June 2012

GoldToken's Monthly News

to the creative genius of Mecir, I am pleased to announce GoldToken's newest game creation - Hangman! Hangman is a word-guessing game for 2-6 players. All the players are guessing the same word, but on a separate board each, whoever gets the word first wins.

Two Hangman variants are also available. In the Executioner variant, all players are guessing the word on the same board, while the Thematic Hangman allows you to guess various proverbs, sayings, actors, singers, sports players, movies, books, and more.

The graphics and the word lists were both masterfully crafted by our very own marcmandy, and he did a truly excellent work on both! Be sure to send him your accolades!

Recent Photos

Also added is a small new feature we call Recent Photos on the gamesheet, which contains a randomly selected photo from the recently loaded ones. Only public photos are included - private and semi-private (chums only) ones are not.

We're hoping that this will help making our photo albums even more popular than they already are!

You can disable this feature in the 'General' section of your preferences.

Card Goldies!

THANKS again to marcmandy, we have awesome new Goldies!

Available for everyone:

= hea
= clu
= spa
= dia

Available for Wood members and above:

= dhea
= dclu
= dspa
= ddia

Lost & Found:

Occasionally, a club reverts to GoldToken Support’s ownership when all the members have left, for whatever reason. When this happens, we attempt to find the owner so he or she can take the club back. If { Club } or { Club } belongs to you, please contact GoldToken Support so we can transfer it back to you. If the owner does not step forward within 90 days, a club will be put up for adoption.

The Wedding

As many of you know, I married this last month. Special go to two lovely ladies who made it all possible by taking over the GoldToken reins while I was away. heyred72 and BrnIdGirl! Be sure to send them your appreciation and support!


As most weddings go, if something could go wrong, it did, but everything that could go right did as well, which together, made it the most memorable wedding ever. To top it off, professional photographer marcmandy and his lovely wife Chermandy flew from NYC to take photos and my sister firefly and her hubby David came all the way from Bournemouth England to help escort us down the aisle. It is entirely coincidence that I literally married into the Goolden name. In celebration, the first player who sees (hidden somewhere on GoldToken where everyone can see it but not in my personal profile, photo albums or blog) and then correctly sends me the location of a special notice of this fact will win a one month extension of their membership (if guest, a free two month Silver!). Hint: In plain view!


Thank_You everyone who signed my [ Main: Sign the Congratulatory Card for Badger ] and Badger's Album! Your wishes and warm thoughts added great cheer and happiness to two old love birds proving there isn't a better site of players anywhere! GoldToken Players ARE the BEST

Have a wonderful month and play like you mean it!

--Badger

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In this month's newsletter, we have:

• Birthdays & Special Announcements
• 1st Stop Information
• Photozone Competition
• Game Of The Month
• Best Recipe Contest
• Up Front & Personal
• Contest of the Month
• Caption Contest
• Treasure Hunt
• Interesting Club Of The Month
• Breaking Club News
• Olympic News

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Birthdays & Special Announcements

Birthday Wishes:
-- Happy Birthday to dingbat on June 1st! - From laura lee, cissy & { Club }
-- Happy Birthday to joannamarie on June 3rd!
-- Happy Birthday to Kriistina Jean on June 3rd! From The Word O'Rama Club and The Monkeytyper's Gaming Paradise Club
-- Happy Birthday to cindygal on June 4th! From The Pork Chop Club
-- Happy Birthday to rann on June 4th! - From The Word O'Rama Club
-- Happy Birthday to DiGaWiD on June 6th!
-- Happy Birthday to Chris is Untouchable on June 7th! -
-- Happy Birthday to G_net on June 9th! - From The Backgammon Tournament Club and { Club }
-- Happy Birthday to katja on June 9th! - From { Club } and The Pork Chop Club
-- Happy Birthday to ajj52 on June 9th! - From The Pork Chop Club
-- Happy Birthday to LyndiLoo on June 10th! - From The Word O'Rama Club
-- Happy Birthday to postal-guy on June 11th!
-- Happy Birthday to blackangus on June 11th! - From The Word O'Rama Club
-- Happy Birthday to Honeybear on June 14th! - From { Club }, { Club }, { Club }, The Backgammon Tournament Club, { Club } and { Club }
-- Happy Birthday to game_77 on June 15th!
-- Happy Birthday to blondie on June 17th!
-- Happy Birthday to nightingale on June 17th!
-- Happy Birthday to peterjane on June 19th! - From { Club }
-- Happy Birthday to wildgeese on June 20th!
-- Happy Birthday to Turn-Key on June 23rd!
-- Happy Birthday to GameNut on June 23rd! - From { Club }
-- Happy Birthday to Jacob1987 on June 24th!
-- Happy Birthday to katkrazy70 on June 24th! - From The Pork Chop Club
-- Happy Birthday to Fliss on June 25th! - From The Word O'Rama Club
-- Happy Birthday to Fade on June 25th!
-- Happy Birthday to Giggles on June 26th!
-- Happy Birthday to LittleTree on June 27th!
-- Happy Birthday to TexasRose on June 27th! - From The Monkeytyper's Gaming Paradise Club
-- Happy Birthday to Ken2 on June 28th! - From The Pork Chop Club
-- Happy Birthday to Stealthfire on June 29th!
-- Happy Birthday to SandyPaws on June 30th! - From The Pork Chop Club

