Lo and behold, another ancient Egyptian online slot has made its way to our screens. Amatic Industries is the latest iGaming studio to take on this theme, and they’ve done it by adding some enticing bonus play to the reels, as well as giving us a blonde heroine to lead the charge through the spins and discover those riches your adventurous side desires. Have you played this slot countless times before, or is there anything unique in this latest effort?
In all honesty there isn’t really much that will make you sit up and take special notice in terms of look and feel. The pay table sits on a background that is very similar to most titles in this category. It’s the customary underground tomb with pillars and fire stands. The graphics are commendable in that they are crystal clear and contain warm, rich colours. Playing on mobile and tablet will give you the same experience, especially as Book of Lords online slot was released in 2019.
The highest coin limit that you can wager at is 500 coins. Depending on what you set the coin value at you could be looking at quite a high maximum bet. The most that can be won is 250,000 coins, so it makes sense that the higher your coin value the higher the winnings will be when they happen. You might be a player who prefers to wager in small increments, and for this reason Amatic Industries have set the minimum wager at 10 coins. You might also be nervous about potential losses, however should you take up a reasonable strategy there is a RTP of 96.71% to assist you. There are also 10 paylines to make use of, even though that number is minuscule compared to some numbers we’ve seen lately.
It is quite common to find what are called wild symbols and scatter symbols on the reels. The wild can substitute all symbols, except the scatter, to create winning paylines, while the scatter is used to unlock any bonus features the studio might have added. In Book of Lords these 2 symbols have been combined into 1 symbol acting as both – the book.
Accompanying the book are 9 regular symbols. They start in value with the playing cards 10, J, Q, K and A. The first 3 carry the same value while the latter 2 carry the same higher value. Then follows 3 Egyptian themed symbols in the jackal, the cat and the ram. The highest paying of all is the female explorer, who can award the 250,000 coins for landing 5 times on the same spin.
This is where the game wakes up a tad and gives us a bit of excitement, unless of course you have already landed a massive win before managing to unlock the bonus feature. It isn’t anything earth shaking but it does help in making you some well-deserved wins. It’s a free spins feature, and to trigger it you’ll need to land 3 or more book symbols anywhere on the reels on the same spin.
By doing this you will be awarded 10 free spins. To make it more rewarding, at the beginning of the feature, a symbol will be selected at random to become an expanding symbol and remain on the reels for the duration of the feature. With any luck it will be the highest paying symbol in the game to boost your winnings to the maximum. There’s also the ability to trigger more free spins during the free spins. Whatever value you were playing at when managing to trigger the feature is what each free spin will be set at.
After trialing Book of Lords online slot we weren’t necessarily disappointed, but our expectations weren’t exceeded in that most games based on the ancient Egyptian theme tend to be very similar. This genre needs a massive overhaul in that all titles seem to be a repeat of the one before it. Here you’ll find everything needed to carry out an online slots session, however you won’t be returning once playing a few rounds. If you’re looking for added excitement there are myriad slots out there that’ll do it better.