Dan Hinkin
An educator and tabletop game lover.



SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY! Get on down to “insert name here” arena for Monster Jam. See your favorite trucks smash! Growing up, I would hear that radio ad once or twice a year. I’d beg my dad to take me, but never got to go. I still had a few
by Dan Hinkin
When the original Sorcerer’s Arena came to the table, I was already a fan. Not only am I a big fan of Disney, but I’m also a big fan of games that I can get to the table and get gamers with different levels of experience involved. I
by Dan Hinkin
Columbia is known for many things in today’s day and age such as coffee, Pablo Escobar, and its door knockers? In colonial times, the door knockers of Cartagena, called Aldabas, indicated to the world your profession and social status. Aldabas takes the history of this colonial tradition and builds
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Hot off their release of Frosthaven, which is currently shipping to Kickstarter backers, Cephalofair Games announced Gloomhaven: The Roleplaying Game at PAXU on Friday. Cephalofair Games, crowdfunding publisher of the record-breaking board games Gloomhaven and Frosthaven, is pleased to announce our latest project set in the same high fantasy, high
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When starting the table top hobby, a friend introduced me to the original Smash Up. Take two decks, smash them together, and try to outscore your neighbor. We had hours of fun making different combinations like Zombie Ninjas, Dinosaur Wizards, and Robot Pirates, seeing which ones synthesized the best. With
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I won’t even lie to you, at one point in my life, I thought I wanted to be a mailman. In elementary school, we were able to write letters to students in other classes and each classroom had their own address. I applied for and was given the job
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Seemingly every game in the Star Wars universe has you playing as the hero. One Jedi against the empire, a squadron of resistance fighters against the first order, or a band of heroes stopping the spread of the empire across the galaxy. In classic movie trope fashion, the good guys
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When I downloaded the Disney Sorcerers Arena app a few years ago, I had a ton of fun taking teams of Disney characters into battle against classic Disney villains. Since I wasn’t willing to buy into the pay to play model, my progress was slow and arduous, but the
by Dan Hinkin