Anniversary & Other Wishes:

-- Happy Anniversary to Badger for 8 great years of running GoldToken!

-- Happy Wedding Anniversary goes out to stanley7 and her husband on June 7th!
-- Happy Wedding Anniversary goes out to dustmuffin and her husband on June 10th!
-- Happy Wedding Anniversary goes out to Ana and her husband willy on June 24th!

* 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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1st Stop Information

Site tips and helpful tools

Special Name Icons For Silver Members?

Silver members who desire to sport one of the fancier icons may wish to check out these clubs or inquire the club owner about club membership and icon use:

Club Owned Icon List
[ Prime Time TV ] - for The Prime Time TV Club owned by PattyMac	[ Monkeytyper's ] - for The Monkeytyper's Gaming Paradise Club owned by monkeytyper
[ The Wolf Pack ] - for The Wolf Pack Club owned by RabidWolff of the Wolf Pack	[ To Your Health ] - for the The To Your Health Club owned by PattyMac
[ Club Nascar ] - for The Club Nascar Club owned by PattyMac	[ Fairy Tales ] - for the The Multi-Player Gaming Center Club owned by blackangus
[ Movie Review ] - for the The Movie Review Club owned by luctruc	[ Word O'Rama ] - for the The Word O'Rama Club owned by Callie
[ High Rollers ] - for the The High Rollers Club owned by funtobewith11	[ Horsin' Around at GT ] - for the The Horsin' Around at GT Club owned by blackangus
[ Dragons Lair ] - for the { Club } owned by MM David littlefair XI	[ Transfomers ] - for the { Club } owned by Renegade Wolf
[ Xiphias Invasion ] for the The Xiphias Invasion Club owned by Jools	[ Learning Club ] - for the { Club } owned by MM David littlefair XI
[ Daily Laugh ] for the The Daily Laugh Club owned by PattyMac
Your club could be listed here! Write to claim your club icons today!

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Photozone Competition

June's Subject: Technology

Until FixitDave is able to take this much loved contest back over, we have decided you were having far too much fun to wait and will continue host the contest in his stead. Complete contest rules can be found on the profile of Photozone Zepher. Here are the basics:

• The images that you enter for the competition have to be taken by you, a friend or family member and not searched for on the Internet
• Only one image can be submitted per round per player
• This is open for all members who can post messages on the Photozone board
  • Other players may post a URL/Link to the image
• Your entry will not be accepted if somebody else posts it for you
• Post your image on the Photozone DB with the subject of the current month and the theme
• Post production images are welcome as long as they abide by the following conditions...
  • No detail was added or removed to change the main subject of the image
  • Increase/decrease existing detail such as colour, brightness, contrast and/or tone =
  • Adding detail =
• Each image must be unique and not been submitted for any previous themes

The deadline for this month's contest is: 12:00 Midnight, Pacific Time, Saturday, June 30, 2012

The winner for GoldToken's Photozone contest will be announced in next months newsletter and will win a GoldToken signature for their moniker. Example:

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Game Of The Month

June's game of the month is Senet! Join us in a fun Double Elimination Tournament by signing up today for The June 2012 - Game of the Month - Senet Tournament!

