August 2013
If you've got GoldToken's mailing address scrawled on a scrap of paper, penciled into your address book, or written on a post-it stuck to the edge of your monitor, it may be time to update it! Several months ago, we moved and updated the information on our Membership Options page. Please be sure that any payments or correspondence go to this new address, to ensure timely processing: GoldToken 6165 Pony Express Trail spc #42 Pollock Pines, CA 95726
In July,  to Mecir, GoldToken added a mobile friendly version. An app is soon to come!! To use it meanwhile, direct your smart phone or tablet to m.goldtoken.com 
GoldToken's Summer Olympics are soon to start! If interested in playing this fun competition, contact Jacob1987 right away!
We need debate teams! There are prizes to be won in GoldToken's , which starts in one week. Enter your club with one to 5 members now.
Our Platinum members got cool new fonts to play with this last month. Check them out here: [ Main: Goldies - Platinum Alphabets ] June, we added a huge number of Goldies for everyone's use. This July, it was time to add Goldies just for our Platinum members. Here's the complete list:
But that's not all! marcmandy created a full set of astrological signs for our Platinum members too! Here they are:
...    marcmandy also finished his complete set of        pieces, including a blank:  Be sure to send him your appreciation for his incredible graphic contributions to our lovely game site!
A huge to marcmandy, we now offer these awesome playing pieces:For the Senet games: SENB for Blue  SENG for Green  SENK for Black  SENLTB for Light Blue  SENP for Purple  SENR for Red  SENW for White  For the Ludo games: LUDB for Blue  LUDG for Green  LUDR for Red  LUDY for Yellow 
We started listing the newest club tokens on this page, but there were so many, I've opted to just provide the link lol. Check them out! GoldToken Support's Album titled Recognition Tokens - Club & Federation If you are interested in winning one of these awesome tokens for your profile, be sure to contact the club presidents before their membership fills up! Do you own a club and are interested in adopting club tokens of your own? There is a small waiting list at this time, but don't delay, send GoldToken Support your club request asap!
Creating fun graphics takes an incredible amount of time, as do the many aspects of managing a big game site. There is no way I could handle it all on my own. From putting together this newsletter, to handling GoldToken Support, GoldToken volunteers have a hand in everything here! It is with huge to our many volunteers and all the projects they manage that GoldToken is what it is today. I hope you appreciate them as much as I do. From this day forward, I hereby name August GoldToken Volunteer Appreciation Month. If you know a site volunteer, please, let them know just how much you appreciate what they do here and vote on their profiles. They've earned it!  Have a wonderful month and play like you mean it! --Badger In this month's newsletter, we have:
Birthday Wishes: -- Happy Birthday to Ken TJ on August 1st!  -- Happy Birthday to postal-guy on August 2nd! -- Happy Birthday to Sapient on August 2nd! - From The Word O'Rama Club and nylady41 -- Happy Birthday to Stmhawk on August 2nd! -- Happy Birthday to Robyn Hode on August 4th! -- Happy Birthday to robertst on August 4th! - From The Word O'Rama Club -- Happy Birthday to Genie on August 5th! - From The Word O'Rama Club  -- Happy Birthday to meme22 on August 5th! - From { Club }, The Backgammon Tournament Club and { Club } and a special wish from Mike K of the Renegades -- Happy Birthday to rik on August 6th! - From The MasterClass Club -- Happy Birthday to gramat on August 7th! - From THE CLUB & { Club } -- Happy Birthday to Lillie on August 7th! - From THE CLUB & { Club } -- Happy Birthday to TexasToest on August 8th! - From { Club } and { Club } -- Happy Birthday to grandma on August 8th! - From The Pork Chop Club -- Happy Birthday to thebodywall on August 8th! - From The Word O'Rama Club -- Happy Birthday to Gail_M on August 11th! - From { Club } -- Happy Birthday to nancy7 on August 12th! - From The Word O'Rama Club -- Happy Birthday to Brewmaster on August 14th! - From The Word O'Rama Club -- Happy Birthday to NanaT on August 16th! -- Happy Birthday to norma8 on August 16th! -- Happy Birthday to CalvinW on August 19th! -- Happy Birthday to asmdrm on August 22nd! - From { Club } -- Happy Birthday to jajo on August 23rd! -- Happy Birthday to Chrissy on August 24th! From your mother LyndiLoo -- Happy Birthday to blackdog3 on August 25th! -- Happy Birthday to Diana0857 on August 25th! -- Happy Birthday to rogerrabbit on August 27th! -- Happy Birthday to Nukkle Dragger on August 27th! -- Happy Birthday to Heartsong on August 27th! -- Happy Birthday to Mystic Dreamer on August 28th! From your sister LyndiLoo -- Happy Birthday to splodge on August 27th! - From The Pork Chop Club -- Happy Birthday to Uncle Chuckie on August 29th! Anniversary: -- Happy Wedding Anniversary   goes out to Dionysos and his wife Irene on August 6th!-- Happy Wedding Anniversary goes out to Jon *the return* and his wife Vanilla MAX Spice on August 11th!-- Happy Wedding Anniversary goes out to Gzess and her husband on August 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, can not be put in after the fact, we're sorry!)
