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- Busy as a bee!
Thank you for your patience as we sort out the occasional odd glitches that have arisen as a result of the behind-the-scenes updates
Mecir has been doing. Rest assured, he does read the Bug Reports board and takes action as soon as possible, even though, as stated on the board,
Our programmer may not reply to your post but will tend to all problems. Please know that the changes he's making will make any growing pains worth the temporary discomfort!
I hope the first half of 2017 was full of fun. It's hard to believe we're halfway to 2018, already.
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
Up Front & Personal
Testimonial Of The Month
Contest of the Month
Caption Contest
Icon Mania!
Breaking Club News
Olympic News
 | Birthdays & Special Announcements |  |
-- Happy Birthday to
wabasco on June 2nd! -
-- Happy Birthday to
cindygal on June 4th! From
The Pork Chop Club, The
He's Alive Club & The
Scoop's Castle Club -
-- Happy Birthday to
katja on June 9th! - From The
Daily Laugh Club, The
Friendship Club, The
Classic TV & Music Club, The
Prime Time TV Club,The
He's Alive Club and
The Pork Chop Club -
-- Happy Birthday to
Chimera on June 10th! - From The
Friendship Club -
-- Happy Birthday to
LyndiLoo on June 10th! - From The
Daily Laugh Club , The
He's Alive Club. The
Classic TV & Music Club, The
Prime Time TV Club and The
Word O'Rama Club & The
Scoop's Castle Club -
-- Happy Birthday to
postal-guy on June 11th! - From The
Daily Laugh Club -
-- Happy Birthday to
blackangus on June 11th! - From The
Daily Laugh Club , The
Prime Time TV Club, The
Word O'Rama Club, The
Scoop's Castle Club, The
Friendship Club , The
He's Alive Club and The
Monkeytyper's Gaming Paradise Club -
-- Happy Birthday to
gypsyjan on June 11th! - From The
Friendship Club -
-- Happy Birthday to
Honeybear on June 14th! - From { Club }, The
Backgammon Tournament Club and
THE CLUB -
-- Happy Birthday to
game_77 on June 15th! - From The
Word O'Rama Club -
-- Happy Birthday to
hrhawk on June 15th! - From The
Friendship Club & The
Word O'Rama Club -
-- Happy Birthday to
SomeBunny on June 15th! - From The
Daily Laugh Club, The
Classic TV & Music Club, The
Friendship Club & The
Word O'Rama Club-
-- Happy Birthday to
nightingale on June 17th! -
-- Happy Birthday to
wildgeese on June 20th! -
-- Happy Birthday to
Turn-Key on June 23rd! -
-- Happy Birthday to
GameNut on June 23rd! - From The
Monkeytyper's Gaming Paradise Club , The
Classic TV & Music Club and
THE CLUB -
-- Happy Birthday to
Jacob1987 on June 24th! - From The
Word O'Rama Club & The
Friendship Club -
-- Happy Birthday to
katkrazy70 on June 24th! -
-- Happy Birthday to
Fade on June 25th! - From The
Daily Laugh Club , The
Scoop's Castle Club & The
Friendship Club -
-- Happy Birthday to
Giggles on June 26th! - From The
Daily Laugh Club, The
Scoop's Castle Club , The
He's Alive Club & The
Friendship Club -
-- Happy Birthday to
LittleTree on June 27th! -
-- Happy Birthday to
GailorJ54 on June 27th! -
-- Happy Birthday to
Pamelak on June 27th! - From The
Scoop's Castle Club , The
Word O'Rama Club & The
Friendship Club -
-- Happy Birthday to
TexasRose on June 27th! - From The
Monkeytyper's Gaming Paradise Club & The
Word O'Rama Club -
-- Happy Birthday to
Ken2 on June 28th! - From
The Pork Chop Club and The
Scoop's Castle Club -
-- Happy Birthday to
SandyPaws on June 30th! - From The
Daily Laugh Club,
The Pork Chop Club -
-- Happy Birthday to
WolfGirl on June 30th! - From The
Daily Laugh Club, The
Scoop's Castle Club , The
Prime Time TV Club and The
Daily Laugh Club -
-- Happy Birthday to
jd91 on June 30th! - From The
Scoop's Castle Club , The
Classic TV & Music Club and The
Daily Laugh Club -
Anniversary & Other Wishes:
-- Happy Anniversary to
Badger for 13 great years of running GoldToken! -
-- Happy 31st Wedding Anniversary
goes out to
seabird and her husband
dick turpin on June 21st!
-- Happy Wedding Anniversary
goes out to
Ana and her husband
willy on June 24th!
-- Happy 49th Wedding Anniversary
goes out to
oldog and her olgoat, er...husband...on June 27th!