The main piece of advice that I try to tell players in Senet if I see they are new to the game is to stay away from the wavy lines or the water. If you get in the water it will put you back to the row before and you have to move your man all those squares again which could be a win or loss for you. If you are on the square before the wavy lines and roll a 1, move one of your other men. The only time I will move my man to the water when I roll a 1 is when it is my last man. And I do alot of crossing my fingers hoping that will not happen but it does happen sometimes.

Lisa


We hope you enjoy it!

Special to *aprildawn* 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

May's winner is: Red Bliss Potato Salad

• Submitted by Scrapbooking Maven

Red Bliss Potato Salad

Feeds 4

10 small red bliss potatoes (or other waxy variety)
1 small onion finely chopped
1/2 bell pepper (any color or multiple colors) small dice
3 large spoons of mayonnaise
salt and pepper to taste
optional 1 hard boiled egg roughly chopped

Cut potatoes in half and boil in salted water until they are just done. Do not over cook or the potatoes will fall apart. Drain thoroughly and let cool. Cut into bite sized pieces.
In a large bowl put the potatoes, onion, bell pepper and egg. Gently stir in the mayonnaise and add salt and pepper to taste. Keep refrigerated until serving.


GoldToken's Scrapbooking Maven 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 Scrapbooking Maven!

June's recipe contest is: "Grilled Side Dishes". 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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Up front & personal

Interview by: laura lee

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1. What brought you to GoldToken?
my friend minimum wage told me about GoldToken a couple of years ago
How'd you choose your name for GT?
I love cats is how I chose my name, first initial of my name is a k and my birth year

2. What interests you most on GT?
dominoes, shake and salvo games

3. Do you belong to any of the clubs? How about the chat only clubs (birds, kitties, garden)?
19 clubs /don't chat too much on club chat just on game chat

4. What State or Country do you reside in?
Oklahoma Oklahoma
Do you live in the City or Country?
small country town in the SW part of the state
What in your State or Country do you think tourists should definitely see?
Wichita mountains wildlife refuge is a must see

5. What hobbies to you have?
cruising,surfing the web
What other interest do you have?
hike when I can

6. Children?
None

7. Do you work?
i am not working right now, I take care of my husband

8. Any pets?
14 cats and 1 dog


9. Are you under 30?___ 30 to 50? ___ or over 50?
41

10. What's the farthest you've been from home?
unfortunately not far at all only US states USA

11. If you could be anywhere right now where would that be?
somewhere other than a state of confusion! Lol!


We would like to say to { Player: datkrazy70 } for letting us step into their personal life for a bit.

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 joined this site Sept of 2007 when a site that a bunch of us belonged to shut down with no warning at all so a member of that club brought us over here and called us the castaways I love this site it has become my favorite,I love playing American Rummikub,Tabula,Acey Deucey and whist.

Sweetlips43 Mary

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Contest of the Month

June's contest is: Best Short Story posted on the DB.

• This years writing contest topic is: "Best Friends".
• Rules:
  • 500 words or less
  • Story must be original works posted by the writer on the DB.
  • Story must be original and have never been posted on the DB before.

Winner will be chosen by poll and posted in next months newsletter.

We have a winner for April!

The best new poem posted in April was submitted by imnobody! , imnobody! You won 5 Golderos! Below is the poem:

In Honor of Service

(To those who have been there and have no voice)


Passing bombed out buildings,
my vision veiled in green.
The sounds of distant gun fire,
completes this eeire scene.
I patrol these dusty streets,
in the blazing heat of day.
And all through out the night,
no need to fight I pray.
The sounds of raging battle,
does this solder hear.
At times so very far away,
again so frightfully near.
The thought of ever killing,
makes my bile rise.
Though in my mind it's freedom,
that is the final prize.
For the next twelve months,
i'll call this place my home.
But it is never to far,
that I can safely roam.
Though danger lurks,
both far and near.
It's clearly love and memories,
of family I hold so near.
It's a solders life I chose to lead,
so never again should an innocent bleed.
I'll give my all both heart and soul,
so another mothers child is'nt buried in a hole.

We have a winner for May!

It was a close race, but Scrapbooking Maven's new discussion board idea won, earning her 5 Golderos! Her submission, "Word Associations", is available for your fun and enjoyment. Stop by the Word Associations discussion board to play!

