November 2014

GoldToken's Monthly News

• Ten New Games

Thanks to Mecir and all of his minions who brought these great games to the site. There are of them to choose from.

The new additions are:

•Quarto - Quarto is a two-player game, where the goal is to form combinations of various pieces, similar to Four-In-A-Row. The catch? You cannot pick the pieces to use - your opponent will be choosing the pieces for you to use, and you will be choosing pieces that your opponent places.
•Skat - The most popular card game in Germany, Skat is a fairly complex trick-taking game. It'll take some time to learn it, but it certainly will be worth it!
•Officer's Skat - A variant of Skat with much simpler rules and some other differences
•20-point Officer's Skat - Officer's Skat with a winning score of 20 (the base variant requires 10 points)
•40-point Officer's Skat - Officer's Skat with a winning score of 40 (the base variant requires 10 points)
•Inverticade - An inverted version of Barricade! Plays similarly to Barricade, but starts at the other end of the board, and the goal is to move your pieces to the home location
•Small Inverticade - Inverted version of Small Barricade.
•Dice Paper Football - Paper football with dice! The throw determines how many moves you can make.
•Dice Paper Hockey - As above, but Hockey this time!
•Dice Paper Basketball - ditto!

• Announcing...Bug Fix Month!

In January, 2015, our technical team will be devoted entirely to fixing those pesky bugs! If you've got a previously documented that's been annoying you, please send a PM to GoldToken Support so we can make sure it's on the list of fixes without cluttering the Bug Reports DB.

• It's Not Too Late!

You can still sign up for GoldToken's 2014 Winter Olympics games! The tournaments are all automated, and you are free to sign up for the games that you like. Simply join The Olympiads Club, and Jacob1987 will assign you to a team. The Mystery Games for this Olympic event will be brand_new to the site, rather than variants of existing games!

• Thanks everyone, from BrnIdGirl

Thanks to everyone who sent me a game of either Acey Deucey , Tourne-case or both. I met some new people and played some fun games. I look forward to playing more games with ya'll in the future. ~~ BrnIdGirl


I don't know where the month of October went. I swear, I blinked and it was gone! Friends have begun noting how many shopping days are left until Christmas, and I'm doing my best to ignore that information. In my part of the US, we've had our first freeze of the season! The nights are getting downright chilly, and my brave hubby is resisting turning on the heat because he knows I hate it. It's a good time of year to spend extra time playing games with friends and family and reconnecting with some of the amazing clubs GoldToken has to offer. I'd love to play some games with you - some of my favorites are the Gammons, Straight Rummikub, Inverticade, and Quarto...but I'm willing to give any game a try! See you in the games! ~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

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Birthdays & Special Announcements

Birthday Wishes:

-- Happy Birthday to greggyw on November 1st! -
-- Happy Birthday to idnelle on November 2nd!
-- Happy Birthday to Sea Dreams on November 4th! - From The Daily Laugh Club -
-- Happy Birthday to birddog on November 4th! -
-- Happy Birthday to Alex on November 4th! -
-- Happy Birthday to Jude on 4th! - From The Pork Chop Club
-- Happy Birthday to Matt on November 5th! - From all your friends on GoldToken! We luvs ya!!
-- Happy Birthday to Chris on November 6th! -
-- Happy Birthday to venne on November 7th! -
-- Happy Birthday to gertess on November 9th!- From The Daily Laugh Club & The Scoop's Castle Club -
-- Happy Birthday to ChrisC on November 10th! -
-- Happy Birthday to Budgie on November 10th! -
-- Happy Birthday to Sir Legend50 of the GoldTable on November 11th! - From { Club } -
-- Happy Birthday to cmacker on November 12th! - From The Backgammon Tournament Club & The Daily Laugh Club -
-- Happy Birthday to roses4gypsy on November 13th! -
-- Happy Birthday to Ranga on November 14th! -
-- Happy Birthday to willy on November 14th! - From The Gammon Addicts Club & { Club } -
-- Happy Birthday to Crispies on November 15th! - From The Daily Laugh Club & The Scoop's Castle Club -
-- Happy Birthday to numptieheid on November 17th! - FromThe Pork Chop Club -
-- Happy Birthday to GeorgiasGrandad's wife Margaret on November 17th! -
-- Happy Birthday to Mumsie on November 18! -
-- Happy Birthday to Brown_Velvet on November 18th! -
-- Happy Birthday to Momsie on November 18! - From The Scoop's Castle Club -
-- Happy Birthday to wakefield on November 20th! -
-- Happy Birthday to Aphrodite on November 21st! -
-- Happy Birthday to Blue Moon on November 21st! - From The Scoop's Castle Club -
-- Happy Birthday to DINGEROO on November 21st! -
-- Happy Birthday to GeorgiasGrandad on November 21st! -
-- Happy Birthday to Miranda on November 21st! -
-- Happy Birthday to funtobewith11 on November 21st! -
-- Happy Birthday to cmacker on November 23rd! - From The Scoop's Castle Club -
-- Happy Birthday to Red Panda on November 24th! - From The Scoop's Castle Club -
-- Happy Birthday to Catmane on November 28th! -
-- Happy Birthday to GrannyPatty on November 30th! - From The Backgammon Tournament Club and { Club } -


