends up seeing the Busch Brother's One and Two. With the win this gives Kyle a ticket into the chase even though he is in 37th and 491 points out of first place. Nothing changes at the top of the Leader board as Kevin Harvick still sits on top. If you love Nascar, contact the owner Ace1316 for an invite to the club and Nascar action.
Do you know Christopher Lee? Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee, (27 May 1922 – 7 June 2015) was an English actor, singer, and author. With a career spanning nearly 70 years, Lee initially portrayed villains and became best known for his role as Count Dracula in a sequence of Hammer Horror films.
MM David littlefair XI has started a club to honor his career. You can find the club here The Sir Christopher Lee club for more information visit the Club or contact David.
News out of The Wolf Pack Club from smiler5 - The Wolf Pack Olympic games have almost concluded and I was both surprised, and delighted, to learn that I was one of the two prize winners. I was even more delighted when my prize arrived. all the way from the US to the UK thanks to the generosity of RabidWolff of the Wolf Pack . It will be worn with pride and help to spread the fame of Gold Token too. See picture below smiler5 sporting her new Shirt
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| Olympic News |
| Brought to you by: *GoldTokens* Olympic *Presidents* |
June Olympic Winners! A big congratulations to these players & their clubs! 
Winter Olympic Winners 
| The Advanced Division of the Dominoes Competition in The 2014 Winter Olympic Tournament Group 1B Tournament | |||
| Dominoes | GOLD | { Club } | triwire |
| Dominoes | SILVER | { Club } | Ruache |
| Dominoes | BRONZE | { Club } | jfromfl |
| Dominoes | BRONZE | { Club } | Road Runner |
| Dominoes | BRONZE | { Club } | Man of Steel |
| Dominoes | BRONZE | { Club } | ozallan |
| The Imperium Competition in The 2014 Winter Olympic Tournament Group 6A Tournament | |||
| Imperium | GOLD | { Club } | Ruache |
| Imperium | SILVER | { Club } | cmacker |
| Imperium | BRONZE | { Club } | macbann |
| The Upper Division of the Maxi Shake Competition in The 2014 Winter Olympic Tournament Group 5B Tournament | |||
| Maxi Shake | GOLD & SILVER | { Club } | cmacker |
| Maxi Shake | GOLD & SILVER | { Club } | CaperViv |
| Maxi Shake | BRONZE | { Club } | Cheetah |
| The Lower Division of the Group Rummikub Competition in The 2014 Winter Olympic Tournament Group 4A Tournament | |||
| Group Rummikub | GOLD | { Club } | MM David littlefair XI |
| Group Rummikub | SILVER & BRONZE | { Club } | Jools |
| Group Rummikub | SILVER & BRONZE | { Club } | samoy2e |
| The Advanced Division of the Backgammon (3 Point) Competition in The 2014 Winter Olympic Tournament Group 1A Tournament | |||
| Backgammon 3 Point | GOLD | { Club } | Rogue Trooper |
| Backgammon 3 Point | SILVER & BRONZE | { Club } | BennyC |
| Backgammon 3 Point | SILVER & BRONZE | { Club } | garbear |
| The Dice Chess Competition in The 2014 Winter Olympic Tournament Group 4A Tournament | |||
| Dice Chess | GOLD | { Club } | Rogue Trooper |
| Dice Chess | SILVER & BRONZE | { Club } | Chimera |
| Dice Chess | SILVER & BRONZE | { Club } | Kat |
| The Dark Chess Competition in The 2014 Winter Olympic Tournament Group 4B Tournament | |||
| Dark Chess | GOLD | { Club } | AndrewB |
| Dark Chess | SILVER | { Club } | Sir Face of the GoldTable |
| Dark Chess | BRONZE | { Club } | Rand al*Thor |
| The Lower Division of the Thematic Hangman Competition in The 2014 Winter Olympic Tournament Group 3A Tournament | |||
