August 2011The busiest part of GoldToken this last month was spent on GoldToken's beta site testing what appears to be one of the most popular games yet to come to GoldToken. Those who have been helping with the testing are loving this latest edition that will soon arrive on GoldToken's list of fun activities. If you are missing out, it's not too late to check this fun game out at http://beta.goldtoken.com/    The Olympiads Club is open for sign ups to all interested players.  Hurry, as time is limited! Players in The Olympiads Club will be assigned to their prospective Olympic teams by August 15th to give the clubs plenty of time to organize their teams. GoldToken's 2011 Olympic games will begin December 5th.  , you must have a Silver  membership to play in the Olympics. If that is a problem for you, we have a couple volunteer openings in exchange for Silver memberships. Please contact GoldToken Support for details if interested.Discussion board games are a great way to get to know others on GoldToken! Here are a few new ones and a list of ongoing games you know. New discussion board games to play:
Don't forget about these classic discussion board games:
If you have a new Discussion Board Game idea you would like to see on GoldToken, send it to GoldToken Support! We are always looking for fun things to add!Special Name Icons For Silver Members! Are you a Silver member but wish to sport one of the fancier icons? If so, check out these clubs that offer a lovely Name Icon for their members.
Have a wonderful month and play like you mean it! --Badger In this month's newsletter, we have:
Birthday Wishes: -- Happy Birthday to postal-guy on August 2nd!  -- Happy Birthday to Sapient on August 2nd! - From nylady41 -- Happy Birthday to Robyn Hode on August 4th! -- Happy Birthday to Genie on August 5th! - From { Club } and { Club }  -- Happy Birthday to meme22 on August 5th! - From { Club }, { Club }, The Backgammon Tournament Club, { 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 { Club }, { Club } & { Club } -- Happy Birthday to Lillie on August 7th! - From { Club } & { Club } & { Club } -- Happy Birthday to TexasToest on August 8th! - From { Club }, { Club } and { Club } -- Happy Birthday to Gail_M on August 11th! - From { Club } -- Happy Birthday to NanaT on August 16th! -- Happy Birthday to norma8 on August 16th! -- Happy Birthday to Abaitha on August 20th! -- Happy Birthday to MGTLADY on August 20th! - From { Club } -- Happy Birthday to Mom of 5 on August 21st! -- 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 Knight Rider on August 25th! -- Happy Birthday to ladybird25 on August 25th! -- Happy Birthday to rogerrabbit on August 27th! -- Happy Birthday to Nukkle Dragger on August 27th! - From { Club } -- Happy Birthday to AmberLove on August 27th! -- Happy Birthday to Mystic Dreamer on August 28th! From your sister LyndiLoo -- Happy Birthday to splodge on August 27th! -- Happy Birthday to Uncle Chuckie on August 29th! - From { Club } 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!Other Wishes:  and happy "meeting for the first time" anniversary to hairhat and his gal on August 28th!* If you would like to announce any birthdays, anniversaries or other special events coming up for next month, please send GoldToken Support 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!)
Name Icons Wondering how our Name Icons work and where you can find them? Check out GoldToken's Info page called: Name Icons! The page supplies all our name icon information, which ones are available to specific membership levels and much more. Once you find the icon you'd like placed beside your name, please post it on our Icon Mania discussion board so that GoldToken's Icon Fairy can apply it for you!
