egyptian tombs slot theme, stakes, pays & symbols

Slot developers love ancient Egypt, don’t they? Where are all the games based on ancient Iraq or Brazil? Actually, those may be poor examples… there are plenty of slots based on the Mayan civilisation, for instance, and I can probably find more than a handful set in the ancient lands of Mesopotamia if I tried to. Returning to Egypt once more, the trend for this style of game most likely began with IGT’s original Cleopatra slot. Over the years since Cleopatra, there have been dozens of fantastic games based on ancient Egypt, including one of my favourites – Legacy of Egypt from Play’N’Go.

I was interested to see how the paytable of the Egyptian Tombs video slot compares with the earlier Snowborn game Legend of the Sword. The secondary scatter paytables of the two games are identical, including the minimum and maximum payouts of 2x and 10,000x for five or ten scatter symbols, respectively. There are several differences when it comes to the other symbols, however, starting with the wild symbols, which pay 10x the current bet for each complete pay way of five-of-a-kind. Lady Cleopatra is the highest-paying regular symbol and has a return of 10x your bet for all five, followed by a bird hieroglyph which pays 7x, then cat and human hieroglyphs, both of which return 4x each. There are four low-paying symbols too, but all four pay 0.8x your bet for a full pay way – nothing too exciting there.

The wagering options felt eerily familiar – a minimum bet of €0.20 for each round, with a maximum of €24.00 for those who enjoy risking a little bit more on each spin. From my point of view, even €24.00 is way too big a bet to be making 20+ times a minute, but I understand that some players do feel differently - I guess they are richer than I am!

base game & MODIFIERS

If you are already familiar with Snowborn’s Legend of the Sword, you will be immediately at home spinning Egyptian Tombs. It’s a 5x5 reel set with all pay ways available, which means 3,125 possible ways to get from the left side of the reels to the right.

Unfortunately, because this game features two sets of scatter symbols – the primary set that triggers the bonus round and the second set that awards the scatter prizes – you are likely to have at least one or two of these symbols blocking many potential pay ways on every single spin. You will have to decide if the possibility of winning the scatter prizes makes this a worthwhile trade off!

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scatter prizes

egyptian tombs slot bonus features

The primary bonus round is a free spin feature that can be triggered by hitting three Scarab beetles on reels one, three, and five. This will take you to the bonus wheel, where the specifications of your feature will be decided.

After the bonus is triggered, the bonus wheel can award anywhere between 8 and 50 free spins. If you are lucky enough to re-trigger the bonus whilst free spins are in play you will be returned to the bonus wheel to determine how many additional spins you will receive.

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super spins feature

egyptian tombs slot review final thoughts

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