Want a membership, but can't afford one? Dear Player,  We understand times are hard for everyone, especially with the recession taking so long to recover around the world. Here on GoldToken, we are working at creative ways for players having a difficult time to earn a membership. We really do want you to be able to play all the games and enjoy the benefits of being a greater part of our GoldToken family. As such, we would be happy to trade your donation of service for a lovely Silver, Gold or Platinum membership. There are lots of possibilities and we are open to suggestions. Perhaps you would be interested in hosting a discussion board, or maybe you are creative, good with words or have valuable wiki skills. If so, we need you! Currently, these positions have openings:
Write us at GoldToken Support today with your ideas and/or your bid for one of the specific job openings posted above. Do not hesitate, as the positions posted above may fill up fast. Your GoldToken friends, ;;gs;;
 smiler5 with (unknown photo) is July's Photozone competition winner who won the challenge with 23 votes and will be awarded with a profile token.   sandi en margarita came in the 2nd place with 22 votes for (unknown photo).   Specialsteel came in the 3nd place with 9 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 100 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 2013-07 Manmade beside Nature The theme for our photo contests in August is Center. 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. The deadline for this month's Photozone contest is: 12:00 Midnight, Pacific Time, Monday, August 26th, 2013. Voting for August's Photozone contest will be closed on: 12:00 Midnight, Pacific Time, Thursday, August 29th, 2013. If you have any question about the rules or details you can either visit Photozone Zepher's profile or post your questions on Photozone DB. Regards, Redhairchick
August's game of the month is Ludocarte! Join us in a fun Double Elimination Tournament by signing up today for The August 2013 - Game of the Month - Ludocarte! Tournament!  Why play Ludocarte instead of Ludocrous? In Ludocrous, no matter what you roll, you always go forward and all of your strategy is based on that concept. Ludocarte takes that concept and turns it on his head. Instead of 6, 8, or 10 possible forward options, it gives you:
The whole strategy in playing is different when you start trying to think backwards as well as forwards. This chart appears in the help box beneath the board in Ludocarte It will give you an idea of the vast differences between Ludocrous and Ludocarte: Ace- Advance by 1 square, or move a piece out of Start Two- Advance by 2 squares and move again Three- Advance by 3 squares Four- Advance by 4 squares Five- Advance by 5 squares, or switch places with an opponent Six- Advance by 6 squares, or move 9 squares backwards Seven- Advance by 7 squares, or move a piece out of Start Eight- Advance by 8 squares, or equally split the move between two pieces Nine- Advance by 9 squares, or move 6 squares backwards Ten- Advance by 10 squares, or equally split the move between two pieces Jack- Advance by 11 squares, or move a piece out of Start Queen- Advance by 12 squares, or move 1 square backwards King- Move a piece out of Start to a square occupied by any opponent, sending that piece back to its own Start We hope you enjoy it! Special to marcmandy 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:
July's winner is: Potatoe Salad
A family favourite..I hope you enjoy it Smiling Potatoe SaladIngredients 8 – 10 medium potatoes, cooked and diced 1-1 ½ cups mayonnaise 1 tablespoon yellow mustard 1 tablespoon green relish 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon garlic plus 1/2 teaspoon pepper 2 celery stalks, sliced 5-10 green onions cut into small pieces 2- 3 hard-boiled eggs cooled Dash of Paprika Directions Boil, cool and dice potatoes into a large bowl. Mix mayonnaise, salt and pepper, mustard, relish, garlic plus in a bowl and mix well. Add mixture to potatoes Add onions and celery. Mix well. Slice and stir in eggs. Sprinkle a little paprika on top. Serves 6-8 GoldToken's anguslady 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 anguslady!  August's recipe contest is: Dessert Recipes. 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:
