March 2016
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Impress your friends with a tasteful display, wallpaper the guest bathroom, line your birdcage...the possibilities are endless! Players now have the ability to download and print a custom "congratulations" image when they win any of our site-run tournaments! Simply click the "Tournaments" link on your gamesheet, then select "Your won tournaments". Click on the game type and then look for the "congrats picture" link by your name in the winner's box. Click the link, pick a background and voila!
We have two great new ladder-related additions for you!
The limits on ladder participation have been substantially increased!
Which leads us to the second change - ladder games no longer count towards your membership game limit. Even as a guest, you can join up to 10 ladders, while still being able to have up to 15 other types of games going!
Finally, we have also adjusted our ladder compression slightly, which should lead to more activity on the smaller ladders.
Enjoy!
Thanks to Mecir, we have a new feature that could help you reconnect! If you send the player a PM (private message), they will receive an email notification alerting them!
Note: If you do not wish to receive this type of notification in your email, click on the "Edit my Preferences" link in the Options box in the middle of your gamesheet. Select the "E-mail" tab and deselect the check box next to the "E-mail me when I have received a new message" option.
Be sure to check out the Word Of The Week discussion board! This month's winner was David, who submitted 20 sentences including this one: At the museum, visitors wait in an orderly clockwise line, deasil around the room, to view the front page of the rare fifteenth-century Bible, with its fading imprimatur carefully displayed under bullet-proof glass.
Have a wonderful month and play like you mean it!
--Badger
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
Up Front & Personal
Testimonial Of The Month
Contest of the Month
Caption Contest
Icon Mania!
Breaking Club News
Olympic News
Birthday Wishes:
-- Happy Birthday to MM David littlefair XI on March 1st! - From The Word O'Rama Club,The Classic TV & Music Club ,The Friendship Club, The Prime Time TV Club, The He's Alive Club, The Scoop's Castle Club and The Daily Laugh Club -
-- Happy Birthday to lexy on March 2nd! -
-- Happy Birthday to Kiki on March 3rd! -
-- Happy Birthday to marshagee on March 6th! - From The What's Cookin' Club, The Word O'Rama Club, The Monkeytyper's Gaming Paradise Club & { Club } -
-- Happy Birthday to Kat on March 6th! - From { Club },The He's Alive Club, The Friendship Club, The Daily Laugh Club and from your sister wldndn -
-- Happy Birthday to RobV on March 8th! - From The Friendship Club -
-- Happy Birthday to BellGirl on March 9th! - From The He's Alive Club, The Classic TV & Music Club, The Friendship Club and The Daily Laugh Club -
-- Happy Birthday to bookfox on March 9th! - From The Scoop's Castle Club The Friendship Club and The Daily Laugh Club -
-- Happy Birthday to nasher on March 9th!
-- Happy Birthday to stormy rebel on March 9th! - From The Scoop's Castle Club -
-- Happy Birthday to Trsm149 on March 9th! -
-- Happy Birthday to Catalinn on March 11th! -
-- Happy Birthday to faith64 on March 11th! -
-- Happy Birthday to FixitDave on March 11th! -
-- Happy Birthday to Jaybar on March 12th! -
-- Happy Birthday to stones- A - rama on March 12th! -
-- Happy birthday to IRISH on March 13th! -
-- Happy Birthday to jamchug on March 14th! -
-- Happy Birthday to wldndn on March 14th! - From The Prime Time TV Club and your sister Kat Happy Birthday Sis!! I love you!! -
-- Happy Birthday to Fieryvelvet on March 21st! - From The Prime Time TV Club -
-- Happy Birthday to KathyD on March 22nd! -
-- Happy Birthday to Man of Steel on March 23rd! - From The Pork Chop Club & your wife B*Elanna who also wishes a long and happy (early) retirement for the end of the month! -
-- Happy birthday to latenite on March 24th! From The MasterClass Club -
-- Happy Birthday to cowboy on March 24th! - From { Club } -
-- Happy Birthday to sparkles43 on March 24th! - From The Word O'Rama Club -
-- Happy Birthday to Millie on March 24th! - From The Word O'Rama Club -
-- Happy Birthday to Cherie on March 26th! - From The Word O'Rama Club and The Scoop's Castle Club -
-- Happy Birthday to mickeymouse on March 27th! - From { Club }, The Monkeytyper's Gaming Paradise Club, The Scoop's Castle Club, { Club },The Pork Chop Club & The Friendship Club -
-- Happy Birthday to denboy on March 28th! - From The Prime Time TV Club -
-- Happy Birthday to WereWolf on March 30th! -
-- Happy Birthday to Angelena on March 31st! - From The He's Alive Club,The Classic TV & Music Club , The Prime Time TV Club and The Daily Laugh Club -
Anniversary & Other Wishes:
-- Happy 6th Wedding Anniversary to Buddha and his wife
on March 7th! -
-- Happy Wedding Anniversary to dixiegal47 on March 12th from The Word O'Rama Club -
thank you
What are Nuggets?
Nuggets, GoldToken's site articles, give all players an opportunity to write various tutorials, strategy guides, and other materials related to playing each of our many games. Once approved, the new article will be added to the appropriate category for all the players to see. (Please note GoldToken's Nugget Terms of Use on the Nuggets Info page.)
To write and submit a Nugget, click the Nuggets link at the top of your game sheet.
