Book of Legends - Review, Demo Play, Payout, Free Spins & Bonuses

Introduction

If there is one thing you are likely to learn from playing slots, it is that any desert or ancient city is likely to be full of buried treasure; for example, take a look at the Book of Dead free play slots game. The five reels of Book of Legends - with an extra fourth row instead of the usual three - from 888 are laden with promise. You can see this from the graphics even before you reach the multiple bonus rounds and extra features.

Theme, graphics & soundtrack

Mount your camel and ride across the sweeping gold plains of the desert in this atmospheric slot. The wind may blow the sand into your face but you will see a magnificent city rising high above you as you peer through your turban. This is the setting depicted in Book of Legends, where one half of the background is blurred by a sandstorm for an almost mystical aura and the other half shows the towering domed buildings and sparkling fountains of civilisation in vivid detail. It is a truly engrossing scene even without the reels, on which you will find a host of this city’s residents alongside traditional card symbols reimagined in Arab mosaics and a wild represented by the kind of oil lamp that normally contains a genie. A noticeably Middle Eastern soundtrack adds to the sense of immersion, as do the characterful animations that accompany winning spins.

Book of Legends RTP and variance

You probably want to know just how much treasure is buried in these sands. 888 has set the RTP of Book of Legends at 95.8 per cent, which is a little lower than most online slots - but not by much. The variance of Book of Legends is medium, which means a balance between the size and frequency of the wins.

How to play Book of Legends

Luckily, you don’t have to learn to ride a camel to reach this legendary city:

1. The first thing to do is check the paytable and game rules, including a guide to the bonus features. You can do this by clicking the ‘i’ button to the bottom-left of the screen.
2. You can also find a more in-depth description of the gameplay behind the question mark button, which is under the info button.
3. In this bottom left-hand corner you will also find a speaker that you can use to mute and unmute the volume and a display with your current bankroll.
4. Once you know how the game works and are sure you want to play, you will need to decide on an appropriate bet. You can choose your preferred level using the plus and minus signs to either side of the display marked ‘bet’.
5. Choosing your bet will partly be dependent on the budget you have available. A responsible player works this out beforehand, including where their loss and single win limits should be and an appropriate session length. Keep the game fun by staying in control.
6. There are two ways to play the slot. One is the basic manual spin whereby you click the large button to the right of the screen and the reels will turn once. You will either win or lose and can decide whether you want to spin again.
7. If you are sure you are going to be playing for a while and that all your settings are where you want them to be, you may want to activate autoplay. This is where you can choose a number of automatic spins from ten to infinity. You can hit stop whenever you want, but you can’t set your win and loss limits whilst in autoplay mode.

Bet & win sizes

Your total bet starts at 0.40 and can increase to a maximum of 480.00, which is a pretty large range.

You win when you match three, four or five symbols across a payline, with each symbol having its own value as shown in the paytable:

• Nine, ten, jack = 5, 10, 40
• Queen, king = 8, 16, 64
• Ace = 10, 20, 80
• Warrior = 15, 30, 120
• Vizier = 20, 40, 160
• Princess = 25, 50, 200
• Prince = 40, 80, 320
• Demon = 50, 100, 400

Book of Legends bonus features

Free spins

The scatter symbol appears on the first, third and fifth reels and will trigger ten free spins when it appears three times. You can retrigger this during the round up to four more times, meaning up to 50 free spins in total.

Expanding wilds

During the free spins round, any wild that is part of a winning combination will expand to fill an entire reel, increasing your chance of finding more winning lines. This gives Book of Legends something extra compared with other slots with a free spins bonus.

Bonus game

Three bonus symbols depicting the titular Book of Legends will trigger a special bonus game. You pick one item from a possible five, which will reveal a multiplier. You will then be given another five options and have to pick again. The two multipliers will then be added together and multiplied by the total bet to award you a final prize.

Book of Legends review: our verdict

This is an atmospheric slot full of character and story. It also has multiple bonus features, including a free spins round with expanding wilds and a bonus game. There may not be a turbo feature or win/loss limits in autoplay, but the gameplay is great fun and will probably make you want to try other 888 Slots slots.
 

Disclaimer: Book of Legends trademark / license is owned by 888 Slots. This site is not endorsed by 888 Slots.