Anniversary & Other Wishes:

-- Happy Wedding Anniversary goes out to MrsT and her husband Rob ~~ 18 years ~~ on November 2nd!

-- Happy Wedding Anniversary goes out to sweeteyes and her husband on November 13th!

-- Happy Wedding Anniversary goes out to Beckie B and her husband on November 26th!

-- Happy Wedding Anniversary goes out to unicorn and wingfoot ~~ 31 years ~~ on November 26th!

* 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

Spoof

Spoof is not a regular game like the others. Instead, Spoof is a profile token trading game. The idea is that each participant can pick some of their profile tokens to Spoof, and any other participant can then attempt to guess how many tokens the player has Spoofed. If successful, the guesser receives one random Spoofed token from the target.

Tokens that are not added to Spoof cannot be obtained in this way - if you have tokens that you would like to keep, you can still participate with your other tokens, without putting the valuable tokens at risk!

To join Spoof, a link has been provided on your profile page, right above your token list. Once you have joined, you can also Spoof your tokens and use the Spoof player list page to make your guesses.

Several important restrictions exist to ensure that the game is enjoyable:


•Your number of guesses per day is limited to the number of your Spoofed tokens
•You can only target any player once per week
•You cannot leave Spoof if you have made any guess within the last week
•As soon as you make a guess, all your Spoofed tokens become frozen and you cannot remove them from your Spoof list for one week.
•You can still add more tokens and remove those
•If you make a correct guess, the token that you receive is not frozen - you can remove it right away if you wish

To make a Spoof guess, you can either access the list of Spoof participants from your profile page (above the token list), or you can perform a guess from the profile page of your desired target, if he or she is also participating (the link is on the right side of the profile, below the search form). The participant list is randomized to ensure that players with names earlier in the alphabet are not disadvantaged.

* 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.

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Photozone Competition

Brought to you by: Jools

ladyvic with (unknown photo) is October's Photozone competition winner, who won the challenge with votes and will be awarded with a profile token.
Dmm came in 2nd place with 12 votes for (unknown photo)
katja 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 2014-10 Halloween

The theme for November's competition will be:

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

There were some (unknown photo) Photo Albums this month for the October Fall Extravaganza theme!

Our winner is Scheherizade's Album (unknown photo)

nd Place is Cheetah's Album titled Florida Fall Colors

rd Place is wldndn's Album



Our November Theme will be Sunrise/Sunset (unknown photo)

Get your Photo Albums ready and come to Photo Album Contest so you can win your very own Photo Album Profile Token..

Best of luck,
ladyvic

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Game Of The Month

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

a few other tips

Each variant has it's own "specialties", but the basics pretty much remain constant. In addition to getting a defeated opponents card, if YOU'RE the One that defeats Their last standing army...