August's game of the month is Chess! Join us in a fun Double Elimination Tournament by signing up today for The August 2011 Game of the Month - Chess Tournament!  Helpful chess maximsWhen I first began playing chess I'd seek out those players (and later authors) with chessic wisdom, those who could encapsulate quality ideas in just a sentence.At the time I found this far more valuable than detailed game annotation which had to be worked through, often without grasping the essentials of the 'why' and 'how'. I wanted to understand the very foundations of the 'why' and 'how'. Pragmatic chess maxims, such as those I will be quoting, can help with general thinking; and general thinking (time, space, material etc) is what most serious chess players start with, no matter the position. [See General Thinking in 'The Chess Mind' by Gerald Abrahams ... a quality chess thesis!] So I'll try to add a couple of chess maxims here from time to time, and, if necessary, I will acknowledge my primary sources when making my last entry [64]. If they wish, those who want to add their 2 penny-worth can, but I'd ask for some restraint. It would be so easy to, 'wander off track', and I don't think any convoluted discussion (especially those challenging the given maxim!) will benefit the beginner/intermediate player. I think for the most part, those players are looking for clarity, not complexity. I suggest those who feel strongly about a particular chessic maxim (or all of them!) and want to articulate their concerns to, and with others, should start another chess nugget. So, after that preamble, I'll begin: 1. Be aggressive, but play soundly. Don't take unnecessary chances. 2. Make sure every move has a purpose. To be continued ... We hope you enjoy it! Special  to *Blockhead* 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: Taco Salad
1 lb lean hamburger 1 small can Rotele tomatoes (I prefer mild) 1 bag shredded lettuce pkg low fat Mexican cheese non fat sour cream 2T chili seasoning or to taste 8 oz Salsa 1/2 T Cumin or to taste 5-6 green onions Brown hamburger and onion with cumin and chili seasoning. If lean enough, it doesn't have to be drained. Add rotele and add salsa. When done, put lettuce on four plates, top with cooked hamburger mixture, about a cup each, add about 1/4 c Mexican shredded cheese and a dollop of sour cream. Serve with corn chips and extra salsa if desired. Start to finish, 15 minutes. Versatile, low fat, filling. No heating up of the kitchen. GoldToken's Molly D 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 Molly D!  Augusts' recipe contest is: "Harvest Vegetable Side Dish". 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:
This month we interviewed RubyJoy **~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~** 1. What brought you to GoldToken? There was a friend on a different turn based game site that lead me to GoldToken. He still plays here but our friendship grew apart. How'd you choose your name for GT? Originally my nickname was ArkTrek, for 2 of my favorite things... Noah's Ark and Star Trek. I wasn't thrilled with it and then chose AngelJoy, for the first poem I wrote in my adulthood combined with part of my first name. It has now become RubyJoy because the Ruby is my birthstone. 2. What interests you most on GT? The friendships and the fact that I can leave at anytime and pick it up later in the same place I left the games. 3. Do you belong to any of the clubs? How about the chat only clubs (birds, kitties, garden, religion)? I belong to 2 writing clubs, { Club } and { Club }. I also belong to The Multi-Player Gaming Center Club and The 80's Breakfast Club. Both of these clubs are great fun both in challenges and fun extra-curricular activities. 4. What State or Country do you reside in? I have lived in Ohio for the last 38 years Do you live in the City or Country? Interesting question. I am from the Canton area, which is city, but for the last year I have lived in the smallest little village that still has all the necessities but it is surrounded by farms. By the time this is published, I will be back in the city. What in your State or Country do you think tourist should definitely see? There are so many things in Ohio that are wonderful. Cedar Point, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Football Hall of Fame, Serpents Mound, King's Island, Put-In-Bay. interviewer note, (I was born and raised in Ohio, been to all these places and can vouch they are all fun)5. What hobbies to you have? I am fanatical about movies and do plastic canvas work. What other interest do you have? I love learning, board and card games, and travel. 6. Children? 3. Denny (aka Tom) is married with 2 children and works very hard to support them. Kory is studying for his PhD in Economics. Veronica I hoping to become an assistant manager very soon at her store to help support her daughter. Grandchildren? Again, 3. My son's, Kayla, 7 and Toby, 2 and 1/2. My daughter's, Torrie, 3. Do any of them play on GT? Occasionally, Denny plays chess as Daemiian. My other 2 played in their younger years but not lately. 7. Do you work? I am currently unemployed and looking for a job. If so what kind of work do you do? I have degrees in accounting and CAD. I worked in retail for most of my life and my last job was in digital mapping. 8. Any pets? I grew up my whole life with dogs and about 20 years ago, started living with cats too. Currently I don't have any but would love to again someday. **~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~** We would like to say  to RubyJoy for letting us step into her personal life for a bit.If there are any questions you would like to see asked in future interviews, please let us know. Laura laura lee
