Reef Gardens

About this board game

Reef Gardens is a 2025 board game for 2–4 players that takes about 50 minutes, placing you in the role of a courageous marine conservationist working to protect vital coral reef ecosystems.

Dive into a dazzling underwater world where your mission is to plant new corals and create thriving reef landscapes. Every decision matters as the clock continues to tick and your budget gradually dwindles.

Success depends on using your limited resources wisely. You must consider how to develop your reef while keeping your conservation efforts moving forward, making each choice part of a larger effort to support these precious ecosystems.

To secure more research money, you may sometimes need to part with reefs you have already created. This difficult compromise brings an important tension to Reef Gardens: protecting and expanding coral habitats can require letting go of existing work to fund what comes next.

• Play as a marine conservationist working to save vital coral reef ecosystems.
• Plant corals and create thriving reef landscapes.
• Manage limited resources while time and budget become increasingly constrained.
• Choose when giving up existing reefs may be necessary to gain more research funding.

With its focus on coral restoration, resource management, and meaningful trade-offs, Reef Gardens presents conservation as a challenge filled with difficult decisions. Plan carefully, adapt to changing pressures, and make the most of every opportunity to help your reef landscapes thrive.