August 2018

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GoldToken's Monthly News

GoldToken's HTTPS is nearly finished

If you are using Chrome, please note that Google has decided to block access to sites that have not fully updated to https. GoldToken's code is mostly in place except the URL and a few changes to our Head to Head (HTH) game support. The URL updates will be finished tomorrow, August 7, 2018. So please rest assured that GoldToken is fully secure, we just haven't finished the https URL part.

However, because the URL updates are being added early, GoldToken's Head to Head (HTH) games will be unavailable for a few days until we complete that addition. Thank you for your patience!

GoldToken's 2018 Summer Olympics have begun

It's not too late to join - there are three batches of games still to come, plus the mystery games. If you'd like to play, please join The GoldToken's Olympics Master Club. Once you join, you will be assigned to a team club and receive an invite to that team. Then you'll be able to select the games you wish to play.

Wishing you plenty of luck and even more fun!

--heyred72

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In this month's newsletter, we have:

Birthdays & Special Announcements

Photozone Competition

Photo Album of the Month

Game Of The Month

Best Recipe Contest

Pony Up!

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 David on August 1st! -

-- Happy Birthday to Ken TJ on August 1st! - From The Prime Time TV Club -

-- Happy Birthday to Rabbits2 on August 2nd, 63 years young! -

-- Happy Birthday to postal-guy - From The Daily Laugh Club on August 2nd! -

-- Happy Birthday to Sapient on August 2nd! - From The Word O'Rama Club -

-- 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 Daily Laugh Club, The Friendship Club, The Scoop's Castle Club and The Word O'Rama Club -

-- Happy Birthday to meme22 on August 5th! - From The Backgammon Tournament Club, The Scoop's Castle Club and { Club } -

-- Happy Birthday to rik on August 6th! - From The MasterClass Club -

-- Happy Birthday to thebodywall on August 8th! -

-- Happy Birthday to Gail_M on August 11th! -

-- Happy Birthday to dadalo on August 11th! -

-- 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 blackdog3 on August 25th! - From The Daily Laugh Club -

-- Happy Birthday to ladybird25 on August 25th! -

-- Happy Birthday to Nukkle Dragger on August 27th! -

-- Happy Birthday to Heartsong on August 27th! -

-- Happy Birthday to Mystic Dreamer on August 28th! - From The Daily Laugh Club , The Prime Time TV Club and your sister LyndiLoo -

-- Happy Birthday to splodge on August 27th! - From The Pork Chop Club & The Word O'Rama 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 John Q and HollandSkip on August 10th!
-- Happy Wedding Anniversary

goes out to Jon *the return* and his wife on August 11th!
-- Happy Wedding Anniversary

goes out to disterdis and her hubby on August 11th!

* 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!)

Photozone Competition
Brought to you by: Photozone Zepher

(steelbound), with (unknown photo), is July's *Photozone Competition Winner. He won the challenge with

votes and will be awarded with a profile token.

There was a tie for 2nd Place - ladyvic with 14 votes for (unknown photo) and dixiegal47 with 14 votes for (unknown photo).

Scheherizade came in 3rd place with 12 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 2018-07 Portrait - The Elderly

The theme for August's competition will be:

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Photo Album of the Month
Brought to you by: ladyvic

The theme for July was:
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5 Golderos were donated by Sapient, and the winner has decided to donate them back into the competition!

The winner is ladyvic's Album.

2nd Place is oldog's Album titled MY 3 GRANDSON'S SMILES. Great album!*

Thank you to everyone that entered and voted for the contest

The August theme is:

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This will be lots of fun! So start working on your albums and you may be the next to win 5 Golderos plus this cool Profile Token! (unknown photo)

Best of luck,
ladyvic

Game Of The Month

August's game of the month is Loop Trax! Join us in a fun Double Elimination Tournament by signing up today for The Aug 2018 - Game of the Month - Loop Trax Tournament!

In this variant of Trax, the game is won by the player whose track forms a loop (a continuous path of track that connects with itself) during that player's completed turn or during an opponent's completed turn in which the opponent's track does not also form a loop.

We hope you enjoy it!

Best Recipe Contest

July's winner is: BBQ Pike Wrap

Submitted by baron_backgammon

Where I fish, I often catch northern pike, but that's ok. I like nice meaty fish. This recipe is easy, tasty.