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Caption Contest

The Caption contest winner for the May, 2012, newsletter is MrLarry47 with:



Now this is the way the dance goes. You put your left foot in, you put your left foot out, you put your left foot in and you shake it all about. You do the hokey pokey and you turn your self around, that's what it's all about!

MrLarry47!

To enter June's Caption Contest, click on the link and post your best caption. photo titled June 2012 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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Breaking Club News:

Brought to you by GoldToken's roving reporter, PattyMac

The { Club } is in the middle of its preseason tournament. The season should start at the end of June with gold token premier league, and silver token championship starting beginning of July. It is not too late to be involved in the inaugural season.

The preseason has 39 completed games and just 17 ongoing. 62 goals have been scored in the 39 games. So far on provisional standings, Cat*Scratch is trailing Red Panda by 2 points, but she has 9 unfinished games so the result could change, while the Red Panda has finished his games and has a 3 goal better for and against. Also interesting is the 3way battle between eli Tottenham Hotspur FC and Hamsarnie over 2 qualifying positions

Leading scorer is Red Panda's right winger number 10, with 6 goals in the 14 games, ahead of eli center striker number 9 with 5 goals in 12 games. Hamsarnie left winger number 11, has 4 goals in 6 games, so potential late competition goals could see him take the golden boot

We leave you with Two spectacular goals from right back, one from Tottenham Hotspur FC #7531127 move 25 and the other from Cat*Scratch #7531159 move 27

So come and join the paper football at { Club }

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The Classic TV & Music Club is having a tournament starting June 15. I called it Last Dance, in honor of Disco Queen and fellow Bostonian Donna Summer, If you are interested in joining in contact the club owner Carol91859.

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For all club owners, PattyMac has set up a meeting place for you or your President to come join. Its for club vs club challenges. We are working on getting a site wide wiki based Tourne-case competition going. Hoping that will be a success, if you are interested in joining please contact the club owner or any of the Presidents, we want as many clubs involved as possible, it's sure to be a lot of fun and great bragging rights for the WINNING club. Hope to see you there { Club }

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The club of the month for the month of June is { Club } You have full access to the "Club of the Month" Discussion Board.

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Olympic News

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

May's 2012 Olympic Winners! A big congratulations to these players & their clubs!

The Grabble Race Competition in The 2011 Olympic Tournament Group 5A Tournament
Grabble Race	GOLD	{ Club }	MBAfriend
Grabble Race	SILVER	{ Club }	heyred72
Grabble Race	BRONZE	{ Club }	Nina
Grabble Race	BRONZE	{ Club }	Rodney

The Stealth Salvo Competition in The 2011 Olympic Tournament Group 3A Tournament
Stealth Salvo	GOLD & SILVER	{ Club }	aussielady
Stealth Salvo	GOLD & SILVER	{ Club }	kittyrambo
Stealth Salvo	BRONZE	{ Club }	unicorn

The Hypergammon Competition in The 2011 Olympic Tournament Group 5B Tournament
Hypergammon	GOLD	{ Club }	Papa Zoom
Hypergammon	SILVER	{ Club }	nancy7
Hypergammon	BRONZE	{ Club }	jfromfl
Hypergammon	BRONZE	{ Club }	smiler5
Hypergammon	BRONZE	{ Club }	Kat
Hypergammon	BRONZE	{ Club }	shortStirrup

The Grabble Swapper Competition in The 2011 Olympic Tournament Group 4B Tournament
Grabble Swapper	GOLD	{ Club }	Sir Face of the GoldTable
Grabble Swapper	SILVER	{ Club }	das ist Walter
Grabble Swapper	BRONZE	{ Club }	hairhat

The Mau Mau Competition in The 2011 Olympic Tournament Group 5B Tournament
Mau Mau	GOLD & SILVER	{ Club }	Ken TJ
Mau Mau	GOLD & SILVER	{ Club }	Lorraine of the Renegades
Mau Mau	BRONZE	{ Club }	RabidWolff of the Wolf Pack

The Chinese Checkers Competition in The 2011 Olympic Tournament Group 1B Tournament
Chinese Checkers	GOLD	{ Club }	cmacker
Chinese Checkers	SILVER	{ Club }	Cat*Scratch
Chinese Checkers	BRONZE	{ Club }	Tian-Xian

