October 2016

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Happy Anniversary!

Today, GoldToken is 17 years old! Happy anniversary to all you players who are here to celebrate this wonderful anniversary with us!

New Senet Variants

Two new Senet variants are now available - Ftoou Senet and Ftoou Bell's Senet! The games play similarly to the base games, the difference is that these are 4-player variants. Have fun!

Multi-Round Games

We have added support for playing all our games in multi-round mode - that is, you play the game normally, and when it finishes (be it a regular win, a draw, or anything else), the winner gets a point and the game continues anew. The game ends when someone collects the agreed-upon number of points (two or more).

The following games support this option right now:

GoldDots
Dipole
Halma
Pipes
Diagonal Duel
Variants of the above games

We'll be extending support to more games in the future. We hope you will like the option!

Help Wanted!

As you may have noticed, our most recent GoldToken updates are taking place behind the scene. Our goal over the next year is to modernize GoldToken to match the recent trends,
mostly when it comes to better interactivity, better support for instant notifications and messaging, and more.

The existing infrastructure of GoldToken is, unfortunately, proving to be inadequate for the tasks we want to add, ie better discussion boards, flow of game play etc. Partial improvements can be, and have been, considered and implemented, but on the whole, bigger changes are necessary to make the new features reasonably possible. We ask that you please be patient during this process. It is a big undertaking, and undeniably leads to a few of our favorite pet projects being put on the backburner...for now. Not indefinitely.

To coincide with the above, we are seeking a handful of players with constructively great ideas for an improved GoldToken. Send me a note today if this fits you to a T!

New Tournament Director

After 8 long dedicated years, our incredibly talented Jacob1987 is retiring from office. He will still be a huge part of GoldToken, but no longer handling those much loved Club Matches. Please be sure to let Jacob know how much we treasured the hundred thousand hours he spent in organizing matches and tournaments here! You rock Jacob1987! In Jacob's place, Giant Gila Monster is learning the ropes, not to take over the club matches, but to augment them along with T-Rex. Send him a great

to the team!

Have a wonderful month and play like you mean it!

--Badger

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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 *justme on October 1st! -

-- Happy Birthday to ema on October 2nd! - From The Daily Laugh Club, The Scoop's Castle Club, The He's Alive Club and The Monkeytyper's Gaming Paradise Club -

-- Happy Birthday to Brett smile on October 2nd! -

-- Happy Birthday to CaperViv on October 4th! - From The Daily Laugh Club, The Scoop's Castle Club and The He's Alive Club -

-- Happy Birthday to wilsoni on October 4th! -

-- Happy Birthday to Bullets9mm on October 5th! - From The Word O'Rama Club -

-- Happy Birthday to Dmm on October 5th! - From The Daily Laugh Club and The Word O'Rama Club -

-- Happy Birthday to Dionysos on October 6th! - From The Daily Laugh Club -

-- Happy Birthday to loondog on October 7th! -

-- Happy Birthday to alexlee on October 8th!- From The Daily Laugh Club -

-- Happy Birthday to Sundrop kid on October 9th! - From The Scoop's Castle Club -

-- Happy Birthday to grade1teacher on October 10th! - From The Word O'Rama Club and The He's Alive Club -

-- Happy Birthday to Dragon101 on October 11th! - With much love from your wife jazzbeth -

-- Happy Birthday to ditzyblue on October 13th! - From The Daily Laugh Club -

-- Happy Birthday to Bruno on October 15th! -

-- Happy Birthday to DocMartin on October 15th! -

-- Happy Birthday to restivo46 on October 16th! -

-- Happy Birthday to three horses on October 20th! -

-- Happy Birthday to ozallan on October 20th! -

-- Happy Birthday to fatdaddy on October 22nd! - From The Backgammon Tournament Club -

-- Happy Birthday to Candy Cane Kaz on October 24th!- From The Scoop's Castle Club and The He's Alive Club -

-- Happy Birthday to blackdog3 on October 25th! - From The Daily Laugh Club -

-- Happy Birthday to Neat on October 26th! - From The Word O'Rama Club -

-- Happy Birthday to brosius on October 26th! - From The MasterClass Club-

-- Happy Birthday to B*Elanna on October 28th! - From The Backgammon Tournament Club, The Daily Laugh Club, The Scoop's Castle Club, The Word O'Rama Club, The Pork Chop Club and Man of Steel -

-- Happy Birthday to Sweetlips43 on October 28th! - From The Scoop's Castle Club and The He's Alive Club -

-- Happy Birthday to firefly on October 28th! - With love from the GoldToken Management Team! -

-- Happy Birthday to BennyC on October 29th! - From The Daily Laugh Club, The He's Alive Club and The Scoop's Castle Club -