Every month, there is a contest for the best Game Nugget! It's an opportunity for players to help one another with game tips and strategy, with 5 Golderos up for grabs!
Scheherizade with (unknown photo) is February's Photozone competition winner who won the challenge with 
votes and will be awarded with a profile token. 
Autumn came in 2nd place with 12 votes for (unknown photo)
marcmandy came 3rd place with 11 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
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 2016-02 Water
(unknown photo)
Our Theme this month was (unknown photo) and we had some (unknown photo) Photo Albums!
The Winner is - Cheetah with Cheetah's Album titled My Favorite Color - Red
Second place goes to - ladyraven with ladyraven's Album
Third place goes to - Scoopdedew with Scoopdedew's Album
Our next Theme will be Collections. What do you collect?
(unknown photo)
Post your Album on Photo Album Contest and you may be the next to win this cool Profile Token! (unknown photo)
Thank you all for your Entries and Best of Luck,
ladyvic
March's game of the month is Grabble Race! Join us in a fun Double Elimination Tournament by signing up today for The March 2016 - Game of the Month - Grabble Race Tournament!
We hope you enjoy it!
There were no Nuggets submitted this month.
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:
February's winner is: Valentine Peanut Butter Pie
This is light and sweet for your Valentine and it is easy to make.
For the pie:
1 chocolate cookie crust
Half a cup of peanut butter
Half a cup of powder sugar
1 tub of Cool Whip
For the topping:
You need one or more of the following
Several ripe strawberries
Chocolate bar
Red food coloring
Chocolate syrup
Candy hearts
Red crystal sugar
To make the pie
Mix together the powder sugar once mix add half the tub of Cool Whip and fold into the sugar and peanut butter mixture. Do not stir you want to keep the air in the Cool Whip. Pour into the crust. Top with the other half of the Cool Whip. Do the topping and sit in the refrigerator for two hours.
For the toppings here are a few ideas. Thin slice the strawberries and place on the pie in a shape of a heart. Use the syrup to write a message inside the heart. Sprinkle the sugar crystal into the shape of a heart. Grade a chocolate bar and place around the heart. Before you add the Cool Whip topping add some food coloring and place graded chocolate around the heart and add a message with the syrup. Use the candy hearts as a topping. You can be as creative as you want to be.
GoldToken's crow57 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 crow57! 
March's recipe contest is: Saint Patrick 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:
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We would like to say to YNWA for letting us step into their personal life for a bit.
1. What brought you to GoldToken?
What kind of work do/did you do?
Actor?
Song?
If there are any questions you would like to see asked in future interviews, please let us know.
Laura
laura lee
Hi
I was originally invited to join by a friend of mine who I had met on a dating site. She set me up with a 3 month silver membership back in early 2009. WOW nearly seven years now. It has transformed my online activity and I have played nearly everyday since. My favorite part has been the gold token Olympics and this is always a great challenge and give you such a large variety of games to play. I have also been lucky enough to win it twice, and was gifted a third when the true winner left the tournament before the end.
It is a great way of meeting loads of members and also of playing new games and challenges. I would recommend it and suggest everyone try the new and mystery games as they are ones I enjoy most.
I have met and chatted to many friends on here and some have had great game battles with and revel in our match ups. I will only mention two special friend. First , Red Panda who gave me my most and enjoyed challenge playing a variety of every game and whilst he got the better of me was always a pleasure to play. Sadly it was he who decided to leave GT last year. He was also fun when it came to crossing swords on our sporting interests with England winning the Ashes my time for celebration and he in turn winning the Cricketing world cup and beating England in the rugby version. I will miss our games.
Second , many thanks will go to GinnyB she has been a great friend and in the The Castaways Club has made me feel the biggest part of the goldtoken community. Also giving me the opportunity to give a bit back setting up challenges for the members of that club. she is a great friend and long may it continue.
One other close friend is alexlee who gives me great support in my Olympic challenges .
Goldtoken is a great site and many thanks to Badger and Mecir for making it great along with all the others who help.
Finally a special mention to TexasToestwho invited me into castaways and started something which occupies me so much at home and especially on my long commutes to work. You were a lovely person and will be sadly missed.
cmacker
Best Club Banner
Enter GoldToken's Club Banner Contest! The winning banner will be given one full year to run! All entries will rotate with the other banners on top of player game sheets for 30 days from the day they are added to the system. The entry deadline is March 31, 2016. A poll will be posted for voting on April 1. To enter, post a new, never before seen, 800x90 or 200x200 pixel club banner on the Club Presidents DB along with the club number.
All top banners must be exactly 90 pixels high so the page does not bump up and down as each page loads.
Having trouble creating your own banners or lack a photo editing program? Try one of the free services on the net that offers free banner creation. Free banners created using these systems can be incredible and very professional. Here are a couple links to sites that provide this service, however, you you might wish to find others more suited to your taste and abilities by Googling "Free Banners". Then it is just a matter of uploading your banner to your accounts Banner system.
http://www.bannerfans.com/banner_maker.php <----my personal favorite
http://www.bannersketch.com/
http://www.123-banner.com/
http://www.unsignedbandweb.com/freebanners/index.php
http://www.addesigner.com/
http://www.animationonline.com/
http://www.puresilvabannermaker.com/
We have no winner for the Best Goldie Story contest. No entries!