{ Image: i994.photobucket.com/albums/af66/llwgirl/summer/SummerHotFan.gif } **~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~** We would like to say to smiler5 for letting us step into their personal life for a bit.1. What brought you to GoldToken? My sister cekj introduced me to GT. She had no idea what she was starting! How'd you choose your name for GT? A good friend always calls me Smiler and I love the number 5   2. What interests you most on GT? What interests me most is the sheer variety of what the site offers! At first it was learning new games, but then I took on some responsibilities here and wiki-editing became the priority. Now,as a Club Owner, it's thinking of ideas for new and different tourneys!  -Your all time favorite game here? Can't possibly choose just one! I really do like variety. If pushed I would probably go for Hanging Diceman though.  3. Do you belong to any of the clubs? 41 clubs at the moment! I am a President in 6 Clubs, including Olympic Team Juno - Go Go Go Team Juno!  this year. I'm also the owner of The Daily Laugh Club which I love running with my great team of Officers.   4. What State or Country do you reside in? I live in County Durham in the North East of England. England Do you live in the City or Country? What in your State or Country do you think tourist should definitely see? I live in the town,  but am surrounded by beautiful countryside,  less than 5 minutes away.  Durham Cathedral is a wonderful historic place .....a 'must-see'. I would also recommend a visit to Stratford (Shakespeare's birthplace) and to my favourite British city, Edinburgh. 5. What hobbies to you have? When I retired I was invited to join the local Rotary Club. I love being involved in several community projects and having fun at the same time! What other interests do you have? Reading is my greatest passion. I can't imagine life without books! I love to discuss literature on the Library  DB here at GT. I also enjoy crosswords,  swimming,  theatre, bridge and travel  6. Children? Do any of them play on GT? No children but I do have 39 godchildren (quite a challenge when it comes to birthdays!) and 2 lovely nieces. They haven't yet succumbed to the GT habit.  7. Do you work? If so what kind of work do you do? Do you enjoy your job? I taught English and French to children age 11 to 18, then became the Headmistress (Principal in the US) of a day and boarding school in 2003. I retired in 2011. I absolutely loved my job. What can be better than sharing what you love with young minds!  Every day brought a smile 8. Any pets? No pets.I worked very long hours so not conducive to having a pet. Somehow I seem to be equally busy post-retirement!  9. Are you under 30?___ 30 to 50? ___ or over 50? Over 50 in years, but still a kid at heart!  10. What's the farthest you have been from home? Was it a vacation or for business? China, Malaysia and Indonesia are the places furthest from home to which I've travelled. I made several trips to these places to meet the parents of the boarders at my school and to recruit new ones! 11. If you could be anywhere right now where would that be? Right here! I am a contented person and enjoy life. It would be good though to have a pool in my garden  ...........Can golderos buy those?  12. Favorite season? Autumn..........love the colours!  If there are any questions you would like to see asked in future interviews, please let us know. Laura laura lee
I am a wife, mother and grandmother from Massachusetts, USA and have been a member of Gold Token since Feb of 2002. Being a novice of the computer, I started playing a few games and manged to type in Hi, Good Luck, then got my nerve up and joined The Wolf Pack, led by RabidWolff. this great pack of wolves taught me how to play in club tournaments and made me feel right at home. Eliphont551 and Cachel of the M8's took me under their wings and showed me how a club is run, making wiki's and running tournaments and was appointed as an officer in their club. Then I met Porkpie1, he gave me the opportunity to help run his new club The Pork Chop, which I now co own with him and eliphont551. I'm now in several clubs and participate in site tournaments and ladders as well. Gold Token has become my second family. Everyone here is for each other through the good and the bad. I will treasure these friendships forever. Bev aka Pepper
