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2019Elizabeth Hargrave
- Videos
- 296
- Creators
- 131
Mainly playthroughs and reviews
1 - 5 players40 - 70 minMedium weight
Sanibel
2026Elizabeth Hargrave
- Videos
- 24
- Creators
- 20
Mainly reviews. Sanibel is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 10 reviews, 5 how-to-play guides, 3 recorded sessions, 3 unboxings, and 3 other videos.
2 - 4 players
45 min
Light weight: Learn it in minutes
From BoardGameGeek
In Sanibel, players walk up and down the beaches of this Florida island city, collecting a wide variety of seashells and carefully adding them to their bags - with your "bag" being a personal player board. As you collect shells, you "drop" them in the bag, letting them fall to the bottom Tetris-style. Focus on the types of shells and where they land, since they score in a variety of ways. Be sure to collect shark's teeth, too, as they're small and can fit in tiny spaces. Movement on the beach is represented by player tokens that start in a line, with a multitude of tiles splayed into zones on the beach. Whoever is at the back of the line takes the next turn, advancing as far as they wish, then collecting tiles. At the halfway point, players loop around and head back to where they started. At the end of the game, players earn points based on which seashells they picked up and how carefully they arranged them in their bag.
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Which Sanibel video should I watch?
Sanibel has 24 videos from 20 creators: 10 reviews, 5 how-to-play guides, 3 playthroughs, 3 unboxings and 3 other videos. They date from 2025 to September 2026.
To learn the rules, start with "Sanibel | How to Play | Learn to Play in 9 Minutes!" by kovray, which runs 9 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Sanibel Review: Shell Game" by The Dice Tower. 10 creators have reviewed it. To see it played, watch "Sanibel - GameNight! Se13 Ep34 - How to Play & Playthrough" by BoardGameGeek, one of 3 playthroughs.
If you like it, try Wingspan, Wingspan Asia, The Fox Experiment and Wingspan Pocket, also by Elizabeth Hargrave. It appears in convention videos from Spiel Essen 2026.
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About Sanibel
From BoardGameGeek:
In Sanibel, players walk up and down the beaches of this Florida island city, collecting a wide variety of seashells and carefully adding them to their bags - with your "bag" being a personal player board. As you collect shells, you "drop" them in the bag, letting them fall to the bottom Tetris-style. Focus on the types of shells and where they land, since they score in a variety of ways. Be sure to collect shark's teeth, too, as they're small and can fit in tiny spaces. Movement on the beach is represented by player tokens that start in a line, with a multitude of tiles splayed into zones on the beach. Whoever is at the back of the line takes the next turn, advancing as far as they wish, then collecting tiles. At the halfway point, players loop around and head back to where they started. At the end of the game, players earn points based on which seashells they picked up and how carefully they arranged them in their bag.
Designer
Elizabeth Hargrave
Artist
Dahl Taylor
Publisher
Avalon Hill
Categories
Mechanics