The Caption Contest winner for the February, 2016, newsletter is DavidRuffin with:
(unknown photo)
ut-oh..I didnt see that surveillance camera...
DavidRuffin!
To enter March's Caption Contest, click on the link and post your best caption. (unknown photo)
The winner will be chosen by our news team, given 5 Golderos and announced in next month's newsletter.
The Name Icons board has special icons for St. Patrick's Day (March 17th) and Easter (March 27), those can be found in Row 1 and Row 2.. Sports and regular icons are still available as well.
Guest, Wood and Silver can also at this time request a special icon for celebrating St. Patrick's Day and Easter.
- 
Icon Of The Day is a super cute rabbit, come see the icons at Name Icons and make your request here Icon Mania.
The Icon hunt will resume next month after the holidays are over, hope you to see you there!
The GoldToken's Icon Fairy loves to see you smile
The Kitties Korner & Doggie Daycare Club is having a membership drive. If you have a furred pet, fin or feathered is ok too, you may be interested in joining the The Kitties Korner & Doggie Daycare Club. They have monthly site run tournaments only, no wiki games. There is a fun and newsy chat board to talk about your best furry friends. Contact furryfeet for more info or a member invite to this fun club.
The The West of the Setting Sun Club is about to start up a special new tournament called the "GoldToken Meijin Tournament" whereby the best Go player for the year in their Club is awarded a special recognition token. This token they keep for the next year and must compete to retain it.
The game of Go might also be of interest to GT members because of the news that Google's AlphaGo took on and defeated a professional Go player from Europe (5-0!) - the first time a computer has ever (and I mean ever) beaten a professional player on an even game (meaning no handicap/advantage given to the computer)
Also, in March Google's AlphaGo will be taking on a player that many consider to be the best Go player in the world - Korean 9 dan professional player Lee Sedol with a prize money of $1,000,000 US dollars. All Go players will be riveted to YouTube watching the live broadcast of the five games!!!
Come join them and learn how to play this awesome game or hone your playing skills with other Go players. Contact the owner for more info tzorec
{ Club } is inviting you to join if you want to discuss U.S. Politics. They have a lively discussion board for discussion and opinions on today's U.S. politics. Contact Cat*Scratch for more information on the club activities.
Is your club in the news? Get your club news out there, be sure to send in all your club activities during the month, Assign a "Newshound", I would really like to see your club listed here
Need to get your Club signed up for these Tournies
Feb. Hypergammon - [ Main: Site-Wide Club Vs Club Hypergammon February 2016 ]
March Nackgammon - [ Main: Site-Wide Club Vs Club Nackgammon March 2016 ] - New
April Grabble Race - [ Main: Site-Wide Club Vs Club Grabble Race April 2016 ] - New
May Dominoes - [ Main: Site-Wide Club Vs Club Dominoes May 2016 ] - New
Sign your team up @ [ Main: Site-Wide Club Vs Club Sign Up ]
Contact Jacob1987 for any additional information and Best Of Luck to your CLUB
Olympic Winners! A big congratulations to these players & their clubs! 
Did you find the hidden coin in the newsletter (unknown photo)? Our winner last month was Grover.
[ Main: GoldToken's Monthly Newsletter - Past Issues ]
- Printable Tournament Congratulations
Impress your friends with a tasteful display, wallpaper the guest bathroom, line your birdcage...the possibilities are endless! Players now have the ability to download and print a custom "congratulations" image when they win any of our site-run tournaments! Simply click the "Tournaments" link on your gamesheet, then select "Your won tournaments". Click on the game type and then look for the "congrats picture" link by your name in the winner's box. Click the link, pick a background and voila!
- Ladder Tournament Upgrades
We have two great new ladder-related additions for you!
The limits on ladder participation have been substantially increased!
- Guests can now join up to 10 ladders
- Wood members can join up to 15 ladders
- Silver members can join up to 20 ladders
- Gold members can join up to 25 ladders
- Platinum members can join an unlimited number of ladders
Which leads us to the second change - ladder games no longer count towards your membership game limit. Even as a guest, you can join up to 10 ladders, while still being able to have up to 15 other types of games going!
Finally, we have also adjusted our ladder compression slightly, which should lead to more activity on the smaller ladders.
Enjoy!
- Missing a Friend?
Thanks to Mecir, we have a new feature that could help you reconnect! If you send the player a PM (private message), they will receive an email notification alerting them!
Note: If you do not wish to receive this type of notification in your email, click on the "Edit my Preferences" link in the Options box in the middle of your gamesheet. Select the "E-mail" tab and deselect the check box next to the "E-mail me when I have received a new message" option.
- Word of the Day
Be sure to check out the Word Of The Week discussion board! This month's winner was David, who submitted 20 sentences including this one: At the museum, visitors wait in an orderly clockwise line, deasil around the room, to view the front page of the rare fifteenth-century Bible, with its fading imprimatur carefully displayed under bullet-proof glass.
Have a wonderful month and play like you mean it!