I was introduced to this site in November 2003, by a friend that I cannot remember her name. We both were guests and played constantly all the games enjoying them, in fact we were addicted to the site. I had already planned to go to Florida in December and was concerned cause I would miss out on Gold Token. I left for Florida in December and first visited my daughter in Virginia. She had a computer and I would sit all day while they worked and I would play at Gold Token. I was at my daughter's home on Christmas Eve and was playing games on Gold Token with my friend that when we both received a notice from Gold Token. We were both a given free 6 month silver membership and we were surprised. I left Virginia and got to Florida a few days later. Now I thought where can I play gold token and learned that the Library in St. Cloud had computers and all you had to do is get in line. I saw that getting there at 9 am when they opened you could get one of the 12 computers fairly easy but for an hour only. I would be there daily to play for my hour and have the rest of the day for myself. This worked good for my three months in Florida and then back home. There I continued on at Gold Token getting my Gold membership which I have today. I have many Clubs I joined along the way and germ Warfare The Outbreak Club is one of the best. I am enjoying the game of Outbreak, Backgammon, and all the games at GT. Recently I found Chess to be a challenge and helps keep the mine alert. I'll always be a member here and when I say addicted I really truly mean it. Golden Oldie I was made aware of GoldToken by a friend. She said she played a lot of games there. I joined GoldToken December 30,2004 and I'm very happy here. Pork Chop Club was the first club I joined. I am an officer in a few clubs and am Hypergammon Club Ladder in The Pork Chop Club glad to be here. I play most games but CHESS is not one of them..I do like backgammon and Hypergammon. I found a lot of friends on here.. partygirl
I was offline for more than a month because I didn’t take computer viruses seriously and thus didn’t protect myself with a suitable anti-virus program. Whilst banished I missed the Internet terribly, and one of the reasons was my new found love for this GoldToken site. It was so lovely to log on finally after getting my laptop back from the tech guys. I was delighted to find that even after such a short time on this site I have made friends that remember me enough to let me know that they miss me and enquire as to what happened. Thank you. I‘m taking my turn at a six player game of Chinese Checkers and getting very frustrated with the lack of openings. I thought I was getting more proficient at the game but until now had never competed against more than one or two opponents. In those games I was always looking for a piece to jump over, a single solid in the void. Suddenly, in the six-player game, there’s so little void and so many pieces in what’s proved to be a limited space that I’m starting to think of it as CROWDED Chinese Checkers. It certainly makes for a different game compared to what I’m used to. The number of participants in a multi-player game can change the tactics, dynamics and even the entire strategy of a single set of game rules. The same can be said of game variants that are adaptations of an initial set of basic rules. At Goldtoken.com each type of turn-based game has at least one variant.* Some introduce facilities for an increased quantity of adversaries whilst others present a myriad of alternative mutations for the same number of players as in the initial rules. Then again they can do both. The point is that tweaking a few rules can completely transform a game into something new. My first experience of this was when I decided to try a twist on chess by entering a Three Checks Chess tournament run by the Chess4Fun Club. I normally play as cautiously as I’m able when it comes to the standard Chess rules, because experience has led me to believe I will have a better chance of winning a game that way. Applying the same approach to Three Checks Chess proved to be disastrous. The rules had changed the value of pieces, they had become much more expendable in the short term goal of causing check, because checkmate was no longer necessary. Losing a few pieces became much more affordable in the pursuit of victory. It was in effect, as my opponent messaged me after I expressed bewilderment, an entirely different game. It only took one or two games for me to learn to play more aggressively (and then another one or two to actually win after that), but it was a fun new way to look at on old friend. Three Checks Chess has become one of my favorite games on GoldToken since then. Lines Of Action is a two player game that has several variations for two players as well as a multi-player variant. I’ve already had an interesting and entertaining time exploring each one of them. How could anyone ever get bored with the amount of game variations presented at GoldToken? Time to get back to my game of Chinese Checkers and work out my next move before I lose my turn. After that I’m starting a new game of the latest variant that has gotten me excited: Fast Chinese Checkers. Happy playing! *Except for Rock Paper Scissors
Augusts' contest is the Best Nugget submitted throughout the month. All entries will be posted in a poll and announced for voting 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. Additionally, we are also working on a way for highly successful Guest article writers to obtain site membership as a reward - the details of this will be posted at a later time. 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.  ** _ A big | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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goes out to last month's winner laura lee who got 11 of the 12 icons I was asking for. laura lee 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!). | Interesting Club Of The Month |
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This month's club interview is with The Classic TV & Music Club
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More than a decade ago there were no online turn based games. There was however a realtime chess site where I met the following players. Kingpin1 (deceased) Ishkabibble (deceased) Uncle Art (deceased) Greensong, Kas, & Art Waddell. We noticed that the same people kept coming back and playing at the one site often. We formed the first online chess club and called it Chess4Fun. Records and stats were kept and communication was by email until a man named Patrick Chu opened a site called itsyourturn.com. We then moved there and found that we could play without the realtime complications. Turn based gaming allowed us to have tournaments and ladders but the site was limited in capabilities. It was at that site that 2 brothers from Idaho, Chad & Taylor, joined my club, and they changed everything!!! They built this site based on what we all believed turn based gaming should be and I am proud to have been the first beta tester of this site. I also am EXTREMELY proud to have founded the first club here, The Chess4Fun Club.