August's Contest of the Month is: Best Nugget August's contest is for the Best Nugget submitted throughout the month. All entries will be posted in a poll, and the winner will be announced in next month's newsletter.  Nuggets articles give players an opportunity to write various tutorials, strategy guides, and other materials related to playing each of our many games, as well as general information about our various site features. Once approved, the new Nugget article will be added to the appropriate category for all the players to see. Searching and sorting functionality is also available, allowing you to easily find what you are looking for. Guest and Wood level players can submit one Nugget per month. Players with a Silver membership or higher can submit as many articles as they want. When submitting articles, please be sure to only submit content that you have written yourself, or that you have a permission from the author to post here. Citations and links are obviously fine, as long as they do not lead to inappropriate content.  To write and submit a Nugget, click the Nuggets link at the top of your game sheet. ** _ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Caption Contest |
hairhat!| Caption Humor Highlights |
| Brought to you by: Giant Gila Monster |
| Icon Mania! |
| Brought to you by: GoldToken's Icon Fairy |
and so much to all of those that participated. We have five new icons for the August search. I'm sure everyone understands that The Icon fairy loves to spread joy to as many players as possible , so for that reason players are only eligible to win the Icon hunt prize once every six months. Thanks for your cooperation.| Breaking Club News: |
| Brought to you by GoldToken's roving reporter, PattyMac |
| Olympic News |
| Brought to you by: *GoldTokens* Olympic *Presidents* |
July's 2012 Olympic Winners! A big congratulations to these players & their clubs! 
| The Switch Competition in The 2012 Olympic Tournament Group 4A Tournament | |||
| Switch | GOLD | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Ceres Club | Jon *the return* |
| Switch | SILVER | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Neptune Club | oldog |
| Switch | BRONZE | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Vulcan Club | ladyvic |
| The Go 13x13 Competition in The 2012 Olympic Tournament Group 2A Tournament | |||
| Go 13x13 | GOLD | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Ceres Club | Skywalker |
| Go 13x13 | SILVER | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Minerva Club | klaashaas |
| Go 13x13 | BRONZE | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Juno Club | Tezcatlipoca |
| The DiceDots Competition in The 2012 Olympic Tournament Group 3B Tournament | |||
| DiceDots | GOLD & SILVER | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Juno Club | BettyAnn |
| DiceDots | GOLD & SILVER | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Juno Club | katja |
| DiceDots | BRONZE | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Ceres Club | brodie_bruce |
| The Acey Deucey Competition in The 2012 Olympic Tournament Group 1A Tournament | |||
| Acey Deucey | GOLD | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Pluto Club | jamchug |
| Acey Deucey | SILVER | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Pluto Club | wldndn |
| Acey Deucey | BRONZE | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Vulcan Club | eyeballs |
| The Executioner Competition in The 2012 Olympic Tournament Group 5B Tournament | |||
| Executioner | GOLD | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Minerva Club | Red Panda |
| Executioner | SILVER | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Pluto Club | Buddha |
| Executioner | BRONZE | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Ceres Club | JimC |
| Executioner | BRONZE | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Minerva Club | Sir Face of the GoldTable |
| The GoldDots Competition in The 2012 Olympic Tournament Group 3B Tournament | |||
| GoldDots | GOLD | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Ceres Club | cmacker |
| GoldDots | SILVER | { Club } | Jacob1987 |
| GoldDots | BRONZE | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Apollo Club | funtobewith11 |
| The Floating Blanks Grabble Competition in The 2012 Olympic Tournament Group 3B Tournament | |||
| Mystery Game 5 - Floating Blanks Grabble | GOLD | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Ceres Club | cmacker |
| Mystery Game 5 - Floating Blanks Grabble | SILVER | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Vulcan Club | robertst |
| Mystery Game 5 - Floating Blanks Grabble | BRONZE | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Pluto Club | brosius |
| The Senet Competition in The 2012 Olympic Tournament Group 1A Tournament | |||
| Senet | GOLD | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Vulcan Club | aprildawn |