--Badger
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 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 MM David littlefair XI on March 1st! - From The Word O'Rama Club,The Classic TV & Music Club ,The Friendship Club, The Prime Time TV Club, The He's Alive Club, The Scoop's Castle Club and The Daily Laugh Club -
-- Happy Birthday to lexy on March 2nd! -
-- Happy Birthday to Kiki on March 3rd! -
-- Happy Birthday to marshagee on March 6th! - From The What's Cookin' Club, The Word O'Rama Club, The Monkeytyper's Gaming Paradise Club & { Club } -
-- Happy Birthday to Kat on March 6th! - From { Club },The He's Alive Club, The Friendship Club, The Daily Laugh Club and from your sister wldndn -
-- Happy Birthday to RobV on March 8th! - From The Friendship Club -
-- Happy Birthday to BellGirl on March 9th! - From The He's Alive Club, The Classic TV & Music Club, The Friendship Club and The Daily Laugh Club -
-- Happy Birthday to bookfox on March 9th! - From The Scoop's Castle Club The Friendship Club and The Daily Laugh Club -
-- Happy Birthday to nasher on March 9th!
-- Happy Birthday to stormy rebel on March 9th! - From The Scoop's Castle Club -
-- Happy Birthday to Trsm149 on March 9th! -
-- Happy Birthday to Catalinn on March 11th! -
-- Happy Birthday to faith64 on March 11th! -
-- Happy Birthday to FixitDave on March 11th! -
-- Happy Birthday to Jaybar on March 12th! -
-- Happy Birthday to stones- A - rama on March 12th! -
-- Happy birthday to IRISH on March 13th! -
-- Happy Birthday to jamchug on March 14th! -
-- Happy Birthday to wldndn on March 14th! - From The Prime Time TV Club and your sister Kat Happy Birthday Sis!! I love you!! -
-- Happy Birthday to Fieryvelvet on March 21st! - From The Prime Time TV Club -
-- Happy Birthday to KathyD on March 22nd! -
-- Happy Birthday to Man of Steel on March 23rd! - From The Pork Chop Club & your wife B*Elanna who also wishes a long and happy (early) retirement for the end of the month! -
-- Happy birthday to latenite on March 24th! From The MasterClass Club -
-- Happy Birthday to cowboy on March 24th! - From { Club } -
-- Happy Birthday to sparkles43 on March 24th! - From The Word O'Rama Club -
-- Happy Birthday to Millie on March 24th! - From The Word O'Rama Club -
-- Happy Birthday to Cherie on March 26th! - From The Word O'Rama Club and The Scoop's Castle Club -
-- Happy Birthday to mickeymouse on March 27th! - From { Club }, The Monkeytyper's Gaming Paradise Club, The Scoop's Castle Club, { Club },The Pork Chop Club & The Friendship Club -
-- Happy Birthday to denboy on March 28th! - From The Prime Time TV Club -
-- Happy Birthday to WereWolf on March 30th! -
-- Happy Birthday to Angelena on March 31st! - From The He's Alive Club,The Classic TV & Music Club , The Prime Time TV Club and The Daily Laugh Club -
Anniversary & Other Wishes:
-- Happy 6th Wedding Anniversary to Buddha and his wife
on March 7th! - -- Happy Wedding Anniversary to dixiegal47 on March 12th from The Word O'Rama Club -
thank you
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 |
What are Nuggets?
Nuggets, GoldToken's site articles, give all players an opportunity to write various tutorials, strategy guides, and other materials related to playing each of our many games. Once approved, the new article will be added to the appropriate category for all the players to see. (Please note GoldToken's Nugget Terms of Use on the Nuggets Info page.)
To write and submit a Nugget, click the Nuggets link at the top of your game sheet.
Every month, there is a contest for the best Game Nugget! It's an opportunity for players to help one another with game tips and strategy, with 5 Golderos up for grabs!
* If you have a question about a site tip or helpful tool you would like answered next month, please send GoldToken's Newshound a message before the 25th of this month.
| Photozone Competition |
| Brought to you by: Jools |
Scheherizade with (unknown photo) is February's Photozone competition winner who won the challenge with votes and will be awarded with a profile token. Autumn came in 2nd place with 12 votes for (unknown photo) marcmandy came 3rd place with 11 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 2016-02 WaterThe theme for March's competetion will be;
(unknown photo)| Photo Album of the Month |
| Brought to you by: ladyvic |
Our Theme this month was (unknown photo) and we had some (unknown photo) Photo Albums!
The Winner is - Cheetah with Cheetah's Album titled My Favorite Color - Red
Second place goes to - ladyraven with ladyraven's Album
Third place goes to - Scoopdedew with Scoopdedew's Album
Our next Theme will be Collections. What do you collect?
(unknown photo)
Post your Album on Photo Album Contest and you may be the next to win this cool Profile Token! (unknown photo)
Thank you all for your Entries and Best of Luck,
ladyvic
| Game Of The Month |
March's game of the month is Grabble Race! Join us in a fun Double Elimination Tournament by signing up today for The March 2016 - Game of the Month - Grabble Race Tournament!
We hope you enjoy it!
There were no Nuggets submitted this month.
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 |
February's winner is: Valentine Peanut Butter Pie
- Submitted by crow57
This is light and sweet for your Valentine and it is easy to make.
For the pie:
1 chocolate cookie crust
Half a cup of peanut butter
Half a cup of powder sugar
1 tub of Cool Whip
For the topping:
You need one or more of the following
Several ripe strawberries
Chocolate bar
Red food coloring
Chocolate syrup
Candy hearts
Red crystal sugar
To make the pie
Mix together the powder sugar once mix add half the tub of Cool Whip and fold into the sugar and peanut butter mixture. Do not stir you want to keep the air in the Cool Whip. Pour into the crust. Top with the other half of the Cool Whip. Do the topping and sit in the refrigerator for two hours.
