Slavs

Evoplay's slot games are outrageously simple and, some would even say, austere. But there is a great wealth in modestly arranged games, stripped down to their naked core, with the essence of the game to be enjoyed instead of being run over with multitude of extras. This 3x5 game with 20 paylines is yet another example of Evoplay's uniquely stylistic approach to storytelling and gameplay.

Theme

Slavs are an Indo-European group of people that are today comprising the nations of Eastern Europe. Occupying the area of Central Europe, Baltics, Balkans, Caucasus, Russia and even Central Asia, the predecessors of these people were all united under the name of Slavs who were pagans before accepting Christianity (mostly Orthodox, though there are Catholic and Muslim Slavs, too). This is, in a nutshell, the theme of this wonderfully educational slot game. The life of old Slavs, pre-Christianity, while their pagan Gods ruled their daily lives. The backdrop of the game is a wonderful scene depicting a typical Slavic settlement, with various peasants on about their daily duties, wooden fortifications with also wooden houses and symbols of worship, all set on a green meadow with a gentle breeze. High value symbols are comprised of all the vital members of Slavic society: a ruler, a druid/priest, a working villager, warrior, a bard and a fair maiden with flowers in her hair. Lower-end symbols are gorgeously designed barrel tops in different colors (purple, blue, green, red and brown) with letters of Cyrillic alphabet (T and K are the same as in Latin, but D and V are different). A special Mace symbol appears on third reel (more on that later) and there is also a scatter symbol (with sort of a Slavic rune embroidery) and a Wild in form of a bearded totem head. A traditional music, inherent to Eastern neck of the woods, with flutes and choirs, paints the serene picture of Slavic life in even greater detail.

Betting Options and Functions

As is the norm in slot games, player's dashboard is located at the bottom of the main gameplay screen. From left to right, here are the options found there – the 'I' button opens up a screen with details on game's symbols' values, special symbols and their features and cashout diagram for all 2o paylines. The betting can be set from 20 to 4000 while coin value, further to the right, can be adjusted between 1 and 10. Max Bet, Auto Spin and Spin buttons finish off the console.

Features

Golden Mace with 3x multiplier – a huge mace symbol will occasionally land and take up the entire third reel during main game. It substitutes for all symbols except for Scatters and all the winning combinations it participates in are multiplied by 3.

Extra spins – If three of more scatter symbols land anywhere on reels, this will trigger a round of 10 extra spins.

Walking Wild – If a Wild appears and forms a winning combo during extra spins, it turns into Walking Wild. During the spin, it remains on reels and moves one position in a random direction.

Our Take

Slavs is a wonderfully unique game with a theme you can bet your fortune was never exploited until now. Not only does it bring a generally overlooked and forgotten culture into focus of players, but it also dwells on the principles of “strength in simplicity” - not too many extra features and bonuses, but just the right amount of that, wonderful graphics and winning chances to make it a slot game worth your time.