Winter Champions Slot Review
I’ll bet that women clamber over themselves to find a man who participates in the world’s most boring Olympic event: curling. After all, they won’t need to ask their spouse twice to sweep the yard. 🧹
One thing I didn’t know about the game – because, let’s face it, if it weren’t for having to review a slot game that incorporates curling, I never would’ve bothered to find out – is that curling originated in Scotland. 🏴
Well, that makes sense. It’s a game brought to you by people who throw tree trunks while wearing a skirt with no underwear. 🚫🩲
This is Winter Champions slot from Relax.
Gameplay
Even though it looks like a tiger, I’ll assume that the symbol fitting this description is actually a snow leopard – mainly because this game is set in a winter wonderland. Joining it is a polar bear, walrus, and a penguin as the high-paying symbols.
The Wild symbol (a gold “W”) replaces all symbols.
On either side of the grid are a hockey match and a ski slope – these will be important later, so look for more info in the features section.
The game offers 1,024 ways to win, a 96.10% RTPRTP stands for “Return to Player.” The RTP describes the total bet amount that a game returns to players over millions of spins, and that figure is represented by a percentage. Table games, such as Roulette, typically have higher RTPs than many slots.
RTP needs to be considered in conjunction with a game’s volatility rate., and a low to medium volatility rate. The** max multiplier is 6,000x**, the top prize is $240,000, and you’ll need to play with fiat money.
Features
ROLLING RE-SPINS:
Score a win, and you’ll enter the Rolling Re-spins round. Basically, what happens is the reels will drop 1 position, and a new row of symbols will appear on top of the grid.
BONUS GAMES:
This is where we get to the Ski Jump, Ice Hockey, and Curling events (some of which I alluded to earlier).
Ski Jump Game:
Unsurprisingly, this mini-game starts on a ski slope with the grid overlaid on top of it and a meter to the left. You’ll start with 6 re-spins.
Symbols will fall from the top of the grid to populate the reels. With each spin, the penguin advances one position on the meter that has increasing multipliers dotted along its path. Every Wild that lands boosts the multipliers by up to 5x.
The game ends when you run out of re-spins, and whichever multiplier was the last one the penguin landed on, that’s how much your wins (scored during the game) will be increased by.
Ice Hockey Game:
You’ll start with 6 re-spins and I guess I don’t really need to mention that the grid is on an ice hockey rink (but I did anyway). To the left is a polar bear in full hockey kit.
Randomly, you’ll see pucks with multipliers land on some of the symbols. These will combine into one puck with the sum of all the visible multipliers, which the bear hits into the goals (which have also appeared on the reels).
The goal has a multiplier, too, so when the puck hits the back of the net, its multiplier and that of the goals will combine. The final multiplier is what your win will be boosted by.
Curling Game:
And now for the most exciting Olympic event of all time. What you get is 6 re-spins, and you’ll notice multipliers beneath each reel and to the left of each row.
The row multipliers increase to 180x at the top of the grid, as your objective in this game is to fill as many rows as possible with curling stones.
Curling stones take on the multiplier value of the row they’ve filled (else their value is 1x), so the more rows you fill, the higher the curling stone multipliers.
When the action kicks off, you’ll see that the grid will fill up with ice blocks and curling stones. The walrus is equipped with a broom and he’ll scrub away at the ice blocks, which will cause them to disappear.
The next row up of curling stones and ice blocks will fall into the void and hopefully, you’ll be able to create rows of curling stones as a result.
Once your re-spins run out, the curling stones’ multipliers will be summed up and applied to your current win.
BUY BONUS:
Pay 50x your bet and get immediate entry into whichever of the three mini-games you feel like trying your hand at.
Performance
Nothing froze up while I was testing Winter Champions slot.
Maximum Win
Win a handsome $240,000 – and may I remind us all that this is excellent, considering the volatility rate – by combining the 6,000x max multiplier with a bet of $40 (the largest you can place). The smallest bet is $0.10.
Conclusion
Winter Champions slot is one of the most enjoyable games I’ve played in a while, thanks to the three mini-games. And the fact that you can pay a mere 50x for immediate entry, with 6 re-spins, is another huge selling point as the mini-games’ money-making potential is clear.
Maybe I’m a sucker for games that have been well thought through and offer some sort of innovation and entertainment, but I’m all in on Relax Gaming’s latest.
It reminds me of another game from the studio – Bone Raiders slot – which also has mini-games, along with a $250,000 top prize, a 10,000x max multiplier, and a medium to high volatility rate.
So, if this is a format you enjoy, you should be able to find a bunch of options in the Relax catalog.
Slot Details
Game Provider: Relax
Game Type: Video Slots
PaylinesPaylines are preset lines that run across the reels, and when you land matching symbols on them, that will result in a payout. The more paylines, the more ways you can win, but also the higher your bet per spin.: 1,024 ways
RTPRTP stands for “Return to Player.” The RTP describes the total bet amount that a game returns to players over millions of spins, and that figure is represented by a percentage. Table games, such as Roulette, typically have higher RTPs than many slots.
RTP needs to be considered in conjunction with a game’s volatility rate.: 96.10%
Volatility RateSlot games can have low, medium, high, or extremely high volatility rates (or a combination thereof).
The less volatile the game, the more often it should pay out, but the lower the amount, the less the payout, as this is in keeping with the risk you’re taking. Volatility rate should be considered in conjunction with a game’s RTP.: Low to Medium
Bonus Round: Yes
Progressive: No
Free Rounds: Re-spins
Max Multiplier: 6,000x
Max Win: $240,000
Published by
BitStarz, award-winning Bitcoin Casino
