Dan Hinkin
An educator and tabletop game lover.



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
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
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
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
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