It never hurts to break an opponents color/territory domination. Hence, the name of the game, lol. If You can take ONE territory of an opposing Players, and it prevents them having an entire "color block" owned by them alone when it's their turn, they will have fewer armies when their turn arrives.

It also pays to take a look at Your Fellow Gamers. Many Whom play it, play it a LOT. They know what They're doing, and if they also happen to be a Chum (or have another reason to "connect" with You), it's possible They may offer some advice. After all, We're ALL playing for fun. At least, those of Us Whom play as often as possible 8^)

I'll wrap up this nugget with 4 final reminders............

1. Once You have a territory owned, try and protect it.

2. Use strategy. Look for weakness, and exploit it. One bite at a time. It's better to grow slowly, than to over extend what You have.

3. It only takes ONE victory each turn to get a card, and cards + territories owned are where You'll get most of Your armies.

4. And, the most important thing to remember? It's still just a fun, friendly, silly Game. SO.....HeHeHe... Have Fun, and Happy Hunting 8^)

We hope you enjoy it!

Special to Sir-Zane 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

October's winner is: APPLE PIE BITES

• Submitted by Nancy

Ingredients
1 tube Crescent rolls
1 Slice apple per triangle
1 Tbsp. Melted Butter
Cinnamon & sugar


Directions
Preheat Oven to 350

1. Roll out the dough on a greased cookie sheet, brush with butter and sprinkle Brown Sugar and Cinnamon in individual pieces of dough.

2. Roll up an apple slice in the dough forming a crescent, brush with melted butter and top with cinnamon. Repeat for others.

3. Bake for 12-15 Mins at 350.

4. Remove from Oven, filling will be hot! Serve alone or with a dollop of Vanilla Ice Cream.


GoldToken's Nancy 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 Nancy!

November's recipe contest is: *"Turkey"*. The winner will be given a "one-time" access to the entire list of site icons, and can select any one that is not currently being used by another player, regardless of membership level (Guests, Wood and Silver members can keep the icon for 1 year!). Rules:

• Entries must be posted by the recipe guardian/creator on the Cutting Board DB.
• Recipe must be original and have never been posted on the Cutting Board DB before.

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by Red Panda

Rules of The Trivia Connection

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

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

• First answer submitted with all correct answers and the connection will be deemed winner and collect a special recognition token .

Questions

1.	Has twins. Had Same Job as Parent. Head Cheerleader. Has an MBA. Parodied on Saturday Night live.
2.	Collects coins. Had an affair which became scandalous. Rhodes Scholar. Played saxophone. Nominated for Grammy award
3.	Catholic grandson of teachers. Joined communist Party. Attacked by his own dog. Daughter was anorexic. Many affairs
4.	Scottish son of a church minister. Blind in one eye. Wife thinks George Clooney should play him in a film. Had a Romanian princess as girlfriend
5.	Father operated several pubs. Welsh descent. Portrays one of the most famous film characters. His wife's father was an inventor from Hungary
6.	First living person on his countries currency. Beekeeper. Ambassador. Grandfather kicked in the head by a horse. Reached the south pole. Was late and missed a flight which crashed.
7.	Speaks many languages including those he made up. Philologist. Dated a person of a different religion, disobeying his father. His battalion completely killed soon after he left due to illness
8.	Had a growth disorder. Inaugural member of a hall of fame. very good at playing card games. Born in a town which hosted the winter Olympics. Appeared in a cereal commercial. Died while overseas to attend fathers funeral
9.	Leader of a military coup. Over 20 children. Challenged a president to a boxing duel. Exiled to Saudi Arabia until his death. Declared himself King of Scotland. Murdered several of his wives.
10.	Medical student. Had Asthma. Glider Pilot. Did long motorbike journeys. Chess Player. Hands amputated and preserved after his execution

Last month's winner:

The connection last month was Cooks/Chefs and 4 people solved it. The fastest to solve was BennyC, who wins the special trivia token

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Up front & personal

Interview by: laura lee

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



1. What brought you to GoldToken?

I was playing on IYT and I surfed the web looking for more games to play. Once I found GoldToken, I never looked back. It's the only game site I play on.