| Thematic Hangman | GOLD | { Club } | Red Panda |
| Thematic Hangman | SILVER | { Club } | smelly feet |
| Thematic Hangman | BRONZE | { Club } | Lew |
| Thematic Hangman | BRONZE | { Club } | macBruck |
| The Advanced Division of the Nackgammon Competition in The 2014 Winter Olympics Tournament Group 2A Tournament | |||
| Nackgammon | GOLD | { Club } | BennyC |
| Nackgammon | SILVER | { Club } | ceci |
| Nackgammon | BRONZE | { Club } | DocMartin |
| The Upper Division of the Moultezim Competition in The 2014 Winter Olympic Mystery Games Tournament | ||
| Mystery Game 1 | ||
| Moultezim | ||
| GOLD, SILVER & BRONZE | { Club } | Red Panda |
| GOLD, SILVER & BRONZE | { Club } | bengt |
| GOLD, SILVER & BRONZE | { Club } | heyred72 |
| The Intermediate Division of the Loco Ochos Competition in The 2014 Winter Olympics Tournament Group 2A Tournament | |||
| Loco Ochos | GOLD | { Club } | jamchug |
| Loco Ochos | SILVER | { Club } | spellbound |
| Loco Ochos | BRONZE | { Club } | AndrewB |
| Loco Ochos | BRONZE | { Club } | rushfan2000 |
| Loco Ochos | BRONZE | { Club } | B*Elanna |
| Loco Ochos | BRONZE | { Club } | ditzyblue |
| The Novice Division of the Acey Deucey Competition in The 2014 Winter Olympic Tournament Group 1A Tournament | |||
| Acey Deucey | GOLD & SILVER | { Club } | kiwiyeti |
| Acey Deucey | GOLD & SILVER | { Club } | Meeshamouse |
| Acey Deucey | BRONZE | { Club } | Genie |
| Acey Deucey | BRONZE | { Club } | Judy |
| The GoldDots Competition in The 2014 Winter Olympic Tournament Group 1A Tournament | |||
| GoldDots | GOLD | { Club } | klaashaas |
| GoldDots | SILVER | { Club } | Cat*Scratch |
| GoldDots | BRONZE | { Club } | Jacob1987 |
| The Lower Division of the Small Go Moku Competition in The 2014 Winter Olympic Mystery Games Tournament | ||
| Mystery Game 3 | ||
| Small Go Moku | ||
| GOLD | { Club } | shobee1 kinobi |
| SILVER | { Club } | JimC |
| BRONZE | { Club } | macbann |
| The Reversi Competition in The 2014 Winter Olympic Tournament Group 2B Tournament | |||
| Reversi | GOLD | { Club } | JimC |
| Reversi | SILVER | { Club } | 1926 |
| Reversi | BRONZE | { Club } | Jacob1987 |
| The Advanced Division of the Fives and Threes Competition in The 2014 Winter Olympics Tournament Group 2A Tournament | |||
| Fives and Threes | GOLD | { Club } | ozallan |
| Fives and Threes | SILVER | { Club } | WolvesWulf |
| Fives and Threes | BRONZE | { Club } | unicorn |
| The Novice Division of the Fives and Threes Competition in The 2014 Winter Olympics Tournament Group 2A Tournament | |||
| Fives and Threes | GOLD | { Club } | Lady Sili |
| Fives and Threes | SILVER | { Club } | Rand al*Thor |
| Fives and Threes | BRONZE | { Club } | Sapient |
| The Junior Division of the Backgammon Competition in The 2014 Winter Olympic Tournament Group 1A Tournament | |||
| Backgammon | GOLD | { Club } | Lew |
| Backgammon | SILVER | { Club } | Callie |
| Backgammon | BRONZE | { Club } | thebodywall |
| The Checkers Competition in The 2014 Winter Olympic Tournament Group 2B Tournament | |||
| Checkers | GOLD | { Club } | dama1 |
| Checkers | SILVER | { Club } | BossJoshua |
| Checkers | BRONZE | { Club } | JimC |
| The Chessgi Competition in The 2014 Winter Olympic Tournament Group 3A Tournament | |||
| Chessgi | GOLD | { Club } | AndrewB |
| Chessgi | SILVER | { Club } | Sir Face of the GoldTable |
| Chessgi | BRONZE | { Club } | Man of Steel |
| The Lower Division of the Shake Your Bootie Competition in The 2014 Winter Olympic Tournament Group 4B Tournament | |||