* If you would like to announce any birthdays, anniversaries or other special events coming up for next month, please send GoldToken's Newshound a message before the 25th of this month, so we can give them a shout out in next month's newsletter! (Please keep all announcements upcoming and not belated. Announcements submitted after the newsletter is published, cannot be put in after the fact, we're sorry!)
| 1st Stop Information |
| Site tips and helpful tools |
I've been thinking about starting my own club. Where do I begin?
Any player in good standing who has Gold or Platinum membership status can own a club! It's a good idea to check out some of the existing clubs and see what features you like and how different club owners utilize officers. There's a discussion board where you can post questions for other club owners and officers:
Club Presidents. There are plenty of wiki resources on the Wiki Web, if you need to learn how to create and edit wikis and make links, accessible from the link at the bottom of your gamesheet, as well as an Info page devoted to
Clubs and Federations. When you're ready to dive in, click on the "Clubs" link at the top of your gamesheet and then look for the "Interested in starting your own club?" link.
* 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.
Scheherizade with (unknown photo) is May's Photozone competition
Winner who won the challenge with
votes and will be awarded with a profile token.
dickfrank came in 2nd place with
22 votes for (unknown photo)
grade1teacher came 3rd place with
21 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 2017 - 05 Faceless
The theme for June's competition will be;
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| Photo Album of the Month |
| Brought to you by: ladyvic |
The May theme was: (unknown photo) and there were some really great Photo Albums entered into the contest
Our Winner is: Cheetah's Album titled April's Baby - Tajiri Watch for your Profile Token coming soon!
nd Place goes to: sue g's Album titled Darcy's life 2001 - 2017 (unknown photo)
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everyone for your entries and all of your hard work is appreciated!
June's Theme is: Backyard
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This will be lots of fun! So start working on your albums and you may be the next to win this cool Profile Token! (unknown photo)
Best of luck,
ladyvic
June's game of the month is
Back 'Em Up Cribbage! Join us in a fun Double Elimination Tournament by signing up today for
The June 2017 Game of the Month - Back 'Em Up Cribbage Tournament!
This variant imposes a penalty of -10 points for any hand or crib that scores no points otherwise!
We hope you enjoy it!
| Club ~VS~ Club Tournament Of The Month |
June's game of the month is
Cribbage! Join us in a fun League style Tournament by signing your club up today for
The Sitewide Club-vs-Club Cribbage June 2017 Tournament!
Please notify
Giant Gila Monster to join!
You can also check the status of previous sitewide Club~ve~Club tournaments below:
The Site-Wide Club Vs Club Dominoes April 2017 Tournament
The Sitewide Club-vs-Club Chess May 2017 Tournament
May's winner is:
Easy Chicken Bake
Ingredients
1 cut up chicken or breast pieces
1 envelope onion soup
1 small bottle of Catalina dressing
1 small jar of preserves like apricot, pineapple or whichever is your favorite
Directions
Put chicken in a 9x13 baking dish
Mix all Ingredients together and pour over the chicken. Bake at 325 degrees for approximately 1 to 1 1/2 hours. Enjoy!
GoldToken's
Cheetah 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
Cheetah!
June's recipe contest is: "Appetizers and Snack 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:
- 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.
**~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~**
We would like to say
to
ibsarahjane for letting us step into their personal life for a bit.
1. What brought you to GoldToken?
A friend, in 2004
How'd you choose your name for GT?
I was off line for awhile and couldn't get back on old name and this was my dad's nic name for me.
2. What interests you most on GT?
All the different games
3. What state or country do you reside in?
I'm in Kentucky
What in your state or country do you think tourists should definitely see?
The beautiful lake and Cumberland Falls
4. What hobbies do you have?
Mostly playing my games, and/or playing with my grandchildren
5. Children? Grandchildren?
Yes
6. Do you work?
No, retired
7. Any pets?
Yes, I have a 
& a 
8. Are you under 30?___ 30 to 50? ___ or over 50?
Male or Female?
Female and over 75 years old 
9. What's the farthest you've been from home?
Lived in Calif for 30 yrs, been to Mexico and Canada been to the Atlanta and Gulf of Mexico
10. If you could be anywhere right now where would that be?
Home 
11. Favorite season?
Spring
12, Favorite
Actress?
Debbie Reynolds
If there are any questions you would like to see asked in future interviews, please let us know.
Laura
laura lee
| Testimonial Of The Month |
| Brought to you by: *GoldToken* Players |
I have a friend that lives in Florida and she asked me if I would like to try GoldToken. Of course I did and have enjoyed it so much. It's so nice to communicate with people from all over, made a friend in Ill. and her and her husband came to Florida and we all got together and that was fun. Made a friend in England and we chat on the game. It has been a very positive and enjoyable experience to belong to GoldToken.
pondee1 
Best Short Story
June's contest is:
Best Short Story posted on the
Writing With Style DB.