-- Happy Birthday to GreenEyedLady on October 29th! -

-- Happy Birthday to RabidWolff of the Wolf Pack on October 29th! - From The Pork Chop Club and The Scoop's Castle Club -

-- Happy Birthday to Penguin123 on October 29th! - From The Scoop's Castle Club -

-- Happy Birthday to Rxb5 on October 29th! - From The Word O'Rama Club -

-- Happy Birthday to hoot on October 30th! - From The Daily Laugh Club The Scoop's Castle Club and The Pork Chop Club -

-- Happy Birthday to BmwLady_430i on October 31st! -

-- Happy Birthday to pepperbeach on October 31st! - From The Scoop's Castle Club and { Club }-

Anniversary & Other Wishes:

-- Happy Wedding Anniversary

goes out to ellieoop and her husband Bob on October 3rd! Have a terrific anniversary!

-- Happy Wedding Anniversary

goes out to Allison and DEG on October 14th! Have a terrific anniversary!

-- Happy Wedding Anniversary

goes out to loondog and her husband on October 19th! Have a terrific anniversary!

-- Happy Wedding Anniversary

goes out to Chermandy and marcmandy on October 25th! - From The Daily Laugh Club and The Word O'Rama Club Have a terrific anniversary! -

* 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'm new to the site. Can you tell me how to get an image placed next to my player nickname?

Those images are called Name Icons. Thanks to the amazing works of team Mecir and firefly, GoldToken.com has this cool and unique feature for it's players! Depending on your membership level, whether or not you have won a contest, deserve special merit, are one of our Olympic game athletes or a Federation/Association member - We have a name icon for you!

Check out the Name Icons Info page to see what icons are available for your particular membership level, then go to the Icon Mania discussion board and post a message requesting the one that suits you!

* 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.

Photozone Competition
Brought to you by: Jools

Autumn with (unknown photo) is September's Photozone competition winner who won the challenge with

votes and will be awarded with a profile token.

marcmandy came in 2nd place with 25 votes for (unknown photo)

sandi en margarita came 3rd 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 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
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The theme for October's competition will be;

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Photo Album of the Month
Brought to you by: ladyvic

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We had lots of fun with our Theme this time and some really GREAT Entries!

THE WINNER IS! sandi en margarita's Album

nd Place goes to Dragons Ladye's Album

A BIG to EVERYONE that Entered the Contest!

The next THEME is

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So start working on your Photo Album and Post it at Photo Album Contest

You may be the next to win this cool Profile Token! (unknown photo)

Best of luck,
ladyvic

Game Of The Month

October's game of the month is Shake It Up! Join us in a fun Double Elimination Tournament by signing up today for The Oct 2016 - Game of the Month - Shake It Up Tournament!

Get to know other players and learn a new game by joining in on this fun, easy to play game today! We hope you enjoy it!

Club ~VS~ Club Tournament Of The Month

Did you know you can win tournament prize tokens for your club by playing? That's right! The winning club wins a cool set of tournament tokens! Contact

if you are the winning player/club to get started on your unique design!

October's game of the month is CrossDowns! Join us in a fun League style Tournament by signing your club up today for The Site-Wide Club Vs Club Tournament!

Please notify Giant Gila Monster to join!

Best Recipe Contest

September's winner is: NO-BAKE PINEAPPLE PIES

Submitted by Believer

PINEAPPLE PIES-(EASY)
(Makes 2-pies)
1-(20 oz) can crushed pineapples, + juice
1- large box vanilla instant pudding mix
1-(8 oz) tub Cool Whip
1-(8 oz) container sour cream
2-graham pie crusts

In a large mixing bowl,
combine the pineapples & pudding mix until soupy.
Add sour the cream.
Fold in Cool Whip thoroughly.
Evenly divide mixture into the pie crusts.
Refrigerate until sets up.
ENJOY!

GoldToken's Believer 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 Believer!

October's recipe contest is: "Zucchini 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.

Up front & personal
Interview by: laura lee

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We would like to say

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

What brought you to GoldToken?

How'd you choose your name for GT?

My friend MartyC told me about GT, and I never left. My friend Molly gave me my name. i tried to lighten my hair and turned red, so she gave me the name.

2. What interests you most on GT?
Favorite game here?

I like all the different games you can pick and all the friendly people here. My favorite game is Triple Shake.

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

Ohio. We have the Rock Hall, and the Football Hall of Fame. Everyone loves Cedar Point or Kings Island

4. What hobbies do you have?

My hobbies are reading and i love making cards.

5. Children? Grandchildren?

no children or grandchildren.

6. Do you work?
what kind of work do/did you do?

Don't work. Retired, but Use to clean banks.