How'd you choose your name for GT?

My nic is in memory of my sister who passed away. Her husband called her LittleTree because of our Indian Heritage, slight though it is.

2. What interests you most on GT?

I love everything about GoldToken, from the games, clubs, discussion boards, tournaments and contests. But mostly interacting with other players and making new friends!

Your all time favorite game here?

My favorite game varies and changes continually. Currently it is Thematic Hangman.

3. Do you belong to any of the clubs?

I belong to The Innocent Instigators Club, The Hoot's Tournament Club, The Olympiads Club and The Side of the Milk Carton Club. I thoroughly enjoy them all.

4. What State or Country do you reside in?
Do you live in the City or Country?

I live in Southern Illinois. I am outside the city limits but not quite the country anymore with many new developments popping up. Far enough away from town to have free range geese, ducks, turkeys, chickens and woods.

What in your State or Country do you think tourists should definitely see?
There is much to see in Southern Illinois. Shawnee National Forest with numerous hiking trails, Garden of the Gods, Little Grand Canyon. We have beautiful scenery with hills, cliffs and forests. Wine trails are popular here too, winding along the forests.

5. What hobbies to you have?

Gardening is my favorite hobby. I spend most of my time outdoors in the spring and summer. I love to read and of course, play my games on here. (Is chocolate a hobby?)

6. Children?
Grandchildren?
Do any of them play on GT?

I have one daughter, two grandaughters, 1 step grandaughter and 1 step grandson. My daughter used to play on here but hasn't for years.

7. Do you work?
If so what kind of work did you do?

I am retired and loving it! I was a dietary manager at a rehab center. Go figure! I hate to cook! But I didn't have to cook so it worked for me!

8. Any pets?

I have an Airedale Terrier who has never fully realized he is a dog.

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

I am female, over 50. OK, I am way over 50! But wiser, nonetheless!

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

I guess the farthest I have been from home is Canada, just to go there. But when younger, I lived in many states over the course of years; North, South, West and now East. I have finally established roots!

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

Anywhere? Right where I am!

12. Favorite season?

My favorite season is Spring, a time of renewal. (and I finally get outside after a long winter!)

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

From: pepperbeach


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October 21,2001. 14 years ago I came to this little ole game site and started playing backgammon..Since then I have brought some new players to this site, I have adopted players, help pay for some players membership, someone helped me pay for my membership, bought GT merchandise, won some contest and won prizes, met a lot of great people, lost some good friends here as well. All in all it's been a good 14 years and I am looking forward for more good years to come. Great family run site.


What brought you to GoldToken? PROUD AMERICAN introduced me to this site

Looking forward to many more years on GT. A fond memory, I have so many good memories and sad ones too. But one thing still remains the same, Goldtoken family fun and entertainment that keeps me coming back for more..

Thank you Chad for creating this dream and thank you Badger for keeping the dream alive.

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Contest of the Month

Most Original Profile

November's contest of the month is the Most Original Profile.

If you know of an exceptional profile, or would like to submit your own, please post it on the DB, where everyone can check it out.

Note: Entries must be posted on the DB no later than November 26th, 2014.


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

We have a winner for the Best New Game Design Contest!

to Sir Wilfred of Ivanhoe, who submitted a World War I aerial combat game. Graphic design for his game will begin soon, and we hope to have the game ready for implementation in 2015! All the entries were really great, and we will keep them on file for future reference.

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Caption Contest

The Caption Contest winner for the October, 2014, newsletter is dellajo with:



It would be easy to sign up, they said.....

dellajo!

To enter November's Caption Contest, click on the link and post your best caption. photo titled November, 2014, Caption Contest
The winner will be chosen by our news team, given 5 Golderos and announced in next month's newsletter.

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Icon Mania!