- This year's writing contest topic is: Surprise.
- Rules:
- 500 words or less
- Story must be original work posted by the writer on the Writing With Style DB.
- Story must be original and have never been posted on the Writing With Style DB before.
- Stories must be posted no later than 11:59 pm, Pacific Time, Wednesday, June 28, 2017.
Winner will be chosen by poll and posted in next month's newsletter.
We have a winner for 2017's Club of the Year! Congrats to The Daily Laugh Club, owned by smiler5!
All the current club members will receive a special Profile Token, still in development, to commemorate the honor!
The Caption Contest winner for the May, 2017, newsletter is
flyingjp with:
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Man's first attempt to fly gets off to a rocky start!
flyingjp!
To enter June'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.
Flowery was the first to send in the correct names for all the icons.
and
so much to all of those that participated. We have five new icons for the June 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
.
Can you find these name icons?
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Be the first to post your answers to the
Icon Mania or send a PM to the
GoldToken's Icon Fairy
We have a lot of super icons for Club Adoption. And don't forget these club icons can also be worn by your club's silver members!
Here's one from the Lizard Balloon Collection, they all have cute names as well { Image: goldtoken.com/pics/icon110730120309.gif }. There are so many of these in different colors and names they are suitable for a large club. Contact the
GoldToken's Icon Fairy if your club is looking for some unique and fun icons suitable for your Club.
Here is the
Icon Of The Day. Come on over to the
Name Icons and find that perfect icon for you.
| Breaking Club News: |
| Brought to you by GoldToken's roving reporter, PattyMac |
CHESSARAMA 'SUMMERTIME FUN'
The Jun 2017 —
The Jun 2017 — KJ's BELOW-1600 league tourney, Chess Tournament - starts 6/8/2017
The Jun 2017 —
The Jun 2017 — KJ's ABOVE-1600 league tourney, Chess Tournament - starts 6/8/2017
Bow The Jul 2017 —
The Jul 2017 — KJ's wine-red 10×10 Dice Chess Tournament - starts 7/10/2017
We are the Original Chess Dice Club on Gold Token.
The World Chess Dice Club Fedration Club
Get signed up for these tournies, the top two start very soon
The
Sallyp and Friends Club has met their membership goal of 150 members! A full club and they are running some special prize tourneys to celebrate.
They still have a very active amount of wiki tourneys each month, they start 40 or 50 wiki tourneys some that only their club runs. Don't despair, they will start a waiting list if some other GT members wish to join the club. All you need to do is contact
sallyp or
johnnyyboy and they will send out the club invite as soon as there is an available spot.
The
Daily Laugh Club reports that 24 tournies in their ongoing Games Challenge for 2017 have been completed. They had 15 different winners in 15 different games in the finished tourneys. A total of 34 different tournies are in progress now, all this in addition to their monthly wikiless tourney, inter-club challenges and special games.
They are certainly a busy club with something for everyone. Whilst they take their games playing seriously there is always time for a giggle.
The husband had just finished reading a new book entitled, “You Can Be The Man Of Your House.”
He stormed to his wife in the kitchen and announced, “From now on, you need to know that I am the man of this house and my word is law. You will prepare me a gourmet meal tonight, and when I’m finished eating my meal, you will serve me a sumptuous dessert. After dinner, you are going to go upstairs with me and we will have the kind of fun that I want. Afterwards, you are going to draw me a bath so I can relax. You will wash my back, towel me dry, and bring me my robe. Then, you will massage my feet and hands. Then tomorrow, guess who’s going to dress me and comb my hair?”
The wife replied, “The funeral director would be my first guess.”
Contact
smiler5 for more information about this fun club and more funny giggles.
The
West of the Setting Sun Club announces with great fanfare and celebration that in May the 2016 Meijin Profile Token tournaments concluded. It was a very close race for 1st place with only 2 points separating 1st place and 2nd!
Those placing were:
First place with 23 points -
tzorec
Second place with 21 points -
PeeGee
Third place with 11 points -
klaashaas
So tzorec receives the Meijin Profile token for 2016.
Owner
tzorec says: "Well done to all the competitors for making this series of tournaments, our club and the games so exciting!"
The 2017 Meijin Profile Token tournaments are off to a great start with the first 19x19 Go tournament and the second 13x13 tournaments under way.
They also have their first Connect 6 tournament up and running as well.