7. Any pets?
No pets

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

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

West Virginia

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

Right here.

12, Favorite movie?

While You Were Sleeping

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 absolutely love GoldToken.com and have been playing on the site for over 15 years now. I used to play on several game sites, but soon dropped the others in favor of GT. There is such a wide variety of fun games, the memberships are inexpensive, and I enjoy the opportunity of getting to know some of the members. Playing on GT is one of the things I look forward to every day.

GT!

Paul D

Contest of the Month

Best New Game Design

October's contest is for the Best New Game Design submitted throughout the month.

You can include your own graphics, opt to use graphics already available on GoldToken, or if chosen as the winning entry, possibly have your graphics designed by our professional graphic artists. All entries will be reviewed for playability, and judged by GoldToken's Graphic Arts team. The winning game will be announced in November's newsletter.

The contest winner will receive two extra months on their current membership, or, if Guest, a two month Silver membership, and see their new game added to GoldToken's venue of games (as long as it is feasible to code), sometime during this next year.

Entries must be entirely new games or variants not seen anywhere else, and be submitted to GoldToken Support no later than November 2, 2016.

We have a winner for 2016's Club Owner of the Year!

to RabidWolff of the Wolf Pack, owner of The Wolf Pack Club! RabidWolff of the Wolf Pack has won a 2-month extension to her current membership.

Her club is currently open for membership - why not check it out and benefit from her years of club ownership experience?

Caption Contest

The Caption Contest winner for the September, 2016, newsletter is TowneKook- with:

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Aah-today has been "Ruff"

TowneKook-!

To enter October'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

to report that there was no WINNER in the Icon Hunt this month

. The GoldToken's Icon Fairy loves to give out the special token. When we start back up after the holidays, just a little tip. When looking for the icons, check around in your clubs membership list and also at the very bottom of your game sheet page, you will find "Who Is Here?", check it occasionally, go to "Clubs" at the top of your page and look in other clubs, you might even find something of interest in your search.

Halloween icons will be added thru this week so be sure to check Name Icons to find that scary icon that fits you

and then request on Icon Mania. Guest, Wood and Silver you will be able to also wear the Holiday icons but only after the 15th, watch the board for that announcement. See you there

Be sure to check out the Icon Of The Day today and every few days as it changes frequently.

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

The CHRISTIAN/JEWISH ALLIANCE Club will has started a new verse-by-verse study of the Bible book of Hebrews in September. The study will explore the connection between the Old and New Testaments, the Messianic prophecies and the life of Jesus, and the faith of the Jewish patriarchs and contemporary Christians, both Jewish and Gentile. We encourage and welcome comments, observations, and questions. If you are interested in joining the The CHRISTIAN/JEWISH ALLIANCE Club, please PM MrsT

The Sallyp and Friends Club is seeking new members, the Club would also like to adopt a member. You may be able to get adopted if you have never been a member before, contact sallyp, johnnyyboy or read here how to become a member Membership Options

There is a NEW Club in town, its The Tournament only Club. They play only auto tournies, contact MM David littlefair XI or any of the officers for more details

Club Connections brought to you by bookfox

When I first joined GT, I kept seeing banners advertising clubs and one of the most amusing was called The Pork Chop Club. I finally learned the story behind the name and met the man responsible-porkpie1. He explains how the name was chosen, back in 2003. “Well, I had to find a name for my profile and that name came from a U.K. TV Comedy series called “Desmonds”. One of the characters was called Porkpie. Once I had my name, the next way of thinking was what would go with Porkpie? It clicked with Pork Chops, lol and so the name was used.”

Since the club has been around so long, I wondered if anything had changed in that time. “Yes, its grown stronger and with a variety of different style game (i.e. games made by our officers) or GT style games where no wikis need editing and then there is our Club v Club games which are well supported by our members. We also do prize tourneys, these are fun.” I asked about the kinds of games and he said “The club has a good mixture of games. We generally see what games members like and try and accommodate by using these games the most. The Backgammon games and my favorite Senet games seem to be popular.”

He reflected on what he thinks makes the club unique, ”The members, they are the best and have supported me throughout and I thank every one of them. Without them, there would be no The Pork Chop Club.” And he hopes it continues, “Future plans are to keep the club interesting, fun and keep its family feel that the club brings.”
He spoke of his dedicated club officers, “The friendship of the members and also the support I get from my partners and officers. The fun games we run. It’s a big thank you to my two partners who help guide the club from strength to strength and they are Pepper and eliphont551, these two special people have helped make the club a lovely place to be. But I really have to say also that the officers of the club yes I want to name them heyred72, Callie , hoot. STUSTU, BrnIdGirl and partygirl are the best and I love them all--it’s a bit cheesy, but I like cheesy. Lol”
He ended by recalling a special moment, “In 2015 we won Club of the year and in the same year, I won Club Owner of the Year. It touched my heart and made me feel warm inside.”

