Ancient Magic Slot
If you go down to the woods today, you’re sure to find….an online slot machine called Ancient Magic that’s set in a deep, dark forest, where magic potions, black ravens and a witch will land winning lines for you. It’s filled with 5 foreboding reels and crossed with just 5 paylines, with players needing 3 or more of the same symbol across a line to win coins, although a special Ouija Board wild symbol helps to complete combinations, while also triggering a set of free spins bonus games.
The option to magically transform small wins into huge rewards via the gamble features will surely appeal to punters who like to take a risk, but it’s a fair slot, with high returns, that comes from one of the oldest and most respected providers in the business – Gamomat, (formerly Bally Wulff). This German company has been making gaming machines since the 1950’s and has moved into the online and mobile optimised casino markets very successfully. The Gamomat/Bally Wulff casino slots range includes hits like Fruit Mania, King of the Jungle and Gates of Persia, so they have a long history of producing popular games, with Ancient Magic sure to be another hit.
This will be helped by the evergreen popularity of magic themed slot games, and by the smart design features that Gamomat have added to Ancient Magic, such as the forest background, grey patterned reels that suit the theme, attractive symbols and simple, yet proven, features. It’s a shame the soundtrack is an unrelated series of bleeps, bells and jingles, but we can’t have everything and at least this can be muted.
Enter the Forest
Landing the beautiful witch across a payline on reels 1 and 2 will be worth a prize equal to 10x the line stake, while the top reward for full lines is set at a huge 5,000x. The sinister black raven is also a high-paying icon, returning 2,000x the line stake when it runs across all 5 reels, while the potion and candles will each pay between 5x and 750x the line bet when they appear across the reels.
Classic playing card symbols will complete the lower value wins, but these will tend to be the most commonly seen and are still worth prizes of up to 100, or 150x the line stakes. Dark forces are at work when the Ouija Board appears however, as this is a wild symbol, magically acting as any other, filling in the gaps in a continuous run, or turning win-lines of 3 or 4 matching symbols into higher-paying runs of 4 or 5.
It’s also able to summon up wins worth 10x, 100x, or 1,000x the line bet when seen on 3, 4, or 5 reels without needing to complete a winning combination.
Free Games with Bonus Symbols
Any 3 or more Ouija Board symbols will also take you to a free spins bonus feature, but before the 10 games commence, a random symbol will be chosen by the software. It will then become a special bonus symbol that will expand across any reels it lands on to help create winning combos, so if you are lucky, a high-paying picture icon will be chosen.
Once the bonus symbol has created a win and any payouts have been awarded, it then expands and new combinations evaluated, which will lead to guaranteed extra lines being made up.
The free spins feature can be retriggered if you see 3 or more Ouija Boards making an appearance on the reels at once and as soon as the rest of the games in the current round are done, the new spins will begin, with the same bonus symbol in play.
Gamble Features
Lots of Gamomat games come with not just one, but two gamble features, and Ancient Magic players can choose whether to collect a win, double it by guessing the colour of a face-down playing card that’s flashing between red and black, or enter a ladder gamble game.
In this round, you will see win values flashing on and off, with correctly timed clicks on the higher values moving you up the ladder and wrongly timed ones taking you downwards. It’s a popular choice, as a single wrong guess in the card game loses the gamble, while you can get it wrong a couple of times in the ladder feature and still come back from losing the triggering prize.
Either of these features can multiply wins many times over, although not during the free spins games, and of course, these are 50/50 gambles, so it’s just as easy to lose a triggering prize as it is to multiply it.
Witch-y Wagering Options
Free Ancient Magic video slots can be found, but as the minimum stake needed to play for real cash is just 0.50, there’s nothing to stop you from spinning these magical reels and claiming some real prizes.
It’s possible to bet as much as 500.00 per spin, with the wins rising in value to match the stakes, while other options that are set via the control buttons include the Autoplay function and a Turbo mode that speeds things up and will hopefully bring in the winnings even faster.
If you choose the Auto games, you can decide any win or loss limits and then simply sit back and watch the games play out on their own, although they will stop if the free spins feature is triggered.
Other Spellbinding Slots
There’s loads of magic-themed online slot games available, such as Lucky Witch, by Microgaimg, where another attractive sorceress will spin up prizes and a potion bottle opens up a free spins feature. Land a bubbling cauldron of who-knows-what and you will be granted a mystery bonus feature, that could be a pick-a-potion game, prizes with pumpkins, or you could enter a hidden vault and discover some instant cash awards.
Let’s move away from the attractive witches and head for the Misty Forest video slot, which is a magical game from Casino Technology, where an old wizard who looks suspiciously like Ian McKellans’ Gandalf in Lord of the Rings, is a wild symbol that substitutes for a range of animals and a Celtic symbol takes you to 15 free games where all wins are doubled in value.
A Magic Trick?
The Ancient Magic video slot is an unusual game that has just 5 paylines, which gives you lots of opportunities to land winning combos. The detail of the design is outstanding and little touches like the eyes staring out from columns on either side of the raven, or the magical symbols in each corner of the reel surrounds all add to the impression that Gamomat have spent a lot of time creating this appealing game.
You can enjoy the magic on iPhones, iPads, Android and Windows smartphones and tablets, plus of course, it can be played on desktop computers or laptops, where the detail stands out even more clearly.
It may have Ouija Boards and creepy ravens on the reels, but there’s nothing to be scared of when you spin the reels of this magic themed video slot.