I fillet the pike with a fish knife the proper way & wash fish.
Wipe the shiny side of the aluminum foil with olive oil.
Place fish on the large piece of foil.
Rub fish with a lemon half.
Squeeze lemon juice out over fish.
Sprinkle fish with butter, herb de provence, Hungarian paprika, freshly grated pepper.
Put some fresh dill & a little fresh lavender on the fish, yes you heard me.

Wrap the ends up tight and grill only for 4 minutes each side. Don't overcook fish.

This will work for any fish I guess if you don't share my taste for pike.

I have done this with Halibut, then cut it up & put it on homemade poutine, don't laugh, it's delicious.

GoldToken's baron_backgammon 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 baron_backgammon!

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

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

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Have you been by the Pony Up! Board lately? If you haven't, you're missing out. Lots of fun there playing Family Feud.
Our last winner was aprildawn, who gave the top three answers to this question and won 2 golderos:

Name Something A Little Kid Might Tell You About Santa Claus?

1. Fat - Big Belly
2. Gives Presents
3. Lives at the North Pole

Drop on over to the Pony Up! discussion board and VOTE - We are on our final round of "Name That Animal."
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We had a whopping 28 names submitted with none of those being duplicated, so voting was broken down to five at a time. We now have the top wins on those previous votes, so this one is the FINAL. The member with the winning name will get this token for their profile { Image: goldtoken.com/pics/albums/photo398131801201435521.gif }.
Lots of games and different prizes, don't miss out on the fun, head on over there now. Pony Up!

Up front & personal
Interview by: laura lee

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We would like to say

to GoldiLocks for letting us step into their personal life for a bit.

1. What brought you to GoldToken?

Actually, it was another player, hitman/Butch. I had played games with him on IYT, and he told me to come on over to play on GoldToken ....I never left!

How'd you choose your name for GT?

Since my hair is blonde, one of my bosses would call me Goldie and it was just expanded on to GoldiLocks

2. What interests you most on GT?

The friendships and to play games with people from all over the world, it's like having extended family around the globe. The one thing I've learned is that we are all alike in one way or another.

Favorite game here?

Any variant of Dominoes, I would love to see Mexican Train Dominoes on this site, (just throwing it out there Mecir, lol)

3. What state or country do you reside in?

New Jersey, USA

What in your state or country do you think tourists should definitely see?

The beaches in the summer, the farms in the fall, our ski slopes in the winter are the best and our blooming spring flowers in our open fields are spectacular. We do have casinos and amusement parks, but these are the places I would take a tourist.

4. What hobbies do you have?

Spending time with family and friends, reading, music, card and board games, trivia, going to the gym and just trying to find a happy medium 😊

5. Children? Grandchildren?

None

6. Do you work?

No, retired, November, 2016

What kind of work do/did you do?

I was a supervisor for the New York City Transit Authority, I loved my job but waking up at 2:30-3:00 am to travel into NYC was starting to take its toll after almost 31 years. I do eventually plan on working again, but this time it will be on my terms.

7. Any pets?

No, I'm always on the go ...it wouldn't be fair to a pet, also, my family and friends' pets are mine too, I'll pet-sit anytime.

8. Are you under 30?___ 30 to 50? ___ or over 50?

Over

Male or Female?

Female

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

Mexico, Nova Scotia

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

Definitely the West Coast of the United States, I have family and friends there and I miss them so much....I visit them at least twice a year

11. Favorite season?

Spring and Fall, not too hot, not too cold

12, Favorite movie?

Ordinary People, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (Original), Airplane, Blazing Saddles

Actor?

I don't have a favorite actor per se, but I have favorite performances from movies I've watched....right now, I'd say Gary Oldman in "Darkest Hour" and Hugh Jackman in "The Greatest Showman".

Actress?

Same as actor, so with that said, I'll say Allison Janney in "I, Tonya" and Laurie Metcalf in "Lady Bird".

Song?

Too many, but if I have to pick one I'd say "On the Wings of Love" by Jeffrey Osbourne

Favorite TV show?

Blindspot, Discovery I.D; HGTV, Big Bang Theory, Sheldon and my current favorite Handmaids Tale....very disturbing on so many levels

13. If you could meet anyone (living or dead) in the world, who would it be ?

Jesus

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If there are any questions you would like to see asked in future interviews, please let us know.
Laura
laura lee

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Testimonial Of The Month
Brought to you by: GoldToken Players

I came to GoldToken 1/29/02 from It's Your Turn.
I have owned many clubs but because of GoldToken automatic no wiki tournaments, my players lost interest so I had to close all of them except THE CLUB. THE CLUB was established 7/12/02.
I am self employed but do make a living working with a major water purification company. I'm married with two grown children and five Grandchildren. I enjoy traveling and go to N. Carolina to visit my daughter and her family three or four times a year.
I enjoy the Fall season but you don't see much in the way of seasons in Florida.
My favorite TV show is coming back on the air in September after being cancelled by ABC a year ago. FOX picked up "Last Man Standing" with Tim Allen. Good move for FOX. I am very active in my church and love Jesus with all my heart, body and soul.

