Dan Hinkin
An educator and tabletop game lover.



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
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
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
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
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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
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
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
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