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Jun 17, 2025·How to play·15:23·384·Watch on YouTube

How to Play Sandy Diggs, by James Ernest

James Ernest

James Ernest

Watch “How to Play Sandy Diggs, by James Ernest,” a how-to-play guide for Sandy Diggs in the Pyramids of Madness from James Ernest on BoardGameVideo.

Description provided by James Ernest on YouTube:

James Ernest of Crab Fragment Labs explains Sandy Diggs, a lightweight archaeology game for 2 to 6 players. In Sandy Diggs, players divide their time between the Market and the Desert. In the Market you can buy maps and sell artifacts, and in the Desert you can use maps to discover more artifacts. Each map is a pattern of 2 to 5 dots, black or white, and finding that pattern means that you've found the treasure. You can learn more about Sandy Diggs, and dozens of other excellent tabletop games, at Crab Fragment Labs. Crab Fragment on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/crabfragment Sandy Diggs: https://crabfragmentlabs.com/tomb-of-the-ancients Crab Fragment Labs: https://crabfragmentlabs.com/ 0:00:40 Overview 0:02:35 Setup 0:04:30 Buying Maps 0:07:56 Digging in the Desert 0:12:44 Pausing 0:13:24 Scoring 0:14:03 Final Thoughts

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Sandy Diggs in the Pyramids of Madness

Sandy Diggs in the Pyramids of Madness

2023·James Ernest

2 - 6 players
30 - 60 min
Medium weight: Teach it in one sitting

About Sandy Diggs in the Pyramids of Madness, from BoardGameGeek:

You and your opponents are archaeologists, hunting for lost treasures of the ancient world. On each turn you may visit either the market, where you can buy maps and sell artifacts, or the desert, where you can use your maps to find artifacts. Map cards are simple puzzle patterns that you can find in the “shifting sands,” a 5x5 grid of black and white tokens. When you find an artifact it flips over the tokens in the pattern, and this can lead to more discoveries for you and the other players! Note: This game is still in progress and is still being developed by the creator, so most images in the gallery have a preliminary and not final status. More information about the status of this game can be found at the designer's page: https://crabfragmentlabs.com/tomb-of-the-ancients

Designer

James Ernest

Publisher

Crab Fragment Labs

Categories

EconomicPuzzle

Mechanics

Market & TradingPattern Recognition
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Sandy Diggs in the Pyramids of Madness

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