That All Important Christmas Slot Is Here
Most software providers churn out Christmas slots around this time of the year. However, crypto casino players are always waiting for the biggest developers to do so. They tend to go overboard and produce games that are simply more enjoyable and exciting than their smaller-scale counterparts. When it comes to casino software providers, few come any bigger than Microgaming. Microgaming typically delivers at least one Christmas-themed slot each year, and this festive season, they’ve decided to turn their attention to book slots.
Microgaming Teams Up with Aurum Signature Studios
Through its Quickfire platform, Microgaming regularly teams up with a wealth of fledgeling software providers. Their latest seasonal slot has been developed alongside the virtually unknown Aurum Signature Studios. For the first time, we’re going to see Microgaming tackle a book slot. These have become popular over the last two years because of their use of scatter wilds, basic features, and highly volatile gameplay. Novomatic’s Book of Ra (which started the genre) and Play ‘n Go’s Rich Wilde and the Book of Dead slot and its sequels are currently leading the way.
Here Come Those Hyperspins
Microgaming’s latest effort is called Book of Mrs Claus, and as you might imagine, it has a Christmas theme to it. Like most book slots, you’re looking at five reels and ten lines here, with prizes reaching a predictable 5,000x a bet. A decent RTP of 96.5% can be expected, while the volatility level is naturally high.
What you might not expect is the inclusion of Hyper Spins. This mechanic is essentially a re-spin (paid) option that the player can trigger. Similar to many buy-a-bonus modes right now, it allows crypto casino players to hold a specific reel (for a cost) and trigger a re-spin. Naturally, the idea is to build winning combos in this manner by holding reels when you get a sniff of a win.
Book of Mrs Claus will also come with the predictable scatter wilds, and they are, of course, in the shape of the titular book. Three or more can trigger 10 – 25 free spins, and a symbol will be chosen at random to expand on the reels during the round. This, of course, is commonplace in all book-themed slots.
A Christmas Cracker or a Yuletide Let-Down?
Book of Mrs Claus is likely to divide the crowd. On the one hand, crypto players will love the opportunity to play a book slot from the world’s biggest provider and having Hyper Spins and a Christmas theme to boot is exciting. However, the game doesn’t deviate much from the tried and tested book slot setup, so there isn’t much originality going on here.
Where to Find Book of Mrs Claus
Those interested in trying their hand at Book of Mrs Claus have a week or so to wait. Microgaming won’t want to wait too long in releasing this game at crypto casinos, but it is not predicted to land at Bitcoin betting sites until at least the first week of December.
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