Nancy

Contest of the Month

Best Nugget

August's contest is the Best Nugget submitted throughout the month. All entries will be posted in a poll for voting, and the winner will be announced in next month's newsletter.

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

Nuggets articles give all the 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 out 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 its 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.

We have a winner for 2018's Best Blog contest!

to aprildawn! She's been awarded the Best Blog Winner profile token. Be sure to check out aprildawn's Blog and read about her childhood adventures.

Caption Contest

The Caption Contest winner for the July, 2018, newsletter is chessnut64 with:

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I get it! You love me! Now, please, let me up!

chessnut64!

To enter August'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

Kazmiras was the first to send in the correct names for all the icons.

and

so much to all of those who 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 and

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Can you find these name icons?
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Be the first to post your answers to the Icon Mania discussion board or send a PM to GoldToken's Icon Fairy.

The end of the year is nearing.

All saved icons that have not been used will be put back into circulation. It's hard to see such cute icons just sitting and not being used. GoldToken is very generous on the number allotted, gives everyone that likes change to do so and to wear holiday icons to celebrate special occasions. I will let you know if and which icons I put back into circulation. This will not be done until January of 2019, so you still have time, just wanting everyone to remember those awesome icons you have in save.

If the hot weather is making you feeling a little devilish...well maybe the Icon Of The Day will work for you

Or come on over to the Name Icons discussion board and find that perfect icon for you.

Breaking Club News:
Brought to you by GoldToken's roving reporter, PattyMac

There are two weeks left on the July sign up tourneys. The Aug 2018 — KJ's CHESSARAMA fun-time tourney is brought to you by CHESSARAMA of the The World Chess Dice Club Fedration Club.
The The Sep 2018 — KJ's CHESSARAMA fun-time favourites Tournament has new games and instead of 3 days per move: there a 5 days per move with a 9-month game loss clock.
CHESSARAMA will bring you the most favored and popular games that people love to play, as a new idea, to increase fun levels to an all-time high. 'Skyscraper Tourneys' is another 'NEW' idea and will also be there with different games.
For more information, contact Knight Jarlynn; he will be happy to help.

News out of The Berecca's Variety Club: This club has always been a wiki club but Club Owner berecca has now added Monthly Wikiless Tournaments. Drop on by or give her a shout out.

johnnyyboy tells me that over in The Sallyp and Friends Club they have added CHESS. They are playing Dice Chess and a Chess all play all tourneys so if you want to join in, look for those games. NOT a Member, no problem, contact johnnyyboy or sallyp for more information.

Olympic News
Brought to you by: GoldToken's (unknown photo) Olympic_Presidents

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

Winter Olympic Winners

The Short Pitstop Senet Competition in The 2017 Winter Olympics Group 3B Tournament
Short Pitstop Senet
Gold	The 2017 Winter Olympic Team Antiope Club	arachna
Silver	{ Club }	sweetnuttins
Bronze	The 2017 Winter Olympic Team Lynceus Club	aprildawn

The Salvo Competition in The 2017 Winter Olympics Group 1B Tournament
Salvo
Gold	The 2017 Winter Olympic Team Antiope Club	Ruache
Silver	{ Club }	SkiptonBull
Bronze	{ Club }	Lorry
Bronze	The 2017 Winter Olympic Team Hyperion Club	HenryJaimes

The Simple Paper Football Competition in The 2017 Winter Olympics Group 2B Tournament
Simple Paper Football
Gold	{ Club }	jd91
Silver	{ Club }	cmacker
Bronze	{ Club }	AndrewB

The Thematic Fidchell Competition in The 2017 Winter Olympics Group 6B Tournament
Thematic Fidchell
Gold & Silver	The 2017 Winter Olympic Team Hyperion Club	Chris
Gold & Silver	The 2017 Winter Olympic Team Antiope Club	jklh
Bronze	{ Club }	johnnyyboy
Bronze	{ Club }	Pamelak
Bronze	{ Club }	SkiptonBull
Bronze	The 2017 Winter Olympic Team Ismenus Club	DavidJ
Bronze	{ Club }	Straycat

