Reign of Gnomes Slot
Stunning 3D graphics bring the magical Reign of Gnomes video slot machine from Revolver Gaming to life. Beautiful princesses, fiery dragons, brave warriors and the King and Queen of this land are all featured across the 5 colourful reels, and as it has a 243 Ways to Win format, you won’t even need to land matching symbols on defined paylines to win something.
There’s not as much sex and violence as the books and TV series which has inspired the name of this online casino game and instead we have a much more sedate and welcoming place, where a nice image of a castle in a sunny landscape sits behind the reels.
Animated water moves gently along the bottom of this picture, so it’s all very calm, but excitement can be just a spin away, when you trigger bonus features such as free spins with a special Golden Wheel in play, along with wild substitutions, scatter payouts and a mini-game where you pick diamonds for real cash awards.
Entering Gnome Man’s Land
At least 0.40 will be needed to play Reign of Gnomes, and this can be steadily raised if you want, to a high limit of 120.00 per spin. Cautious punters may want to try out the free Reign of Gnomes video slots that Revolver Gaming have thoughtfully provided, but like all games in their range, it’s been certified for fairness by independent testing companies and has a high return to player percentage.
At a 40-coin stake, you will win back 5, 15, or 50 coins when the playing card 10 symbol appears in any positions on 3, 4, or 5 adjacent reels, starting on the left side. J, Q, and K icons pay gradually more and more, and the A is worth 20, 40, or 150 coins.
We then move on to the highly detailed gnomes, where a sinister-looking guy, a happy dwarf gnome with a goblet of wine, one who looks suspiciously like Jon Snow from Game of Thrones, the Princess and her dragon, (seeing a pattern here yet?) and the King and Queen all pay out bigger and better prizes when landing across the reels, while also become animated when they are part of a win. The best wins however, come from the game logo, which is worth 10 coins when it’s on reels 1 and 2, then 60, 200 or 1,000 when landing on reels 3, 4, or 5 as well.
Special Symbol Features
There’s a blue and grey wild symbol that will be able to substitute for any of the above, bridging any missing pieces in a continuous run of matching symbols to complete combinations, or extending a run of 3, or 4 symbols further across the game. It doesn’t have any value of its own however, and won’t be able to act as the dragon egg scatter symbol.
Three of the multi-coloured eggs in view is worth an initial award of 80 coins, followed by 5 free spins, while 4 eggs pays 400 coins, after which you get 10 free spins and any 5 or more wins you 800 coins, after which there’s 20 bonus games to enjoy.
In each free game, a special Golden Wheel will spin up guaranteed prizes, that can range from 3x, 5x, or 6x multipliers, or a Spin to Win feature which lets you spin the reels until a winning combination lands, and a multiplier increases with each game until you get a win. You could also land a Random Wilds bonus, where in all remaining free spins additional wild symbols will appear on the middle 3 reels, or claim extra free spins, or lastly, there’s also the chance to gain entry to the Ice Diamonds mini-game.
Ice Diamonds Round
This takes place on a second screen where you will see 15 colourful stones lined up. All that’s needed is a click on each to reveal diamonds and the game continues until all 8 hidden diamonds have been found, or 2 stones without diamonds have been found.
There’s 5 levels of prizes, and the more diamonds uncovered, the higher the subsequent rewards will be.
The Verdict on Reign of Gnomes
This mobile-optimised slot has some of the best graphics we’ve seen, right up there with well-known games such as Mr Vegas, from Betsoft, or Boom Brothers, by Net Ent. It’s got the same humorous outlook as well, with fun animations and various strange characters turning up in each spin, and we were especially impressed with the little animated sequences of dancing and celebrations that the gnomes perform when they land a win.
The bonus features are pretty good, and while it’s perhaps a pity that the wild symbol isn’t worth anything, there’s still lots more winning combinations to be had thanks to its regular appearance on the reels. The free spins games are potentially very rewarding for gamblers, with lots of multipliers and further bonus rounds to enter.
It’s a high-quality addition to the range of casino slots from Revolver Gaming and deserves the same level of recognition that the likes of Mr Vegas and Boom Brothers have earned for their respective developers.
