Gunpowder - Review, Demo Play, Payout, Free Spins & Bonuses

Gunpowder Slot Review

That’s an explosive title for a video slot. It comes to us from Peter & Sons, and if you know anything about Peter & Sons slots, it’s that they have their own distinctive look and character. It’s a different angle on a pirate scene, literally, and as well the 20 paylines, this five-reel game also does some creative things with its wilds (sticky and multiplier versions), its re-spins and its free spins. Our Gunpowder slot review will fill in the details.

Bird’s Eye View

We’ve seen slots set on the deck of a pirate ship before or stood on the dock looking out to see, but Gunpowder takes a bird’s eye view. We’re high above the buildings and the jetties and the water, able to see each sculpted 3D detail. The reels are transparent, so the blue of the sea dominates, with wooden letters and numbers for the card symbols as thematically appropriate companions to the symbols with the higher payout potential: the different ships with their different shapes and sizes.

The Uses of Gunpowder

Gunpowder can trace its history back to 9th-century China. It’s not the most powerful explosive, especially in the modern world, but it’s one of the most famous and influential and has played an essential role in some of humanity’s most major conflicts. 

It gives its name to Guy Fawkes’ plot to blow up the English Parliament, and it was an essential part of the inventory on both pirate and navy ships to keep the cannons and the muskets alive. Slots have happily sampled many of these historical periods, but Gunpowder focuses on the piratical kind.

Gunpowder RTP and Variance

The top RTP of the Gunpowder slot is 96.2%, though some casinos may set it lower. The variance is high.

How to Play Gunpowder

Light the fuse, then stand well back:

1. See the menu in the bottom corner? That’s a good starting point, the route to all the relevant information and important settings.
2. Some settings, like the mute button, can be found on the main screen.
3. So can your current bet display, which you may want to adjust. The minimum is 0.20.
4. You’re ready to hit spin, but hopefully you’ll make sure you know your budget and limits first.
5. That’s true in a demo version, where you want to develop good habits, but even more important when you’re playing real money slots. Basically, don’t get too carried away.
6. After every spin, review that budget and your settings, in case it’s time to make use of self-exclusion or timeout functions.
7. Have fun but be responsible.

How to Win at Gunpowder

Even creative slots often start with a familiar base game. The five-reel format of Gunpowder is a pretty common one, and 20 is a perfectly respectable number of paylines. Like more slots than we can count, the aim is to find at least three matching symbols, preferably four or five. If they follow the payline, they’ll earn you a payout. Other than that, the way to win is to try and trigger one of the Gunpowder bonus features, which we’ll explain later.

Top Wins

• Each possible combination of winning symbols has its own value as a multiple of your bet.
• In the case of the lower-value card symbols, that multiplier will be between 2.5x and 5x for a full set of five.
• Find five of the higher-paying ships and the return will be somewhere between 10x and 20x.
• Wilds can fill in gaps in winning lines, and in free spins may have multipliers of their own.
• Overall the max win available is x10,000.

Gunpowder Bonuses 

Yes, it’s exciting to find winning symbols, but there are other ways to add depth and potential to a slot. For instance, triggering one of the bonus features and seeing if your total win can grow a little more.

Phantom Power

Gunpowder could change the balance of power in a conflict and in doing so change the balance of power in politics and economics. In the Gunpowder slot, Phantom Power is a randomly triggered feature that can show up at any time in the base game. First a wild lands on the reels, then it turns sticky for the duration of a single re-spin.

This is where it gets interesting. There could be a pitched battle between the wilds and the ships and if the wild claims victory, then the destroyed ship will have to become a wild too. Then there’s another re-spin as the feature begins again.

Free Spins

This is a more usual trigger mechanism: the scatter symbol. Specifically:

• 3 scatters = 10 free spins.
• 4 scatters = 12 free spins.
• 5 scatters = 15 free spins.

During free spins, the wilds can have a win multiplier of x2 or x3 attached, and all wilds become sticky. Find a wild on every reel, trigger five extra spins.

Gunpowder Review - Summary 

You probably go into a Peter & Sons game hoping for something a little bit quirky, something with its own character, and Gunpowder does fit with the other slots from the same developer. It does that whilst having its own theme, depicted in its own way, and by combining its bonus features so they interlock and influence each other (though this can sometimes lead to confusion). Spin it and see if it suits your taste. 

Disclaimer: Gunpowder trademark / license is owned by Peter and Sons. This site is not endorsed by Peter and Sons.