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Manatee Sanctuary

#421316BGG ↗

2025 · 1-6 players · 30min · weight 2.00 · 168 ratings

v2 v3 v4 wide v4 deep

BGG raw

ID
421316
Name
Manatee Sanctuary
Year
2025
Rank
8598
Min players
1
Max players
6
Playing time
30
Min playtime
30
Max playtime
30
Avg weight
2
Num weights
5
Bayes avg
5.61623
Average
7.58465
Users rated
168
Num owned
458
Wanting
24
Wishing
166
Num comments
71
Fetched at
Sat May 02 2026 16:47:01 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mechanisms (5)
End Game BonusesHand ManagementI Cut, You ChooseMulti-Use CardsPattern Building
Categories (4)
AnimalsCard GameEnvironmentalTerritory Building
Description (1130 chars)

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

LLM v2 (wide)

Not yet enriched at v2 (wide pass).

LLM v3 (deep)

Not yet enriched at v3 (deep pass).

LLM v4 wide (controlled-vocab primitives)

Not yet enriched at v4 (wide pass).

LLM v4 deep (archetype fit)

Not in the v4 deep-pass top-20% slice.