For the toppings here are a few ideas. Thin slice the strawberries and place on the pie in a shape of a heart. Use the syrup to write a message inside the heart. Sprinkle the sugar crystal into the shape of a heart. Grade a chocolate bar and place around the heart. Before you add the Cool Whip topping add some food coloring and place graded chocolate around the heart and add a message with the syrup. Use the candy hearts as a topping. You can be as creative as you want to be.
GoldToken's crow57 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 crow57! March's recipe contest is: Saint Patrick 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.
| Up front & personal |
| Interview by: laura lee |
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We would like to say
to YNWA for letting us step into their personal life for a bit.1. What brought you to GoldToken?
It's a long time ago, but I think it was recommended by someone on another site
How'd you choose your name for GT?
I am a fanatical follower of Liverpool FootballClub. Their motto is 'You'll Never Walk Alone' - hence YNWA
2. What interests you most on GT?
I'm fascinated by the diverse range of people on this site(and playing a first game against someone who's been on the site as long as I have!)
Favorite game here?
Backgammon, Nackgammon and Hypergammon. I used to play others, but I like winning!
3. What State or Country do you reside in?
I am English, but now live in Spain (It's warmer here!) (unknown photo)What in your State or Country do you think tourist should definitely see?
No visit to England is complete without seeing The Lake District. On the 5 days a year when the sunshines, it is the most beautiful place on Earth
4. What hobbies do you have?
Other than, I walk a lot, read a lot and eat
a lot (Not necessarily in that order!)
5. Children? Grandchildren?
I have a sonand three daughters
and two grand-daughters
6. Do you work?
I've retired
What kind of work do/did you do?
I was in the computer industry for over 40 years
7. Any pets?
Not any more. I used to have dogs, but where I live now prohibits pets.
8. Are you under 30?___ 30 to 50? ___ or over 50? X
Male or Female?
Male, over 50
9. What's the farthest you've been from home?
My daughter and I did a charity trek to Borneo to build a shelter for people releasing Orang-utans into the wild.I also lived in Minnesota for a while.
For vacation or for business?
Borneo was an experience rather than a vacation. Minnesota was business10. If you could be anywhere right now where would that be?
Here. I now live on the Costa del Sol in Spain where the sun shines most of the time and the people are lovely.
11. Favorite season?
Summer - without a doubt. I live for sunshine! (unknown photo)12, Favorite movie?
'My Cousin Vinny' with Joe Pesci and Marissa Tomei.
Actor?
Kevin Spacey
Actress?
Maggie Smith
Song?
'With a Little Help from my Friends' by Joe Cocker
13. If you could meet anyone (living and dead) in the world. Who would it be ?
Bill Shankly. He was manager of Liverpool Football Club when I was growing up and was truly inspirational. People would run throughbrick walls for him!
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 |
Hi
I was originally invited to join by a friend of mine who I had met on a dating site. She set me up with a 3 month silver membership back in early 2009. WOW nearly seven years now. It has transformed my online activity and I have played nearly everyday since. My favorite part has been the gold token Olympics and this is always a great challenge and give you such a large variety of games to play. I have also been lucky enough to win it twice, and was gifted a third when the true winner left the tournament before the end.
It is a great way of meeting loads of members and also of playing new games and challenges. I would recommend it and suggest everyone try the new and mystery games as they are ones I enjoy most.
I have met and chatted to many friends on here and some have had great game battles with and revel in our match ups. I will only mention two special friend. First , Red Panda who gave me my most and enjoyed challenge playing a variety of every game and whilst he got the better of me was always a pleasure to play. Sadly it was he who decided to leave GT last year. He was also fun when it came to crossing swords on our sporting interests with England winning the Ashes my time for celebration and he in turn winning the Cricketing world cup and beating England in the rugby version. I will miss our games.
Second , many thanks will go to GinnyB she has been a great friend and in the The Castaways Club has made me feel the biggest part of the goldtoken community. Also giving me the opportunity to give a bit back setting up challenges for the members of that club. she is a great friend and long may it continue.
One other close friend is alexlee who gives me great support in my Olympic challenges .
Goldtoken is a great site and many thanks to Badger and Mecir for making it great along with all the others who help.
Finally a special mention to TexasToestwho invited me into castaways and started something which occupies me so much at home and especially on my long commutes to work. You were a lovely person and will be sadly missed.
cmacker
| Contest of the Month |
Best Club Banner
Enter GoldToken's Club Banner Contest! The winning banner will be given one full year to run! All entries will rotate with the other banners on top of player game sheets for 30 days from the day they are added to the system. The entry deadline is March 31, 2016. A poll will be posted for voting on April 1. To enter, post a new, never before seen, 800x90 or 200x200 pixel club banner on the Club Presidents DB along with the club number.
All top banners must be exactly 90 pixels high so the page does not bump up and down as each page loads.
Having trouble creating your own banners or lack a photo editing program? Try one of the free services on the net that offers free banner creation. Free banners created using these systems can be incredible and very professional. Here are a couple links to sites that provide this service, however, you you might wish to find others more suited to your taste and abilities by Googling "Free Banners".
