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Dan Hinkin

An educator and tabletop game lover.

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Reviews   -   Oct 23, 2022 USPS: The Great American Mail Race review – Not Rain, Sleet, Snow, or Hail can put a damper on this game!
USPS: The Great American Mail Race review – Not Rain, Sleet, Snow, or Hail can put a damper on this game!

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

by Dan Hinkin
Reviews   -   Oct 22, 2022 Star Wars Villainous: Power of the Dark Side review – The Force is wobbly with this one.
Star Wars Villainous: Power of the Dark Side review – The Force is wobbly with this one.

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

by Dan Hinkin
Reviews   -   Aug 02, 2022 Disney Sorcerers Arena: Epic Alliances Core Set review – Take a phone app and turn it into a better board game = Disney Magic!
Disney Sorcerers Arena: Epic Alliances Core Set review – Take a phone app and turn it into a better board game = Disney Magic!

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
Features   -   Jul 31, 2022 Orlog: Assassin’s Creed Valhalla Dice Game review – Great Odin’s raven! Another raid without the feeling of adventure.
Orlog: Assassin’s Creed Valhalla Dice Game review – Great Odin’s raven! Another raid without the feeling of adventure.

When Vikings are taking a break from raiding coastlines, pillaging villages, and relishing in their spoils, what better way to wind down than with a little dice rolling fun. Now if you’re looking for traditional Norse and Saxon historical gaming, you won’t get very far as Orlog comes

by Dan Hinkin
Reviews   -   Jul 11, 2022 E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial: Light Years From Home Game review – E.T. phone home…no Reece’s pieces but it’s still a treat!
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial: Light Years From Home Game review – E.T. phone home…no Reece’s pieces but it’s still a treat!

In 1982, Steven Spielberg gave us a family adventure movie about a small alien creature who gets stranded on Earth. After being found by and befriending a young boy, the alien does his best to communicate with his family back home while avoiding being caught by the government agents out

by Dan Hinkin
Reviews   -   Jun 27, 2022 Big Thunder Mountain Railroad review – ‘Cause this here’s the wildest board game in the wilderness!
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad review – ‘Cause this here’s the wildest board game in the wilderness!

In the middle of Frontierland at Disneyland lies the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad – the wildest ride in the wilderness! Full of crazy drops and turns, riders are whipped around the mountain on a mountain train through tunnels, past mining equipment, and a goat chewing on dynamite. I recently got a

by Dan Hinkin
Reviews   -   Jun 17, 2022 Rear Window review – People Watching: The Board Game
Rear Window review – People Watching: The Board Game

When a magazine photographer, known for his harrowing action shots, breaks his leg and is confined to a wheelchair for weeks, he spends his days near the window in the back of his apartment. Looking out onto a courtyard and the building across the way, he gets an insight into

by Dan Hinkin
Reviews   -   Jun 10, 2022 Wreck Raiders review – Grab your scuba gear and see if you can handle the “pressure”
Wreck Raiders review – Grab your scuba gear and see if you can handle the “pressure”

The ocean has always been a mystical thing to me. The surface can be calm and serene or be moving with powerful waves. You can harness the wind with a sailboat or comb through the stuff that washes up on the shore. Stick your head underwater and you are in

by Dan Hinkin
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