So come and join The
West of the Setting Sun Club and discover this fabulous game of Go (who knows you might be the one to put Google's AlphaGo in its place
)
The
Chess & Variants Club members are busily playing lots of chess. There are a lot of variants and they want you to know that they play them all!!!!
If you enjoy chess and want to play it or wish to explore the many chess variants at GoldToken message
M3 or
Kookaburra for an invite to the club.
The
Prehistoric Poker Club is enjoying great success playing CAVEMAN which is 5 card draw and CROMAGNON HOLDUM which is Texas holdem. If you enjoy poker or even card games they have players that can assist you to learn this game or if you are already proficient come and play POKER with us.
POKER is a game of decisions. Doesn't matter what cards you get but what decisions you make when you get those cards. It is FUN!!!
They have regular 2 player and multiplayer tournaments. For more information message
Kookaburra or any officer of the club.
The
Overall Competition Club Has a new owner. This is a wikiless club only. 10 games will be played every month, different games, with points given for winners. Overall Winners at end of the year will receive golderoes prizes. Come join in on the fun! Message
PattyMac for invite into the club.
The
For the Love of Draughts Club has commenced a series of tournaments to determine their biennial club champion in each of the checker variants. Signup for the CHECKER variant club championship has commenced and they also have regular monthly tournaments proceeding with Armenian, Restriction, Russian and Spanish checkers featured in June's tournament in signup.
So if you enjoy a game of checkers and it's not difficult to start playing checkers contact
T-Rex or
Kookaburra and they will assist you in learning this great game and also help in joining the club.
The
Astronomy Club members are preparing and getting ready for a major solar eclipse which will visit many parts of the world on August 21 2017 with over 2 minutes of totality. This will be a major astronomical event.
And to celebrate its arrival they will have a special tournament "The Astronomy Club Total Eclipse of the Sun Tournament" So get your seat in the club so you don't miss this fun tournament and a chance to share the eclipse with other members. Contact
quietman or
Kookaburra for more information.
The
Lisa's Teddy Bear Picnic Club has a new Vice President,
Candy Cane Kaz and they are inviting members to come meet her. "She says it’s a nice, relaxed club and she has a lot of fun, as well as learning new things". "One of them is creating more tournaments, both automated and wikiless". If you’d like to join in, just contact her or Club owner
Lisa Marie.
The
Premier Cribbage Club has a new owner,
PattyMac. This club will play Cribbage exclusively. Starting this month there will be a wikiless for cribbage and every month thereafter, in June of next year we will be announcing the Champion!. If you like to play cribbage come and join in on the fun. Just message
PattyMac for a invite.
Prize Winners In These Clubs 
The
Friendship Club
[
Friendship: All I Want For Christmas Is Loco Ochos ] 5 Golderos to
ladyvic
The
Multi-Player Gaming Center Club
[
Multi-Player Gaming Center: A Christmas Fairy Tale Backgammon ] 5 Golderos to
CaperViv
The
Horsin' Around at GT Club
[
Horsin' Around at GT: Dashing Through the Snow Whist ]5 Golderos to
johnnyyboy
Club Connections brought to you by bookfox
We’ve profiled many clubs here on Gold Token, but there’s one that’s truly different from all of the others. Owner
RabidWolff of the Wolf Pack says
The Side of the Milk Carton Club is the only club (that I'm aware of) that is a place for members to have one centralized place to search for information on missing players. There are links within the club to other areas on the site to help locate players. But the most used feature is just the discussion board where members post questions about a missing player, and if other players have information on them - they will post a reply.” The club was “created on May 5, 2013” and she explains how the name was chosen, “I'm showing my age here, but back when I was a kid and milk came in a paper milk carton the companies used to post pictures of missing children on the side of the milk cartons.”
The Side of the Milk Carton Club is one of the few which doesn’t play any games, but still “it is always growing in membership.” She sees firsthand the emotional connection GT members have for each other, “The most rewarding thing about this club, is when we can find an answer to why a player is missing instead of just never knowing what happened. These reasons can vary from just being on vacation, to a broken computer, to an illness, hospitalization and unfortunately, to someone passing away.”
The future of the club is “The same as now, just to try to have members helping other members…” Everyone is welcome, “
The Side of the Milk Carton Club is open for anyone to join. Just remember there are no games played here, it is strictly just a place to possibly gather information on a missing player.” And many times, that is enough.
Clubs, be watching for
bookfox to knock on your club house door.
| Olympic News |
| Brought to you by: *GoldToken's*Olympic*Presidents* |
Olympic Winners! A big congratulations to these players & their clubs!
Winter Olympic Winners 
Summer Olympic Winners!
Competitions are published when gold, silver & bronze winners have been determined
- 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 firstjenn. 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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