Then it is just a matter of uploading your banner to your accounts Banner system. http://www.bannerfans.com/banner_maker.php <----my personal favorite http://www.bannersketch.com/ http://www.123-banner.com/ http://www.unsignedbandweb.com/freebanners/index.php http://www.addesigner.com/ http://www.animationonline.com/ http://www.puresilvabannermaker.com/ We have no winner for the Best Goldie Story contest. No entries! 
| Caption Contest |
The Caption Contest winner for the February, 2016, newsletter is DavidRuffin with:
(unknown photo)
ut-oh..I didnt see that surveillance camera...
DavidRuffin!To enter March's Caption Contest, click on the link and post your best caption. (unknown photo)
The winner will be chosen by our news team, given 5 Golderos and announced in next month's newsletter.
| Icon Mania! |
| Brought to you by: GoldToken's Icon Fairy |
The Name Icons board has special icons for St. Patrick's Day (March 17th) and Easter (March 27), those can be found in Row 1 and Row 2.
. Sports and regular icons are still available as well. Guest, Wood and Silver can also at this time request a special icon for celebrating St. Patrick's Day and Easter.
- Icon Of The Day is a super cute rabbit, come see the icons at Name Icons and make your request here Icon Mania.
The Icon hunt will resume next month after the holidays are over, hope you to see you there!
The GoldToken's Icon Fairy loves to see you smile
| Breaking Club News: |
| Brought to you by GoldToken's roving reporter, PattyMac |
- Hide the coin (unknown photo)
The Kitties Korner & Doggie Daycare Club is having a membership drive. If you have a furred pet, fin or feathered is ok too, you may be interested in joining the The Kitties Korner & Doggie Daycare Club. They have monthly site run tournaments only, no wiki games. There is a fun and newsy chat board to talk about your best furry friends. Contact furryfeet for more info or a member invite to this fun club.
The The West of the Setting Sun Club is about to start up a special new tournament called the "GoldToken Meijin Tournament" whereby the best Go player for the year in their Club is awarded a special recognition token. This token they keep for the next year and must compete to retain it.
The game of Go might also be of interest to GT members because of the news that Google's AlphaGo took on and defeated a professional Go player from Europe (5-0!) - the first time a computer has ever (and I mean ever) beaten a professional player on an even game (meaning no handicap/advantage given to the computer)
Also, in March Google's AlphaGo will be taking on a player that many consider to be the best Go player in the world - Korean 9 dan professional player Lee Sedol with a prize money of $1,000,000 US dollars. All Go players will be riveted to YouTube watching the live broadcast of the five games!!!
Come join them and learn how to play this awesome game or hone your playing skills with other Go players. Contact the owner for more info tzorec
{ Club } is inviting you to join if you want to discuss U.S. Politics. They have a lively discussion board for discussion and opinions on today's U.S. politics. Contact Cat*Scratch for more information on the club activities.
Is your club in the news? Get your club news out there, be sure to send in all your club activities during the month, Assign a "Newshound", I would really like to see your club listed here 
Need to get your Club signed up for these Tournies
Feb. Hypergammon - [ Main: Site-Wide Club Vs Club Hypergammon February 2016 ]March Nackgammon - [ Main: Site-Wide Club Vs Club Nackgammon March 2016 ] - New
April Grabble Race - [ Main: Site-Wide Club Vs Club Grabble Race April 2016 ] - New
May Dominoes - [ Main: Site-Wide Club Vs Club Dominoes May 2016 ] - New
Sign your team up @ [ Main: Site-Wide Club Vs Club Sign Up ]
Contact Jacob1987 for any additional information and Best Of Luck to your CLUB
| Olympic News |
| Brought to you by: *GoldTokens* Olympic *Presidents* |
Olympic Winners! A big congratulations to these players & their clubs! 