The Backgammon Competition in The 2011 Olympic Tournament Group 2A Tournament
Backgammon	GOLD	{ Club }	Chris
Backgammon	SILVER & BRONZE	{ Club }	Diddly
Backgammon	SILVER & BRONZE	{ Club }	hrhawk

The RandomDots Competition in The 2011 Olympic Tournament Group 5B Tournament
RandomDots	GOLD & SILVER	{ Club }	ozallan
RandomDots	GOLD & SILVER	{ Club }	MORRIS
RandomDots	BRONZE	{ Club }	Jacob1987

The Ludocrous Competition in The 2011 Olympic Tournament Group 2B Tournament
Ludocrous	GOLD	{ Club }	heyred72
Ludocrous	SILVER	{ Club }	Bill Roupas
Ludocrous	BRONZE	{ Club }	RabidWolff of the Wolf Pack

The Muggins Competition in The 2011 Olympic Tournament Group 3B Tournament
Muggins	GOLD	{ Club }	McGoo98
Muggins	SILVER	{ Club }	gandolf the white
Muggins	BRONZE	{ Club }	heyred72

The Paper Football Competition in The 2011 Olympic Tournament Group 2B Tournament
Mystery Game 10-Paper Football	GOLD	{ Club }	Red Panda
Mystery Game 10-Paper Football	SILVER & BRONZE	{ Club }	FixitDave
Mystery Game 10-Paper Football	SILVER & BRONZE	{ Club }	Ocirne

The Decoy Salvo Competition in The 2011 Olympic Tournament Group 3A Tournament
Decoy Salvo	GOLD & SILVER	{ Club }	Kat
Decoy Salvo	GOLD & SILVER	{ Club }	PattyMac
Decoy Salvo	BRONZE	{ Club }	1926

The Grabble Competition in The 2011 Olympic Tournament Group 2B Tournament
Grabble	GOLD	{ Club }	Sir Face of the GoldTable
Grabble	SILVER	{ Club }	ozallan
Grabble	BRONZE	{ Club }	Nina
Grabble	BRONZE	{ Club }	DIRKSTRA

The Dice Salvo Competition in The 2011 Olympic Tournament Group 3B Tournament
Mystery Game 4-Dice Salvo	GOLD	{ Club }	willemien
Mystery Game 4-Dice Salvo	SILVER	{ Club }	Ken TJ
Mystery Game 4-Dice Salvo	BRONZE	{ Club }	TexasToest

The Paper Hockey Competition in The 2011 Olympic Tournament Group 3A Tournament
Mystery Game 3-Paper Hockey	GOLD	{ Club }	Red Panda
Mystery Game 3-Paper Hockey	SILVER	{ Club }	1926
Mystery Game 3-Paper Hockey	BRONZE	{ Club }	cmacker

The Hypergammon (3 Point) Competition in The 2011 Olympic Tournament Group 3A Tournament
Hypergammon (3 Point)	GOLD	{ Club }	YNWA
Hypergammon (3 Point)	SILVER	{ Club }	brodie_bruce
Hypergammon (3 Point)	BRONZE	{ Club }	MBAfriend
Hypergammon (3 Point)	BRONZE	{ Club }	Jeni

The Acey Deucey Competition in The 2011 Olympic Tournament Group 1A Tournament
Acey Deucey	GOLD	{ Club }	Man of Steel
Acey Deucey	SILVER	{ Club }	babken
Acey Deucey	BRONZE	{ Club }	eliphont551
Acey Deucey	BRONZE	{ Club }	carolynsblues
Acey Deucey	BRONZE	{ Club }	trinitymary

The Rummikub Competition in The 2011 Olympic Tournament Group 1A Tournament
Rummikub	GOLD	{ Club }	Chris
Rummikub	SILVER	{ Club }	Wrighty
Rummikub	BRONZE	{ Club }	Ocirne

The Giveaway Backgammon Competition in The 2011 Olympic Tournament Group 2A Tournament
Giveaway Backgammon	GOLD	{ Club }	brosius
Giveaway Backgammon	SILVER	{ Club }	FixitDave
Giveaway Backgammon	BRONZE	{ Club }	Wrighty

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

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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.) **

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