| Senet | SILVER | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Neptune Club | trinitymary |
| Senet | BRONZE | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Juno Club | Wrighty |
| The Tabula Competition in The 2012 Olympic Tournament Group 2B Tournament | |||
| Tabula | GOLD | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Ceres Club | cmacker |
| Tabula | SILVER & BRONZE | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Ceres Club | ceci |
| Tabula | SILVER & BRONZE | { Club } | CLM |
| The Nackgammon (3 Point) Competition in The 2012 Olympic Tournament Group 1B Tournament | |||
| Nackgammon 3 Point | GOLD | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Ceres Club | Jose_C |
| Nackgammon 3 Point | SILVER | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Juno Club | Hamsarnie |
| Nackgammon 3 Point | BRONZE | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Juno Club | DIRKSTRA |
| The CrossDowns Competition in The 2012 Olympic Tournament Group 4B Tournament | |||
| CrossDowns | GOLD | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Minerva Club | Sir Face of the GoldTable |
| CrossDowns | SILVER | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Ceres Club | cmacker |
| CrossDowns | BRONZE | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Vulcan Club | jaro70 |
| The Cribbage Competition in The 2012 Olympic Tournament Group 1A Tournament | |||
| Cribbage | GOLD | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Vulcan Club | gpr11 |
| Cribbage | SILVER | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Minerva Club | ozallan |
| Cribbage | BRONZE | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Pluto Club | jamchug |
| Cribbage | BRONZE | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Pluto Club | triwire |
| The Loco Ochos Competition in The 2012 Olympic Tournament Group 2A Tournament | |||
| Loco Ochos | GOLD | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Vulcan Club | Eggy |
| Loco Ochos | SILVER | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Minerva Club | Ocirne |
| Loco Ochos | BRONZE | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Ceres Club | HeatherN |
| The Rummikub Competition in The 2012 Olympic Tournament Group 1A Tournament | |||
| Rummikub | GOLD, SILVER & BRONZE | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Juno Club | macbann |
| Rummikub | GOLD, SILVER & BRONZE | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Pluto Club | 1926 |
| Rummikub | GOLD, SILVER & BRONZE | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Minerva Club | the celt |
| Rummikub | GOLD, SILVER & BRONZE | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Vulcan Club | Chris |
| The Stealth Salvo Competition in The 2012 Olympic Tournament Group 3A Tournament | |||
| Stealth Salvo | GOLD | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Vulcan Club | Chris |
| Stealth Salvo | SILVER & BRONZE | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Juno Club | jonfunk |
| Stealth Salvo | SILVER & BRONZE | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Ceres Club | Tian-Xian |
| The Ludodecarte Competition in The 2012 Olympic Tournament Group 2B Tournament | |||
| Mystery Game 1 - Ludodecarte | GOLD, SILVER & BRONZE | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Pluto Club | brosius |
| Mystery Game 1 - Ludodecarte | GOLD, SILVER & BRONZE | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Ceres Club | cmacker |
| Mystery Game 1 - Ludodecarte | GOLD, SILVER & BRONZE | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Juno Club | Hamsarnie |
| The Ludocarte Competition in The 2012 Olympic Tournament Group 4A Tournament | |||
| Ludocarte | GOLD | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Vulcan Club | Chris |
| Ludocarte | SILVER | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Juno Club | Wrighty |
| Ludocarte | BRONZE | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Ceres Club | mark2804 |
| The Hit&Miss Salvo Competition in The 2012 Olympic Tournament Group 5A Tournament | |||
| Hit&Miss Salvo | GOLD | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Vulcan Club | Chris |
| Hit&Miss Salvo | SILVER | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Pluto Club | MsLady |
| Hit&Miss Salvo | BRONZE | { Club } | Ken TJ |
| Wanted |
to her for spotting it and being the first to reply. We would like to give everyone a chance to play this fun game so for that reason you will only be eligible to win the Coin Hunt once every six months.
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