Winter Olympic Winners 
| The Expert Division of the Backgammon Competition in The 2015 Winter Olympic Tournament Group 1A Tournament | ||
| Backgammon | ||
| Gold | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Pluto Club | ozallan |
| Silver | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Ceres Club | RabidWolff of the Wolf Pack |
| Bronze | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Jupiter Club | dickfrank |
| The Xiphias Competition in The 2015 Winter Olympic Tournament Group 2B Tournament | ||
| Xiphias | ||
| Gold | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Jupiter Club | Pooka |
| Silver | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Apollo Club | yoyudax |
| Bronze | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Juno Club | sallyp |
| The Intermediate Division of the Hypergammon Competition in The 2015 Winter Olympic Tournament Group 4B Tournament | ||
| Hypergammon | ||
| Gold | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Juno Club | SkiptonBull |
| Silver & Bronze | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Ceres Club | Grover |
| Silver & Bronze | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Apollo Club | sweetnuttins |
| The Camette Competition in The 2015 Winter Olympic Tournament Group 5A Tournament | ||
| Camette | ||
| Gold | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Minerva Club | Moondyne |
| Silver | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Pluto Club | Hamsarnie |
| Bronze | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Neptune Club | golfnutrof |
| The Square CrossDowns Competition in The 2015 Winter Olympic Tournament Group 3B Tournament | ||
| Square CrossDowns | ||
| Gold & Silver | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Neptune Club | birdstoe |
| Gold & Silver | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Minerva Club | Road Runner |
| Bronze | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Juno Club | oldog |
| Bronze | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Pluto Club | Sir Face of the GoldTable |
| The Upper Division of the Zero G Four In a Row Competition in The 2015 Winter Olympic Tournament Group 1B Tournament | ||
| Zero G Four In a Row | ||
| Gold & Silver | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Pluto Club | Carlo OTDP |
| Gold & Silver | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Minerva Club | wallywalter |
| Bronze | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Neptune Club | grade1teacher |
| The Upper Division of the Diagonal Duel Competition in The 2015 Winter Olympic Tournament Group 4B Tournament | ||
| Diagonal Duel | ||
| Gold | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Pluto Club | 1karlos |
| Silver & Bronze | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Minerva Club | gypsyjan |
| Silver & Bronze | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Juno Club | macbann |
| Silver & Bronze | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Juno Club | SkiptonBull |
| The 8x8 Trax Competition in The 2015 Winter Olympic Tournament Group 5A Tournament | ||
| 8x8 Trax | ||
| Gold | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Minerva Club | scret |
| Silver | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Juno Club | dgb |
| Bronze | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Juno Club | bengt |
| The Xiphiastoo Competition in The 2015 Winter Olympic Tournament Group 2A Tournament | ||
| Xiphiastoo | ||
| Gold | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Jupiter Club | Pooka |
| Silver | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Neptune Club | Jools |
| Bronze | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Juno Club | thebodywall |
| The Advanced Division of the Shake Rattle & Roll Competition in The 2015 Winter Olympic Tournament Group 3A Tournament | ||
| Shake Rattle & Roll | ||
| Gold | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Jupiter Club | Crispies |
| Silver | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Apollo Club | rushfan2000 |
| Bronze | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Apollo Club | Momsie |
| Bronze | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Minerva Club | wallywalter |
| The Advanced Division of the Backgammon Competition in The 2015 Winter Olympic Tournament Group 1A Tournament | ||
| Backgammon | ||
| Gold | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Ceres Club | RaceMom |
| Silver | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Neptune Club | Jelaza |
| Bronze | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Juno Club | dama1 |
| The Upper Division of the Stacking CrossDowns Race Competition in The 2015 Winter Olympic Mystery Games Tournament | ||
| Mystery Game 8 Stacking CrossDowns Race | ||
| Gold | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Pluto Club | cmacker |
| Silver | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Pluto Club | Buddha |
| Bronze | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Pluto Club | SarahMills |
| The Rock Paper Scissors Competition in The 2015 Winter Olympic Tournament Group 6A Tournament | ||
| Rock Paper Scissors | ||
| Gold | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Apollo Club | rushfan2000 |
| Silver | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Minerva Club | (steelbound) |
| Bronze | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Minerva Club | Jacob1987 |
| The Advanced Division of the American Rummikub Competition in The 2015 Winter Olympic Tournament Group 3A Tournament | ||
| American Rummikub | ||
| Gold & Silver | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Juno Club | Kjelle |
| Gold & Silver | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Pluto Club | ozallan |
| Bronze | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Apollo Club | eyeballs |
| Bronze | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Neptune Club | cindygal |
| The Plateau Competition in The 2015 Winter Olympic Tournament Group 5B Tournament | ||
| Plateau | ||
| Gold & Silver | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Pluto Club | Hamsarnie |
| Gold & Silver | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Jupiter Club | Rand al*Thor |
| Bronze | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Minerva Club | barefootony |
| Bronze | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Juno Club | thebodywall |
| The Intermediate Division of the American Rummikub Competition in The 2015 Winter Olympic Tournament Group 3A Tournament | ||
| American Rummikub | ||
| Gold | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Jupiter Club | Rand al*Thor |
| Silver | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Neptune Club | Jools |
| Bronze | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Neptune Club | kahtia1234 |
| The Upper Division of the Shake Your Bootie Competition in The 2015 Winter Olympic Tournament Group 4B Tournament | ||
| Shake Your Bootie | ||
| Gold, Silver & Bronze | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Pluto Club | B*Elanna |
| Gold, Silver & Bronze | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Ceres Club | Kiki |
| Gold, Silver & Bronze | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Minerva Club | LittleTree |
| Gold, Silver & Bronze | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Pluto Club | MT |
| The Novice Division of the Shake It Fast Competition in The 2015 Winter Olympic Tournament Group 6A Tournament | ||
| Shake It Fast | ||
| Gold | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Apollo Club | boneylegs |
| Silver | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Neptune Club | Toodles |
| Bronze | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Juno Club | GUINESS14 |
| The Novice Division of the American Rummikub Competition in The 2015 Winter Olympic Tournament Group 3A Tournament | ||
| American Rummikub | ||
| Gold | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Apollo Club | Hillbilly |
| Silver | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Ceres Club | alexlee |
| Bronze | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Pluto Club | globalroamer |
| The Upper Division of the Straight Rummikub Competition in The 2015 Winter Olympic Tournament Group 6A Tournament | ||
| Straight Rummikub | ||
| Gold | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Neptune Club | ellieoop |
| Silver | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Apollo Club | eyeballs |
| Bronze | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Apollo Club | sweetnuttins |
Summer Olympic Winners!