The Giveaway Cribbage Competition in The 2017 Winter Olympics Group 4B Tournament
Giveaway Cribbage
Gold	{ Club }	Hamsarnie
Silver & Bronze	The 2017 Winter Olympic Team Antiope Club	ozallan
Silver & Bronze	{ Club }	rushfan2000

The Giveaway Backgammon Competition in The 2017 Winter Olympics Group 4B Tournament
Giveaway Backgammon
Gold	The 2017 Winter Olympic Team Antiope Club	SarahMills
Silver	{ Club }	eli
Bronze	{ Club }	Big Giant Head
Bronze	{ Club }	GUINESS14
Bronze	The 2017 Winter Olympic Team Ismenus Club	RabidWolff of the Wolf Pack

The Small Barricade Competition in The 2017 Winter Olympics Group 5A Tournament
Small Barricade
Gold	The 2017 Winter Olympic Team Hyperion Club	Road Runner
Silver & Bronze	{ Club }	AndrewB
Silver & Bronze	The 2017 Winter Olympic Team Antiope Club	arachna

The Muggins Competition in The 2017 Winter Olympics Group 6A Tournament
Muggins
Gold	The 2017 Winter Olympic Team Ismenus Club	GoldiLocks
Silver	{ Club }	Lorry
Bronze	{ Club }	loudpedal
Bronze	The 2017 Winter Olympic Team Ismenus Club	RabidWolff of the Wolf Pack

The Mentalis Competition in The 2017 Winter Olympics Group 6B Tournament
Mentalis
Gold	{ Club }	AndrewB
Silver	{ Club }	Straycat
Bronze	The 2017 Winter Olympic Team Lynceus Club	(steelbound)
Bronze	The 2017 Winter Olympic Team Antiope Club	heyred72
Bronze	The 2017 Winter Olympic Team Antiope Club	jklh
Bronze	{ Club }	SkiptonBull

The Short Senet (Bell's variant) Competition in The 2017 Winter Olympics Group 4A Tournament
Short Senet (Bell's variant)
Gold	{ Club }	sweetnuttins
Silver	The 2017 Winter Olympic Team Ismenus Club	DavidJ
Bronze	{ Club }	sallyp

The All Aboard Competition in The 2017 Winter Olympics Group 6B Tournament
All Aboard
Gold	{ Club }	kruntessa
Silver	The 2017 Winter Olympic Team Hyperion Club	Chris
Bronze	The 2017 Winter Olympic Team Lynceus Club	(steelbound)

The GoldDots Competition in The 2017 Winter Olympics Group 3A Tournament
GoldDots
Gold	The 2017 Winter Olympic Team Ismenus Club	DavidJ
Silver	The 2017 Winter Olympic Team Antiope Club	thebodywall
Bronze	{ Club }	AndrewB
Bronze	{ Club }	Hamsarnie

The Cromagnon Holdum Competition in The 2017 Winter Olympics Group 3A Tournament
Cromagnon Holdum
Gold	{ Club }	DIRKSTRA
Silver & Bronze	{ Club }	AndrewB
Silver & Bronze	{ Club }	Sir Face of the GoldTable

The Long Gammon Competition in The 2017 Winter Olympics Group 2A Tournament
Long Gammon
Gold	{ Club }	dickfrank
Silver	{ Club }	Big Giant Head
Bronze	The 2017 Winter Olympic Team Antiope Club	EPICURUS 75

The Rummikub Competition in The 2017 Winter Olympics Group 1B Tournament
Rummikub
Gold	The 2017 Winter Olympic Team Hyperion Club	Chris
Silver	The 2017 Winter Olympic Team Antiope Club	thebodywall
Bronze	The 2017 Winter Olympic Team Lynceus Club	(steelbound)

The Dominoes Competition in The 2017 Winter Olympics Group 1B Tournament
Dominoes
Gold	{ Club }	Man of Steel
Silver	The 2017 Winter Olympic Team Hyperion Club	Road Runner
Bronze	{ Club }	kruntessa

The Restriction Checkers Competition in The 2017 Winter Olympics Group 6B Tournament
Restriction Checkers
Gold	{ Club }	kruntessa
Silver	{ Club }	Straycat
Bronze	The 2017 Winter Olympic Team Antiope Club	SarahMills

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 LittleTree. to her for spotting it and being the first to send a message to GoldToken's Newshound. 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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