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July 2010 Olympic Winners! A big congratulations to these players & their clubs! 
| The Chessgi Competition in The 2010 Olympic Tournament Group 3A Tournament | |||
| Chessgi | GOLD | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Jupiter Club | AndrewB |
| Chessgi | SILVER & BRONZE | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Juno Club | EsqKeeper |
| Chessgi | SILVER & BRONZE | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Neptune Club | Ray of Light |
| The Grabble Swapper Competition in The 2010 Olympic Tournament Group 4A Tournament | |||
| Grabble Swapper | GOLD | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Juno Club | Dave b nimble |
| Grabble Swapper | SILVER | { Club } | chris3 |
| Grabble Swapper | BRONZE | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Vulcan Club | *DOMINATOR* |
| Grabble Swapper | BRONZE | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Apollo Club | Straycat |
| The Stealth Salvo Competition in The 2010 Olympic Tournament Group 1 B Tournament | |||
| Stealth Salvo | GOLD, SILVER & BRONZE | { Club } | aussielady |
| Stealth Salvo | GOLD, SILVER & BRONZE | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Apollo Club | SkiptonBull |
| Stealth Salvo | GOLD, SILVER & BRONZE | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Pluto Club | rushfan2000 |
| The Hit&Miss Salvo Competition in The 2010 Olympic Tournament Group 2C Tournament | |||
| Mystery Game 2 Hit&Miss Salvo | GOLD & SILVER | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Ceres Club | Rodney |
| Mystery Game 2 Hit&Miss Salvo | GOLD & SILVER | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Apollo Club | corrie m |
| Mystery Game 2 Hit&Miss Salvo | BRONZE | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Juno Club | Dave b nimble |
| Mystery Game 2 Hit&Miss Salvo | BRONZE | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Neptune Club | Trish41 |
| The Large Halma Competition in The 2010 Olympic Tournament Group 1 A Tournament | |||
| Large Halma | GOLD | { Club } | aussielady |
| Large Halma | SILVER | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Neptune Club | DIRKSTRA |
| Large Halma | BRONZE | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Neptune Club | Lew |
| The Argentinian Checkers Competition in The 2010 Olympic Tournament Group 5A Tournament | |||
| Mystery Game 10 Argentinian Checkers | GOLD & SILVER | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Minerva Club | barefootony |
| Mystery Game 10 Argentinian Checkers | GOLD & SILVER | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Jupiter Club | AndrewB |
| Mystery Game 10 Argentinian Checkers | BRONZE | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Jupiter Club | FixitDave |
| Mystery Game 10 Argentinian Checkers | BRONZE | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Juno Club | brosius |
| The Nackgammon (3 Point) Competition in The 2010 Olympic Tournament Group 1 A Tournament | |||
| Nackgammon (3 Point) | GOLD | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Juno Club | DocMartin |
| Nackgammon (3 Point) | SILVER | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Apollo Club | Sea of vapours |
| Nackgammon (3 Point) | BRONZE | { Club } | egis |
| The Reversi Competition in The 2010 Olympic Tournament Group 2A Tournament | |||
| Reversi | GOLD | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Pluto Club | OkMeR |
| Reversi | SILVER | { Club } | Lidas |
| Reversi | BRONZE | { Club } | mehor |
| The Cromagnon Holdum Competition in The 2010 Olympic Tournament Group 4A Tournament | |||
| Mystery Game 8 Cromagnon Holdum | GOLD | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Minerva Club | McGoo98 |
| Mystery Game 8 Cromagnon Holdum | SILVER & BRONZE | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Juno Club | Dave b nimble |
| Mystery Game 8 Cromagnon Holdum | SILVER & BRONZE | { Club } | ozallan |
| The Hypergammon (3 Point) Competition in The 2010 Olympic Tournament Group 2A Tournament | |||
| Hypergammon (3 Point) | GOLD | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Minerva Club | dama1 |
| Hypergammon (3 Point) | SILVER | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Jupiter Club | JohnDerek |
| Hypergammon (3 Point) | BRONZE | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Neptune Club | Ace1316 |
| The Large Reversi Competition in The 2010 Olympic Tournament Group 1 A Tournament | |||
| Large Reversi | GOLD | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Juno Club | 1926 |
| Large Reversi | SILVER | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Apollo Club | macbann |
| Large Reversi | BRONZE | The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Jupiter Club | BlackHound |
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