| The Lower Division of the Mahjong Competition in The 2015 Summer Olympic Group 2 Tournament | ||
| Mahjong | ||
| GOLD | The Summer Olympic 2015 Cerberus Club | Pepper |
| SILVER | The Summer Olympic 2015 Minotaur Club | Sapient |
| BRONZE | The Summer Olympic 2015 Pholus Club | anguslady |
| The Outbreak Ataxx Competition in The 2015 Summer Olympic Group 2 Tournament | ||
| Outbreak Ataxx | ||
| GOLD | The Summer Olympic 2015 Cerberus Club | Weaver81 |
| SILVER & BRONZE | The Summer Olympic 2015 Sphynx Club | golfnutrof |
| SILVER & BRONZE | The Summer Olympic 2015 Pholus Club | Jon *the return* |
| The RandomDots Competition in The 2015 Summer Olympic Group 5 Tournament | ||
| RandomDots | ||
| GOLD | The Summer Olympic 2015 Agrius Club | cmacker |
| SILVER | The Summer Olympic 2015 Phoenix Club | SarahMills |
| BRONZE | The Summer Olympic 2015 Sphynx Club | 1926 |
| The Lower Division of the Hangman Competition in The 2015 Summer Olympic Group 1 Tournament | ||
| Hangman | ||
| GOLD | The Summer Olympic 2015 Minotaur Club | dama1 |
| SILVER | The Summer Olympic 2015 Medusa Club | bestgremlin |
| BRONZE | The Summer Olympic 2015 Cerberus Club | smelly feet |
| BRONZE | The Summer Olympic 2015 Minotaur Club | smiler5 |
| The Novice Division of the 1-4-5 Senet Competition in The 2015 Summer Olympic Group 6B Tournament | ||
| Mystery Game 1 | ||
| 1-4-5 Senet | ||
| GOLD | The Summer Olympic 2015 Phoenix Club | Whimjest |
| SILVER | The Summer Olympic 2015 Agrius Club | globalroamer |
| BRONZE | The Summer Olympic 2015 Pholus Club | heshamsaleh |
| The Lower Division of the Thematic Hangman Competition in The 2015 Summer Olympic Group 2 Tournament | ||
| Thematic Hangman | ||
| GOLD & SILVER | The Summer Olympic 2015 Cerberus Club | heyred72 |
| GOLD & SILVER | The Summer Olympic 2015 Cerberus Club | smelly feet |
| BRONZE | The Summer Olympic 2015 Minotaur Club | Hillbilly |
| The Intermediate Division of the Short Hit and Run Senet Competition in The 2015 Summer Olympic Group 6B Tournament | ||
| Mystery Game 2 | ||
| Short Hit and Run Senet | ||
| GOLD | The Summer Olympic 2015 Cerberus Club | DavidJ |
| SILVER | The Summer Olympic 2015 Agrius Club | hrhawk |
| BRONZE | The Summer Olympic 2015 Medusa Club | Hamsarnie |
| The Advanced Division of the Grabble Race Competition in The 2015 Summer Olympic Group 5 Tournament | ||
| Grabble Race | ||
| GOLD | The Summer Olympic 2015 Minotaur Club | Buddha |
| SILVER | The Summer Olympic 2015 Pholus Club | Senorita ZORRO_ |
| BRONZE | The Summer Olympic 2015 Phoenix Club | TallPaul |
| The Chess Competition in The 2015 Summer Olympic Group 1 Tournament | ||
| Chess | ||
| GOLD & SILVER | The Summer Olympic 2015 Minotaur Club | dama1 |
| GOLD & SILVER | The Summer Olympic 2015 Medusa Club | inpassant |
| BRONZE | The Summer Olympic 2015 Minotaur Club | AndrewB |
| The Upper Division of the Ludocrous Competition in The 2015 Summer Olympic Group 2 Tournament | ||
| Ludocrous | ||
| GOLD | The Summer Olympic 2015 Sphynx Club | denboy |
| SILVER | The Summer Olympic 2015 Agrius Club | Wrighty |
| BRONZE | The Summer Olympic 2015 Pholus Club | Chris |
| The Expert Division of the Loco Ochos Competition in The 2015 Summer Olympic Group 1 Tournament | ||
| Loco Ochos | ||
| GOLD | The Summer Olympic 2015 Cerberus Club | smelly feet |
| SILVER | The Summer Olympic 2015 Minotaur Club | EPICURUS 75 |
| BRONZE | The Summer Olympic 2015 Minotaur Club | Beckie B |
| The Caveman Competition in The 2015 Summer Olympic Group 4 Tournament | ||
| Caveman | ||
| GOLD | The Summer Olympic 2015 Agrius Club | cmacker |
| SILVER & BRONZE | The Summer Olympic 2015 Minotaur Club | AndrewB |
| SILVER & BRONZE | The Summer Olympic 2015 Medusa Club | Hamsarnie |
Competitions are published when gold, silver & bronze winners have been determined
| Wanted |
- Do you have a special story, poem or testimonial you would like to share? How about some club news, announcements or any other special events? Then don't delay, send GoldToken's Newshound your submissions today! We look forward to hearing from you!
** (Please note: All submissions are added on a first come first serve basis.) **
Did you find the hidden coin in the newsletter (unknown photo)? Our winner last month was Grover. to her for spotting it and being the first to send a message to GoldToken Support. We would like to give everyone a chance to play this fun game and win 5 Golderos,so you will only be eligible to win the Coin Hunt once every six months.
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