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Sandcastles: “ultimate sandbox game” takes you to the beach

Rob Beschizza
May 18, 2026
∙ Paid

The wet mud and shingle of Worthing beach isn’t ideal for sunbathing, but it was good for building sandcastles that put up a fight when the tide came in. My father and I built vast fortifications by the timber groynes, then watched the waves crawl up the sand, one by one, to reclaim them. So you can bet I’m going to be grabbing a copy of Sandcastles as …

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