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sands of eternity slot theme, stakes, pays & symbols

I kind of feel as if Slotmill are working their way through a “greatest hits” of sorts of online slot machine themes – the developer has tried fruit, they’ve tried pirates, now they are having a go with the timeless Egyptian theme. From Book of Ra & Book of Dead to the Cleopatra franchise or Legacy of Egypt, developers rarely seem to go wrong when creating an Egyptian-themed game. The symbols in Sands of Eternity online slot don’t look quite as well drawn as some of Slotmill’s previous efforts, although this could just be a matter of personal taste. The background music is nicely ambient and fits with the theme well.

Before looking at the paytable I braced myself for a slight feeling of disappointment; with up to 46,656 pay ways, you can be sure that the numbers are not going to be quite as impressive this time around as they have been in the past. The top symbol, a purple mask with bird-like features, returns just 3x your stake for a full pay way of six-of-a-kind… Ouch. The other two “high-paying” symbols are even worse at just 1.5x your bet for all six. But wait – you have to factor in the possibility of winning many, many times from a single combination in a game like this, and the stacked symbols on all six reels ensure that you should be able to hit thousands of pay ways simultaneously on occasion.

The minimum bet in Sands of Eternity is set at €0.20, whilst the maximum is a little bit lower than Slotmill’s previous average at €40.00 per spin. These numbers feel like they should include most online slots players; I don’t feel as if there are too many people who will be upset at not being able to bet €50.00 per spin

base game & MODIFIERS

When you begin to play Sands of Eternity you will notice immediately that the shape of the base game’s grid is highly unusual. Effectively, you have six spaces wide by three spaces tall at the beginning of each spin, but blocks are removed from the outside of the reel area at random each time you hit a win, which is how the game expands from the starting pay way setup of 729 ways to the potential maximum of 46,656. 

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stone block modifiers

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random expansion

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burst mode feature

sands of eternity slot bonus features

Each time a bonus symbol lands on the screen it will explode any adjacent stone blocks including special ones before being added to the bonus symbol meter on the left. You’ll need to hit three or more bonus symbols to score yourself some free spins, but this is made significantly easier by the presence of the meter. Hitting more than the minimum of three is difficult, however, because the feature is triggered immediately when a third symbol appears.

The number of free spins awarded is as follows:

• 3 Bonus Symbols – 9 Free Spins
• 4 Bonus Symbols – 12 Free Spins
• 5 Bonus Symbols – 15 Free Spins
• 6 Bonus Symbols – 18 Free Spins

The spaces on the reel set which are occupied by regular stone blocks in the base game can contain multipliers or additional free spins during this feature.

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fast track bonus buy feature

sands of eternity slot review final thoughts

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