Overview
At a glance
Is this game right for my group?
ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.
Easier to teach
High replayability
Low interaction
Scales well
Deep strategy
More strategic control
How it plays
How does it play?
Walk a shell-strewn beach, draft shoreline tiles, and arrange colorful finds on a personal board to complete patterns and score collections.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
Pattern Building
Place elements to create arrangements that satisfy scoring or action patterns.
Tile Placement
Place tiles to build a shared or personal spatial arrangement.
Open Drafting
Select cards or items from a shared face-up display.
Ordering
Arrange items into a correct or strategically useful sequence.
End Game Bonuses
Earn additional points for meeting conditions evaluated when the game ends.
Read the full game description
Sanibel is a relaxed tile-drafting puzzle inspired by beachcombing on Florida’s Gulf Coast. A shared shoreline fills with shell, wildlife, and landmark tiles, and each player moves a beachcomber along the sand to claim a nearby find. Collected tiles are placed into ordered rows on a personal beach board, where their colors, shapes, and positions matter for both immediate opportunities and end-game bonuses. Public goal cards reward shared priorities while private patterns encourage different routes through the same display. Because taking a tile also changes what later players can reach, every pleasant stroll contains a small drafting dilemma: secure the perfect shell now, reposition for a better sequence, or deny a scarce piece to an opponent. When the shoreline or tile supply reaches its endpoint, completed patterns, collections, and bonuses determine the most memorable day on Sanibel Island.