Thank you porkpie1 for letting bookfox step into your club life and bring us this heart warming article. Much continued success

Clubs be ready for your interview with bookfox, she will be knocking on your club door soon

Olympic News
Brought to you by: GoldTokens Olympic Presidents

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

Winter Olympic Winners

The Lower Division of the Tabula Competition in The 2015 Winter Olympic Tournament Group 1A Tournament
Tabula
Gold(unknown photo)	The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Pluto Club	Tian-Xian
Silver	The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Jupiter Club	davids
Bronze	The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Pluto Club	chris3

The Lower Division of the Ludocarte Competition in The 2015 Winter Olympic Tournament Group 4A Tournament
Ludocarte
Gold & Silver	The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Juno Club	eliphont551
Gold & Silver	The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Apollo Club	yoyudax
Bronze	The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Pluto Club	B*Elanna

The Lower Division of the Diagonal Duel (3-point) Competition in The 2015 Winter Olympic Tournament Group 2A Tournament
Diagonal Duel (3-point)
Gold	The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Neptune Club	cindygal
Silver	The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Juno Club	the celt
Bronze	The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Ceres Club	Kat

The Novice Division of the Dominoes Competition in The 2015 Winter Olympic Tournament Group 1B Tournament
Dominoes
Gold	The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Minerva Club	NEUROTIKA
Silver	The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Apollo Club	Hillbilly
Bronze	The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Minerva Club	LittleTree

The Novice Division of the Loco Ochos Competition in The 2015 Winter Olympic Tournament Group 2A Tournament
Loco Ochos
Gold & Silver	The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Neptune Club	donn8962
Gold & Silver	The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Apollo Club	PattyMac
Bronze	The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Jupiter Club	Crispies
Bronze	The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Jupiter Club	Rand al*Thor
Bronze	The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Minerva Club	Terryjam

Summer Olympic Winners!

The Benedict Chess Competition in The 2016 Summer Olympic Group 3 Tournament
Benedict Chess
Gold	The Summer Olympic 2016 Cymopoleia Club	Ray of Light
Silver	The Summer Olympic 2016 Tityos Club	JimC
Bronze	The Summer Olympic 2016 Drona Club	wallywalter

The Novice Division of the Tourne-case Competition in The 2016 Summer Olympic Group 6 Tournament
Tourne-case
Gold	The Summer Olympic 2016 Tityos Club	Gail_M
Silver & Bronze	The Summer Olympic 2016 Drona Club	Hillbilly
Silver & Bronze	The Summer Olympic 2016 Cymopoleia Club	wldndn

The Intermediate Division of the Nackgammon Competition in The 2016 Summer Olympic Group 2 Tournament
Nackgammon
Gold	The Summer Olympic 2016 Cyclops Club	GUINESS14
Silver & Bronze	The Summer Olympic 2016 Tityos Club	cowboy
Silver & Bronze	The Summer Olympic 2016 Otrera Club	kittyrambo

The Expert Division of the Backgammon Competition in The 2016 Summer Olympic Group 1 Tournament
Backgammon
Gold & Silver	The Summer Olympic 2016 Semele Club	dama1
Gold & Silver	The Summer Olympic 2016 Tityos Club	Lou Siffer
Bronze	The Summer Olympic 2016 Cyclops Club	Wrighty
Bronze	The Summer Olympic 2016 Vali Club	cmacker

The Lower Division of the Diagonal Duel Competition in The 2016 Summer Olympic Group 5 Tournament
Diagonal Duel
Gold	The Summer Olympic 2016 Cyclops Club	Tian-Xian
Silver	The Summer Olympic 2016 Otrera Club	pepperbeach
Bronze	The Summer Olympic 2016 Otrera Club	the celt

The Hex Competition in The 2016 Summer Olympic Group 5 Tournament
Hex
Gold	The Summer Olympic 2016 Cyclops Club	klaashaas
Silver & Bronze	The Summer Olympic 2016 Cyclops Club	DavidJ
Silver & Bronze	The Summer Olympic 2016 Drona Club	wallywalter

The Quarto Competition in The 2016 Summer Olympic Group 7A Tournament
Quarto
Gold	The Summer Olympic 2016 Semele Club	cindygal
Silver	The Summer Olympic 2016 Otrera Club	Chris
Bronze	The Summer Olympic 2016 Otrera Club	heyred72

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 bookfox. to her for spotting it and being the first to send a message to GoldToken Support. 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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