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The results for April's
Contest of the Month are a "must read"! We had some amazing, heart-felt entries for "My Favorite Gamer". It was fun reading them all and learning about the friendships people have made.
Did you know, there have been more than 13 million games played on GoldToken? We're getting close to 14 million!
Wishing you much luck and tons of fun for May!
--
heyred72
In this month's newsletter, we have:
Birthdays & Special Announcements
Photozone Competition
Discussion Boards in the Spotlight
Photo Album of the Month
Game of the Month
Club VS Club Tournament of the Month
Best Recipe Contest
Pony Up!
Up Front & Personal
Testimonial of the Month
Contest of the Month
Caption Contest
Icon Mania!
Shout Out!
Olympic News
 | Birthdays & Special Announcements |  |
-- Happy Birthday to
Alwright on May 2nd! - From your awesome dad -
-- Happy Birthday to
supermann8 on May 2nd! -
-- Happy Birthday to
Nina on May 3rd! - From
The Wolf Pack Club , The
Prime Time TV Club & The
To Your Health Club -
-- Happy Birthday to
* on May 4th! -
-- Happy Birthday to
Fian on May 4th! -
-- Happy Birthday to
lemmy66 on May 5th! - From
mystori -
-- Happy Birthday to
carouselhorse on May 6th! -
-- Happy Birthday to
Kjelle - on May 8th! From The
Daily Laugh Club & The
To Your Health Club -
-- Happy Birthday to
Zanda on May 8th! From The
Renegades Gaming Club -
-- Happy Birthday to
Mary on May 9th! - From The
Word O'Rama Club, The
Deborah's Cove Family Club, The
Diamonds Are Forever Club, The
Daily Laugh Club, The
Friendship Club, { Club }, The
He's Alive Club , The
Scoop's Castle Club , The
Prime Time TV Club & The
To Your Health Club -
-- Happy Birthday to
rabbitoid on May 10th! - From The
Chess & Variants Club & The
Daily Laugh Club -
-- Happy Birthday to
precious on May 10th! - From The
Scoop's Castle Club & The
Friendship Club
-- Happy Birthday to
grandmajoan on May 11th - From
The Wolf Pack Club -
-- Happy Birthday to
Acedog on May 12th - From The
To Your Health Club -
-- Happy Birthday to
Game_Master on May 12th! - From
The Wolf Pack Club, The
Friendship Club
-- Happy Birthday to
sidders on May 15th! -
-- Happy Birthday to
maintenance man on May 17th! - From { Club }, The
MasterClass Club & The
To Your Health Club -
-- Happy Birthday to
STUSTU on May 18th! - From
The Pork Chop Club , The
Classic TV & Music Club -
-- Happy Birthday to
CarolP on May 19th! - From The
Word O'Rama Club, The
Friendship Club , The
Prime Time TV Club , The
Daily Laugh Club & The
To Your Health Club
-- Happy Birthday to
the loneranger on May 19th! -
-- Happy Birthday to
GeorgeF on May 20th! -
-- Happy Birthday to
GoneFishin on May 20th! - From The
Classic TV & Music Club & The
To Your Health Club -
-- Happy Birthday to
porkpie1 on May 21st! - From The
Classic TV & Music Club , The
Friendship Club ,
The Pork Chop Club & The
Scoop's Castle Club -
-- Happy Birthday to
Lil Red on May 23rd! - From { Club }, The
Classic TV & Music Club, The
Friendship Club ,The
He's Alive Club, The
Deborah's Cove Family Club, The
Diamonds Are Forever Club, The
Scoop's Castle Club, The
Renegades Gaming Club &
The Wolf Pack Club -
-- Happy Birthday to
tango2 on May 23rd! -
-- Happy Birthday to
unicorn on May 25th! - From The
Word O'Rama Club, The
Daily Laugh Club, The
Classic TV & Music Club, The
Friendship Club, The
Prime Time TV Club , The
He's Alive Club, & The
Scoop's Castle Club -
-- Happy Birthday to
Arctic Warrior on May 27th! -
-- Happy Birthday to
HollandSkip on May 28th! - From your sweet hubby -
-- Happy Birthday to
nw2425 on May 29th! - From: The
Scoop's Castle Club -
-- Happy Birthday to
dixiegal47 on May 30th! - From The
Word O'Rama Club & The
Friendship Club -
-- Happy Birthday to
BethA on May 31st! - - From The
Friendship Club , The
Prime Time TV Club & The
To Your Health Club-
Anniversary:
-- Happy Wedding Anniversary
to
Mary and her husband on May 16th! - From The
Daily Laugh Club -
-- Happy Wedding Anniversary
to
Momsie and her husband on May 25th! They're celebrating 33 years in 2023! -
-- Happy Wedding Anniversary
to
Man of Steel and
B*Elanna on May 26th! From The
Word O'Rama Club, The
Renegades Gaming Club and The
Daily Laugh Club -
* 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!)