Brought to you by: GoldToken's Icon Fairy

Halloween is over and now on to Thanksgiving, so many cool icons to choose from. The Icon Fairy is all ready to celebrate this holiday with you, come on over to Name Icons and pick out your favorite or if you have one already saved just make your request for it be taken out of your reserve and placed by your name. Be sure to let the GoldToken's Icon Fairy know if you want to save the one you are turning in. Remember Gold can save four with Platinum saving up to five.

The Thanksgiving icons will be handled like the Halloween. Silver, Wood and Guest can request a Holiday icon on the 15th of November, so watch the board for that announcement or contact the GoldToken's Icon Fairy if you're not sure. GoldToken wants all to enjoy the fun Holiday!

Don't forget the Icon of the Day Icon Of The Day, these change often so be sure to tick the Discussion board here -> Icon Mania

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Breaking Club News:

Brought to you by GoldToken's roving reporter, PattyMac

{ Club } is hosting a Women vs The Men Chess Tournament. All are welcome to play! If you would like to sign up you can click this link -> [ Main: The Women vs The Men Chess Tournament ]. This tourney will start on 12/10/2014, it is an ( unrated ) Tournament for the first time, winning team is the one with the highest total of games won. Tie-Breaker will be played if needed. It will also be a three round Tournament, if you desire more information or need help signing up, contact Knight Jarlynn or heyred72.

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News from The Overall Competition Club

2012-2014 Overall Competition: Golderos Won

Hamsarnie
TrueIndian
McGoo98
Red Panda and 1926
EPICURUS 75
cmacker and Road Runner
BigDaddyTuaine
AndrewB, DavidJ, SarahMills, MORRIS, and RabidWolff of the Wolf Pack

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Red Panda of the { Club } tells us that a new season will start in mid November. Join now to participate or contact the club for more information.

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Club Highlight

Have you ever played Xiphias or any of the variants...This club specializing in just this game, if you want to learn or already know how to play, be sure to check them out. The Xiphias Invasion Club. They do either the No Division, Slow Poke or No Days Off Wikiless Tournies every month. Come join and try the game out if you haven't yet, you can contact the club owner Jools or any of the officers of this fun club for more information. Have Fun

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Olympic News

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

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

2013 Winter Olympic Winners

The Novice Division of the Backgammon (3 Point) Competition in The 2013 Winter Olympic Tournament Group 1A Tournament
Backgammon 3 Point	GOLD	{ Club }	spiritebear
Backgammon 3 Point	SILVER & BRONZE	{ Club }	cekj
Backgammon 3 Point	SILVER & BRONZE	{ Club }	Tian-Xian

The GoldDots Competition in The 2013 Winter Olympic Tournament Group 1A Tournament
GoldDots	GOLD	{ Club }	cmacker
GoldDots	SILVER	{ Club }	Nukkle Dragger
GoldDots	BRONZE	{ Club }	CELTICBRUCE

Summer Olympic Winners

The Small Grabble Competition in The 2014 Summer Olympic Tournament Group 1 Tournament
Small Grabble	GOLD	The Summer Olympic 2016 Drona Club	cmacker
Small Grabble	SILVER & BRONZE	The Summer Olympic 2016 Otrera Club	chris3
Small Grabble	SILVER & BRONZE	The Summer Olympic 2016 Vali Club	Red Panda

The Upper Division of the Grabble Race Competition in The 2014 Summer Olympic Tournament Group 5 Tournament
Grabble Race	GOLD & SILVER	The Summer Olympic 2016 Otrera Club	chris3
Grabble Race	GOLD & SILVER	The Summer Olympic 2016 Otrera Club	Road Runner
Grabble Race	BRONZE	The Summer Olympic 2016 Vali Club	macBruck

The Upper Division of the Halma Competition in The 2014 Summer Olympic Tournament Group 3 Tournament
Halma	GOLD	The Summer Olympic 2016 Vali Club	venne
Halma	SILVER	The Summer Olympic 2016 Cymopoleia Club	Lew
Halma	BRONZE	The Summer Olympic 2016 Tityos Club	yoyudax

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.) **

Did you find the hidden coin in the newsletter ? Our winner last month was DarnokOk. to him 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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