| Shake Your Bootie | GOLD | { Club } | marshagee |
| Shake Your Bootie | SILVER | { Club } | hoot |
| Shake Your Bootie | BRONZE | { Club } | CaperViv |
| The Novice Division of the Nackgammon Competition in The 2014 Winter Olympics Tournament Group 2A Tournament | |||
| Nackgammon | GOLD | { Club } | bengt |
| Nackgammon | SILVER | { Club } | nylady41 |
| Nackgammon | BRONZE | { Club } | Gracie P |
| The Upper Division of the Mentalis Competition in The 2014 Winter Olympic Mystery Games Tournament | ||
| Mystery Game 10 | ||
| Mentalis | ||
| GOLD | { Club } | Jools |
| SILVER & BRONZE | { Club } | heyred72 |
| SILVER & BRONZE | { Club } | jklh |
| The Advanced Division of the Cribbage Competition in The 2014 Winter Olympic Tournament Group 1A Tournament | |||
| Cribbage | GOLD | { Club } | jfromfl |
| Cribbage | SILVER | { Club } | DAKOTA |
| Cribbage | BRONZE | { Club } | DIRKSTRA |
| The Camelot Competition in The 2014 Winter Olympic Tournament Group 3B Tournament | |||
| Camelot | GOLD & SILVER | { Club } | AndrewB |
| Camelot | GOLD & SILVER | { Club } | Sir Face of the GoldTable |
| Camelot | BRONZE | { Club: 2014 Winter Olympic Team Friesian } | golfnutrof |
| The Upper Division of the Short Senet (Bell's variant) Competition in The 2014 Winter Olympic Tournament Group 4A Tournament | |||
| Short Senet (Bell's variant) | GOLD & SILVER | { Club } | Kiki |
| Short Senet (Bell's variant) | GOLD & SILVER | { Club } | Ruache |
| Short Senet (Bell's variant) | BRONZE | { Club } | greggyw |
| Short Senet (Bell's variant) | BRONZE | { Club } | beachcomber |
| The Intermediate Division of the Backgammon (3 Point) Competition in The 2014 Winter Olympic Tournament Group 1A Tournament | |||
| Backgammon 3 Point | GOLD | { Club } | dama1 |
| Backgammon 3 Point | SILVER | { Club } | spiritebear |
| Backgammon 3 Point | BRONZE | { Club } | greggyw |
| Backgammon 3 Point | BRONZE | { Club } | jamchug |
| Backgammon 3 Point | BRONZE | { Club } | REBEL DJ |
| The Lower Division of the Salvo Competition in The 2014 Winter Olympic Tournament Group 1B Tournament | |||
| Salvo | GOLD | { Club } | AndrewB |
| Salvo | SILVER & BRONZE | { Club } | kittyrambo |
| Salvo | SILVER & BRONZE | { Club } | randy1 |
| The Lower Division of the Hypergammon (3 Point) Competition in The 2014 Winter Olympics Tournament Group 2A Tournament | |||
| Hypergammon (3 Point) | GOLD & SILVER | { Club } | CaperViv |
| Hypergammon (3 Point) | GOLD & SILVER | { Club } | bengt |
| Hypergammon (3 Point) | BRONZE | { Club } | AndrewB |
| The Upper Division of the Triple Shake Competition in The 2014 Winter Olympic Mystery Games Tournament | ||
| Mystery Game 6 | ||
| Triple Shake | ||
| GOLD & SILVER | { Club } | DavidJ |
| GOLD & SILVER | { Club } | heyred72 |
| BRONZE | { Club } | chessbro |
| BRONZE | { Club } | SkiptonBull |
| BRONZE | { Club } | 1926 |
| The Upper Division of the Short Senet Competition in The 2014 Winter Olympic Tournament Group 4B Tournament | |||
| Short Senet | GOLD | { Club } | Sir Legend50 of the GoldTable |
| Short Senet | SILVER | { Club } | stormy rebel |
| Short Senet | BRONZE | { Club } | Jacob1987 |
| The Lower Division of the Blackhole Outbreak Competition in The 2014 Winter Olympic Mystery Games Tournament | ||
| Mystery Game 2 | ||
| Blackhole Outbreak | ||
| GOLD | { Club } | 1karlos |
| SILVER | { Club } | Rogue Trooper |
| BRONZE | { Club } | AndrewB |
| BRONZE | { Club } | macbann |
| BRONZE | { Club } | Nina |