(steelbound), with (unknown photo), is April's Photozone competition winner. He won the challenge with
votes and will be awarded with a profile token.
Sea Dreams came in 2nd place with 11 votes for (unknown photo).
robin50 came in 3rd place with 7 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 Weather
The theme for May's competition will be:
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Anyone submitting an image in May will receive this Token, if you don't already have it: (unknown photo).
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| Brought to you by: LittleTree |
- Jools' Contest Announcements - And the quizzes keep coming!
GoldToken has a new host for this board, TerryS, who is supplying all the contests for holidays, so make sure the subscribe box is ticked on the board so you will be informed when they happen and don't miss out! Holiday tokens, made by the graphics team, are given to the winners of these quizzes so it doesn't take long to build up that token collection on your profile sheet! Thanks, TerryS, for providing these contests for us! 
- Most Original Profile Contest - A board to post your best stumpers or to post your answers to these puzzles and riddles. The board welcomes your expertise in solving some of these head scratching riddles.
Numerous players are good at doing so and at times work together to solve them. Some may be simple, some are intricate but I don't think they have ever been completely stumped by any! Drop in and see how many you can solve!
Don't forget to enter your pictures from your album on the Photo Album Contest offered each month. I really enjoyed all the different albums entered this month!
GoldToken provides the discussion boards for your enjoyment and I can't think of any other gaming site that provides such entertainment for their players. Please support them so they can continue on in the spirit of GoldToken! 
Other boards GoldToken has created for your enjoyment
Caption Humor
Crafters' Fair
Cutting Board
General Chat
Jest for Puns
Jokes Board
Life Hacks
Jools' Contest Announcements
Holiday Profile Contest
Paraprosdokian Sentences
Photozone
Photo Album Contest
Polls
Pony Up!
Most Original Profile Contest
What's in Your Pantry?
Word Of The Week
| Photo Album of the Month |
| Brought to you by: ladyvic |
April's theme was "My Favorite Animal". Check out these awesome albums!
divit's Album titled Favorite Animal
pepperbeach's Album
Jewels21's Album
All participants win the (unknown photo) if you don't already have it!
May's theme will be:
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Put your album together and show it at Photo Album Contest
Have fun,
ladyvic
May's game of the month is
Muggins! Join us in a fun Double Elimination Tournament by signing up today for
The Game of the Month - May, 2023 - Muggins Tournament!
In this Dominoes variant, players score points by making the ends of the domino chain add up to multiples of 5. Check out the
Rules of Muggins for more information.
We hope you enjoy it!
| Club ~VS~ Club Tournament of the Month |
May's game of the month is
Switch! Join us in a fun Round Robin Style Tournament by signing your club up today.
Please notify
RabidWolff of the Wolf Pack to join or post in the The
Site Wide Club vs Club Tournament Club. All clubs are welcome, hope to see you there!
Our most recent winners are
clandestine 1 representing The
Innocent Instigators Club,
BigDaddyTuaine representing The
Overall Competition Club and
Philbo Baggins representing
The Wolf Pack Club.
Here are the Club Tokens that our awesome Graphics Team created for the three winning clubs.
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April's winner is:
Slow Cooker Chicken Cordon Bleu Casserole
Ingredients
10.5 oz can cream of chicken soup
¼ cup milk
½ tsp oregano
½ tsp pepper
½ tsp garlic powder
2 lbs boneless skinless chicken breasts
½ pound ham slices this doesn’t need to exact, just enough slices to cover the chicken
6 oz pkg sliced Swiss cheese
6 oz pkg cornbread Stove-Top stuffing
⅓ cup butter melted
Instructions
In a small bowl, whisk together the cream of chicken soup, milk, oregano, pepper and garlic powder until smooth. Set aside.
Add the chicken breasts in an even layer in the slow cooker.
Add the ham over the chicken in an even layer.
Next the Swiss cheese in an even layer.
Pour over the soup mixture and use a spatula to spread it out evenly.
Sprinkle over the cornbread stuffing mix.
Pour over the butter evenly over the stuffing.
Cover and cook on low for 5 hours without opening the lid during the cooking time.
We had 5 great chicken recipes last month, so if you haven't already seen them, come on over and check them out!
GoldToken's
**Lover of Darkness** 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
**Lover of Darkness**!
May's recipe contest is: "My Most Requested Recipe". Do you have a recipe that people always ask you to bring to a pot luck or holiday get-together? That's what I'm looking for! 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.
The winner will also receive one of our new Cutting Board Tokens, and everyone who posts a recipe for May's contest is eligible to receive this year's new Participation Token, if they don't already have it.
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Mother's Day is right around the corner so
to all our mothers, whether to human or fur babies. I hope you have a wonderful day full of love and family!
