2025Grayden Baker
- Videos
- 3
- Creators
- 3
1 - 4 players45 - 90 minMedium weight

2025Grayden Baker
Mainly reviews and how-to-play. Manatee Sanctuary is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 4 reviews, 4 how-to-play guides, 3 recorded sessions, 3 unboxings, and 1 other video.
From BoardGameGeek
Hungry Manatees, Playful Manatees, Common Manatees, attract them all to your ever growing habitat to create the best Manatee Sanctuary and win the game! Manatee Sanctuary is a family weight game in which players will draft cards using an "I split you choose" method over the course of 3 rounds. Once the draft is complete players will decide whether to use their cards for their top action, thereby attracting manatees and producing food, or grow their sanctuary by tucking the top portion of the card under their ever expanding board creating more room for manatees and increasing their food production. There are many different types of manatees in the sea each with their own effects and after each player has finished using their cards everyone must feed all their hungry manatees! Once all manatees have been fed players will score points based on the number of manatees they have, their type, and the round they are in. At the end of 3 rounds whoever has the most points wins! Manatee Sanctuary comes with multiple modules and play option for family's and hobby board gamers alike! -description from the publisher
Manatee Sanctuary has 15 videos from 11 creators: 4 reviews, 4 how-to-play guides, 3 playthroughs, 3 unboxings and 1 other video. They date from 2025 to August 2026.
To learn the rules, start with "How To Play Manatee Sanctuary: Seacow Edition" by Board to Learn, which runs 9 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Manatee Santuary Review: Calm Waters, Tough Choices" by The Dice Tower. 4 creators have reviewed it. To see it played, watch "Manatee Sanctuary Solo Gameplay" by Gettin' Jiggly Board Games, one of 3 playthroughs.
If you like it, try Potions of Azerland, also by Grayden Baker, or Codex Naturalis, Blazon and AQUA: Biodiversity in the Oceans, which share several of its mechanics.
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2025Grayden Baker
1 - 4 players45 - 90 minMedium weight
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1 - 4 players20 - 30 minLight weight
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1 - 4 players30 - 45 minMedium weight
From BoardGameGeek:
Hungry Manatees, Playful Manatees, Common Manatees, attract them all to your ever growing habitat to create the best Manatee Sanctuary and win the game! Manatee Sanctuary is a family weight game in which players will draft cards using an "I split you choose" method over the course of 3 rounds. Once the draft is complete players will decide whether to use their cards for their top action, thereby attracting manatees and producing food, or grow their sanctuary by tucking the top portion of the card under their ever expanding board creating more room for manatees and increasing their food production. There are many different types of manatees in the sea each with their own effects and after each player has finished using their cards everyone must feed all their hungry manatees! Once all manatees have been fed players will score points based on the number of manatees they have, their type, and the round they are in. At the end of 3 rounds whoever has the most points wins! Manatee Sanctuary comes with multiple modules and play option for family's and hobby board gamers alike! -description from the publisher
Designer
Grayden Baker
Artist
Andrew Bosley
Publisher
Warped Reality Games
Mechanics