| The Lower Division of the Long Gammon Competition in The 2014 Winter Olympics Tournament Group 2A Tournament | |||
| Long Gammon | GOLD | { Club } | dama1 |
| Long Gammon | SILVER | { Club } | bengt |
| Long Gammon | BRONZE | { Club } | Mary |
| The Novice Division of the Cribbage Competition in The 2014 Winter Olympic Tournament Group 1A Tournament | |||
| Cribbage | GOLD | { Club } | WolvesWulf |
| Cribbage | SILVER | { Club } | wilsoni |
| Cribbage | BRONZE | { Club } | Ken TJ |
| Cribbage | BRONZE | { Club } | TallPaul |
| Cribbage | BRONZE | { Club } | jfromvt |
| The Executioner Competition in The 2014 Winter Olympics Tournament Group 2A Tournament | |||
| Executione | GOLD | { Club } | JimC |
| Executione | SILVER | { Club } | Red Panda |
| Executione | BRONZE | { Club } | macBruck |
| Executione | BRONZE | { Club } | smelly feet |
| The Stealth Salvo Competition in The 2014 Winter Olympic Tournament Group 6A Tournament | |||
| Stealth Salvo | GOLD & SILVER | { Club } | katja |
| Stealth Salvo | GOLD & SILVER | { Club } | rushfan2000 |
| Stealth Salvo | BRONZE | { Club } | Rand al*Thor |
| The Shogi Competition in The 2014 Winter Olympic Tournament Group 6A Tournament | |||
| Shogi | GOLD | { Club } | Straycat |
| Shogi | SILVER | { Club } | barefootony |
| Shogi | BRONZE | { Club } | Red Panda |
| The Lower Division of the Mahjong Competition in The 2014 Winter Olympic Tournament Group 2B Tournament | |||
| Mahjong | GOLD & SILVER | { Club } | 1926 |
| Mahjong | GOLD & SILVER | { Club } | DavidJ |
| Mahjong | BRONZE | { Club } | Pepper |
| The Upper Division of the Fast Cribbage Competition in The 2014 Winter Olympic Tournament Group 3B Tournament | |||
| Fast Cribbage | GOLD | { Club } | jamchug |
| Fast Cribbage | SILVER & BRONZE | { Club } | BennyC |
| Fast Cribbage | SILVER & BRONZE | { Club } | CaperViv |
| The Decoy Salvo Competition in The 2014 Winter Olympic Tournament Group 3A Tournament | |||
| Decoy Salvo | GOLD | { Club } | Chris |
| Decoy Salvo | SILVER | { Club } | triwire |
| Decoy Salvo | BRONZE | { Club } | Man of Steel |
Summer Olympic Winners 
| The Lower Division of the Senet Competition in The 2014 Summer Olympic Tournament Group 1 Tournament | |||
| Senet | GOLD | The Summer Olympic 2016 Vali Club | AndrewB |
| Senet | SILVER | The Summer Olympic 2016 Drona Club | EPICURUS 75 |
| Senet | BRONZE | The Summer Olympic 2016 Otrera Club | heyred72 |
| 1The 2014 Summer Olympic Barricade 1st Division Tournament | |||
| Mystery Games 1 Barricade | GOLD & SILVER | The Summer Olympic 2016 Drona Club | macbann |
| Mystery Games 1 Barricade | GOLD & SILVER | The Summer Olympic 2016 Otrera Club | 1926 |
| Mystery Games 1 Barricade | BRONZE | The Summer Olympic 2016 Drona Club | cmacker |
| Mystery Games 1 Barricade | BRONZE | The Summer Olympic 2016 Drona Club | johnnyyboy |
| 2The 2014 Summer Olympic Small Barricade 2nd Division Tournament | |||
| Mystery Games 9 Small Barricade | GOLD | The Summer Olympic 2016 Tityos Club | Kingpinjt |
| Mystery Games 9 Small Barricade | SILVER | The Summer Olympic 2016 Tityos Club | Rand al*Thor |
| Mystery Games 9 Small Barricade | BRONZE | The Summer Olympic 2016 Vali Club | Red Panda |
| The Advanced Division of the Loco Ochos Competition in The 2014 Summer Olympic Tournament Group 1 Tournament | |||
| Loco Ochos | GOLD | The Summer Olympic 2016 Semele Club | Pinksmoke |
| Loco Ochos | SILVER | The Summer Olympic 2016 Drona Club | Kjelle |
| Loco Ochos | BRONZE | The Summer Olympic 2016 Otrera Club | Trsm149 |
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