The
Pony Up! board had numerous winners during the month of April, with prizes of tokens and golderos. Contests included a caption contest, guessing the name of the books by emojis, playing musical chairs by coming up with the lyrics of an oldies song and the singer, a club crawl and naming your choice of vacations.
Our profile token placer loves to place tokens on your profile pages, so feel free to stop by and enter any of the contests. And, as always, please vote for the voting contests.
APRIL WINNERS*
HeartOnFire - Friends to the End
**Lover of Darkness** - Book Ends
RabidWolff of the Wolf Pack - Book Ends
eliphont551 - Book Ends
jroyster - Book Ends
laura lee - Book Ends
fatdaddy - Musical Chairs
Jools - Hmmm...Let Me Think
monkeytyper - V A C A T I O N
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This month's "Up Front & Personal we are Stepping back and remembering a player from our past.
furryfeet
1. What brought you to GoldToken?
- Like many others, a person I was playing with on another gamesite told me about GT back in 2003. Signed up here and never went anywhere else.
2. How'd you choose your name for GT?
- Took the name furryfeet because of my cats
. At first I used the name of one of my cats but I was always telling them to "get your furry feet off the keyboard", so I thought it would be a good nic.
3. What interests you most on GT?
- The different types of games, tournaments, meeting and making new friends from all over the country and the world.
- what bothers me is when all of a sudden one of the people you're playing with dissappears and no one knows what happened to him/her. you get to know some people pretty good and it's like losing a friend.
4. Do you belong to any of the clubs? How about the chat only clubs (birds, kitties, garden)?
- I belong to about a dozen clubs. Maybe one or two are chat only. In our The Kitties Korner & Doggie Daycare Club we play games but anyone is free to ask questions about their cats if they have any problems and are looking for advice.
5. What state or country do you reside in?
- I live in the southeastern part of Wisconsin
- Do you live in the city or country?
- city
- What in your state or country do you think tourists should definitely see?
- I think the Wiconsin Dells area is pretty nice, also Door county up north in the fall when leaves change color.
6. What hobbies to you have?
- I used to hunt
and fish 
when I was younger but just can't get up that early now 
- What other interests do you have?
- I play casino poker sometimes and we take one day bus trips
to different casinos in ours and the surrounding states now and then.
7. Children? Grandchildren?
- I have one son & one daughter, 2 grandchildren, a boy and girl.
- Do any of them play on GT.
- Yes, my son-in-law plays here.
8. Do you work?
- If so what kind of work did you do?
- After 30 years working in a factory and then worked 12 years part time at a boarding kennel. I was a section supervisor and did maintainence/repair work
there. I took out the dogs 
that others were afraid to handle. For some reason they all 
(except one) seemed to like me. Most of the boarders were pretty good but there was always a few that gave you a funny look. I really liked working at that kennel
9. Any pets?
- We had a dog
years ago but have had cats since 1980. We are on cats number 5 & 6, Beretta and Mylo. 
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 joined the Site in 2007 after my Wife, Susie, told me how fun it was and all the nice people I could play my favorite game, Grabble. I like that you have many different types of games to choose from, not just one or two. Some of the people I have met on the site I have really enjoyed playing against and talking to are
smiler5,
JohnnyBoy,
Hillbilly,
Budgie and { Player: Ditzy Blue }. I really miss
smiler5 and
Budgie. When I'm not at GoldToken, you can usually find me in the local stream Gold Prospecting, or digging in the dirt. I hope this helps.
Diddly aka Steve.
Club of the Year
May's contest of the month is
Club of the Year. The members of the winning club will all receive a special Profile Token commemorating their win!
All of GoldToken's clubs are special. But each year, we want to recognize the one that stands out over and above the norm. GoldToken's
Club Of The Year is not only a great club, but has members that are helpful, friendly, and make playing here a joy. The poll for 2023's Club of the Year will run on Thursday, June 1st. Please vote for the most helpful and friendly club on the list!
Note: Entries must be posted by no later than May 31, 2023.
- Club must have at least 10 active members
- Club must have been running for at least 12 months
- Club may not have won this award previously:
If you know of an exceptional club, post your nomination on the
Club of the Year Nominations discussion board.
We have so_many winners for "My Favorite Gamer"! We couldn't choose just one entry. All these players will receive the prize of 5 Golderos. Read about all the great players and the friendships forged both on the site and off:
My favorite gamer here at GT is
LittleTree. Her name says it all: T (thoughtful), R (reassuring), U (uplifting), D (delightful), Y (young-spirited)
By
JanuarySnowAngel
My favorite player is
laura lee. She talks if I feel like talking and plays silently when I don't. She has a tough time with health but never complains. She lives alone and manages the yard and household. She is like me and loves flowers.
