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Dan Hinkin

An educator and tabletop game lover.

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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
Reviews   -   Jun 09, 2022 Dungeon Scrawlers review – “Draw” a d20 for initiative
Dungeon Scrawlers review – “Draw” a d20 for initiative

Seeing the Dungeons and Dragons logo on a box invokes specific feelings and thoughts. For me, I imagine a group of friends sitting around a table with different colored dice, some miniatures strewn around a map, and a dungeon master animatedly describing the story at the end of the table

by Dan Hinkin
Reviews   -   Jun 09, 2022 Master Word review – I’ve got 20 questions about how to make Mastermind with words.
Master Word review – I’ve got 20 questions about how to make Mastermind with words.

Put forth your queries, use the clues to narrow down choices, make your guesses, and try to decipher the answer before you run out of rounds. You may be thinking of the classic code breaking game Mastermind at this moment, but this review is not about that amazing game. Master

by Dan Hinkin
Reviews   -   Jun 07, 2022 Las Vegas Royale review – Come out, roll the dice, and press your luck the easy way
Las Vegas Royale review – Come out, roll the dice, and press your luck the easy way

On my first visit to Las Vegas, I was immediately drawn to the craps table. Being 18, they immediately steered me the other way. When I returned, at the age of 21, the allure of the dice still drew me in. Something about the chips on the table, the camaraderie

by Dan Hinkin
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