Jade Charms

Jade Charms is the rare slot based entirely on a gemstone. Jade, which symbolizes wisdom, balance, and peace, is to be found everywhere in this five reel, three line, 20 payline slot. The team at Red Tiger brings its trademark straightforwardness and reliability to a game rich with understated style, offering a clean design and solid gameplay.

Theme

Jade plays a large role in this design, as both stone and color. Green is everywhere: the background is a deep shade of jade, and all the highest value game symbols feature jade set in jewelry. These include a gold ring, earrings, necklaces, and bracelets. Lower value symbols are the playing cards valued ace through nine, which are rendered in the beautiful style of East Asian calligraphy. There is no soundtrack here, but sound effects accompany spins, wins, and bonuses. This is a clean-feeling slot, with little in the way of busy extras to get in the way of design or gameplay.

Betting Options and Functions

The betting range in Jade Charms is unusually broad for a Red Tiger Gaming slot: the lower limit is .20, with the upper limit sitting at no less than 500 times the betting currency. Thanks to this, bankrolls of all sizes will find this game accessible. Additionally, auto-spin is more sophisticated than in most slots – it can be set to repeat for up to 100 spins of the reels, but there is also an optional loss limit, and the opportunity to stop for large wins, bonus features or jackpot wins. Finally, the reels can be sped up by holding down the space bar. The 20 pay lines are fixed and offer increasing payouts to combinations of three, four, or five symbols on a line.

Features

Play is straightforward in this slot, but that doesn’t mean a lack of bonus features. Wilds, which often appear stacked on the reels, can substitute for any symbol (excepting the free spin symbol) and are the highest symbol on the reels. Free spins are awarded when three or more free spin symbols appear on the reels. There are also randomly awarded win multipliers, which can increase individual wins up to tenfold, and an attractive feature that places many wild symbols at random all over the reels, which can trigger spectacular wins.

Our Take

In Jade Charms, Red Tiger Gaming has stuck with the winning formula that has brought them success in the past. Solid, simple design makes for easy, fun gameplay. This perspective can be viewed in opposition, too, however: there are no design risks taken in this slot, no interesting new features, new ways to win, or steps forward visually. Those who enjoy other Red Tiger titles will most likely enjoy this one, and those who prefer a flashier slot might want to look elsewhere.