By
cindygal
My favorite gamer is
**YANKEE ROSE*JR FRANK PAB. She’s got to be the nicest person here. Always giving and caring and full of laughter. She helps me out a lot when I don’t know what I’m doing. She deserves to win!
By
hoof hearted
My favourite player is
sallee we play about 5 or 6 games of Backgammon nearly all the time. We first played our first game in August 2005 at the moment we have completed 5,450 games (backgammon) i have won 2667 games we drew 1 game and sallee has won 2782 games. On occasions we chat mostly politics, family and weather, sallee is in the USA I am in the UK.
By
johnnyyboy
I have been playing with (or is that against?)
Jack 55(unknown photo) for over 13 years. We had played a handful back in 2009, but our friendship actually started 7-24-2010 when I was desperate to learn a game. I had joined a tournament and had no idea HOW to play LOL. Jack joined a fast game. I explained I needed to learn it asap. I have no clue how I did back in the tournament, but 4920 games later and we are still competing against each other. He is my best friend online and I always look forward to our games and conversations.
By
silknlacy
Aggie Baggie is the best gamer and friend because she always has a kind word and a great personality. She never gets upset with me about anything. She is sweet, considerate and fun and I think she likes me. I would love to have a personal friend just like her.
By
squirly138
I would say my favorite gamer is
marshagee due to the fact that we chat everyday and make it known when we are getting off line, we also exchange recipes, mostly she does since she cooks quite often. We know when we have doc appts, hair appts, etc. We share info about our families, even though we are miles apart, I feel like we are close, and hoping to meet one day soon.
By
monkeytyper
My favorite Gamer is
Toodles She is a long time friend from my town in Michigan. She helps send reminders to me in all my various clubs. She is always ready to step in if I need one more player to start any of my clubs games. She is always willing to let me invite her to any of our new games to try them out and see if it's a game I want to present to my clubs. She helped teach me backgammon, which she is pretty good at I must say. She is always there for me when I need her and willing to try new games.
By
hoot
Who do you like playing with? That is such a difficult question because there are so very many people that I enjoy playing with here on GoldToken. I have met and played with some wonderful players and some really challenging players, however, I really need to put my two sisters (
Marylou and
loondog) as my very favorite players. When I get online and see their name in my Chums List I am so very happy. They are not only very good players but they make me laugh. It doesn’t always matter if I win or they do, I love playing with them. I have looked up to them for my entire life, and even if distance has separated us, they are my favorite players and they have encouraged me to try new games and become a better player.
*If my selections gets picked, I will pass my “winnings” on to them, they certainly deserve it. Thank you! Eileen (Gilbertei)
By
Gilbertei
The Caption Contest winner for the April, 2023, newsletter is
Lil Red with:
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Hey, wanna see some cool bubbles...watch this.
Lil Red!
To enter May's Caption Contest, click on the image below and post your best caption.
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The winner will be chosen by our news team, given 5
Golderos and announced in next month's newsletter.
If you haven't been by the
Icon Mania board and clicked on the
Name Icons link, you should drop by and check out the new icons on the board. Icons are rotated out and replaced consistently so if you haven't been by for awhile, there are probably some you haven't seen. Like { Image: www.goldtoken.com/pics/icon110505182628.gif } or maybe { Image: www.goldtoken.com/pics/icon2303101530111.gif }. There might just be one there you can't resist, for any gender, or you might see one that just begs to be placed on a friend's name that you know on GoldToken.
If you see one you'd like, just go to the links above and request them on the
Icon Mania discussion board and I will be happy to place it next to your name. Or contact
GoldToken's Icon Fairy and let me know.
Don't forget the
Icon Of The Day as it, too, changes often!
Platinum may save 9.
Gold may save 7.
Silver may now wear a larger icon but cannot save it if they request another one after 30 days.
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SHOUT OUT! to
HAF member since 2003 and a worthy opponent in Backgammon with stats to show it! Thank you for your dedication to GoldToken and we're glad you're a valuable member of our GoldToken family
HAF!
SHOUT OUT! to
Fast Eddie from Leeds in the UK and a member since 2022. Loves the game of Chess, evident from his stats! Thank you for being such a dedicated member of GoldToken and we're glad you're a member of our GoldToken family
Fast Eddie!
SHOUT OUT! to
Cinnamon "People won't remember what you say but they will remember how you made them feel" A quote worth remembering and put into practice, from her page. From Indiana and and a veteran member since 2003. Loves a game of Hangman and variants and has a love for all things pomeranian and a loyal member of numerous clubs. Thank you for sharing your pictures from your albums with us, it's nice to see who we're playing and thank you for being such a committed member of GoldToken. We're glad you're part of our GoldToken family
Cinnamon!
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| Brought to you by: GoldToken's Olympic Presidents |
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- 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 squirrel. 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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