La Bruja Fortuna Slots
This is another traditional yet modern slot game from MGA, themed around magic, witches and fortune telling. MGA are Spanish and even the English versions of their games come with little snippets of Spanish among the titles and sounds, which adds a fun and exotic touch to their games.
La Bruja Fortuna is similar in style to another game of theirs; Bucaneros. The witch/magic theme is certainly nothing new, having been covered before by titles such as Lucky Witch from Microgaming and Wild Witches from NetEnt, two of the biggest providers out there. So if La Bruja Fortuna is going to prove a success it’s got to have something special to offer.
Broomsticks, Cauldrons and Black Cats
Yes, it’s a witch themed game but being also traditional, we have a mish mash of symbols and style. The main symbols here are super traditional, such as lemons, bells, strawberries and gems whereas the special symbols are on theme with a purple witches hat as the Bonus, a Spell Book Wild and a crystal ball known as the ‘Stopped’ symbol.
The layout takes the familiar form of a real slot machine, with a colour artwork panel including real, traditionally designed buttons. So you can push buttons that look just like the real thing! So much more visually appealing than the modern buttons of so many slot games.
The rest of the game is also well-designed using high quality artwork and less garish modern renderings of the symbols. The background looks out from what appears to be a cave at a misty forest and includes the stereotypical black cat and some candles which also double as the nudge counter. The sounds are mostly traditional but interspersed with the ‘uno, dos, tres’ of counting the nudges and the occasional ‘I love this’ from the voice of someone who sounds a bit like a Spanish TV presenter.
The unusual inclusion of some Spanish does add an interesting twist. There’s also a separate but equally traditional bonus game with its own set of reels but it does take some time to reach this stage as you need to collect enough bonus points.
The Secret to the Spell
La Bruja Fortuna is a 3 reel traditional slot game, offering a top prize of 5000 tokens when playing in the higher value 25 token mode. You can play the game in either 5, 15 or 25 token mode, with each token being worth 0.20, meaning the lowest stake is 1.0 and the maximum 5.0 for a top prize of $/￡/€1,000.
The ‘Stopped’ symbol of a crystal ball transports you to a classic pick game when landed on all 3 reels, giving you the chance to try and land prizes up to 100 tokens by pressing the Play button. Then you also have the Purple Hat Bonus symbol, which allows to collect bonus points until you have enough to reach the bonus game, which is a brand new set of reels with different symbols and prizes on offer.
The Spellbook Wild is a traditional wild which substitutes for all symbols except the Bonus and Stopped symbols. The values of the symbols are given in the pay table below.
Bewitchingly Modern Traditional
When we saw another witch/magic themed slot we can’t say we were very excited; since the success of Harry Potter there have been an abundance of magic themed games, many of which offer a somewhat lacklustre take on the theme. Fortunately, La Bruja Fortuna isn’t one of these as its traditional roots seem to be the dominating aspect of the game.
We love the quality of the artwork and the nice touches such as realistic looking buttons which make this game feel like it could also be a real casino machine. The prizes on offer are appealing and the inclusion of a bonus game puts this slot above many of its traditional competitors.
The Spanish elements of this game add a quirky twist; when you win the narrator shouts ‘premio!’ and there are others tiny snippets of Spanish thrown in. Overall, a traditional style slot game brought into the 21st century. Fun to play, good artwork and would appeal to a variety of players.
