Endorphina has created a game with precious gems and jewels as its theme. The Gems and Stones slot game has an elegant background of dark blue and gold, with black accessories. Even the music and sound effects are quiet and restrained, giving a hushed atmosphere to the game. This is a five reel game with ten pay lines.
Symbols in Gems and Stones slot are well designed and clear. There are the traditional playing cards from ten to the ace, displayed in a bright silver font, and they form the least valuable symbols. They are followed by four types of Jewels, of which you need only two identical symbols on an active pay line to win a prize. The most valuable of all symbols is the bright blue Sapphire. If you manage to land five Sapphires on an active pay line you win the jackpot in this game. Other valuable Jewels include the red Ruby, a yellow Quartz and a green Emerald.
The Decorated Jewellery Box is a Special Symbol
There is a special symbol in Gems and Stones slot. A gold intricately decorated Jewellery Box is the ultimate Wild symbol in the game, and as such can replace any other symbol in the game to form a winning combination. When the Wild is used as a substitute for other symbols, all payouts won from that combination will be doubled. If you land two or more of the Jewellery Box Wilds on an active pay line, it can form its own winning combination. Five Wild symbols appearing together on a pay line will give you a reward of 9000 coins.
This special Jewellery Box symbol also doubles as a Scatter symbol, and this symbol can trigger win s whatever its position on the reels. Five of the Scatters appearing on the reels will land you a win of 2000 credits. This Scatter symbol can substitute for any other symbol as well, and if you land three or more of them you will trigger the free spins bonus round.
The Lucrative Free Spins Bonus Round
When the free spins bonus round is activated in Gems and Stones slot, you will be given ten free spins, plus one special expanding symbol. This special symbol cannot however, be substituted with a Scatter symbol during the free spins bonus round. The expanding symbol is chosen randomly and can expand to cover up to three positions and also create multiple winning combinations at the same time. This expanding symbol can appear several times during the free spins bonus round, so you will certainly be given many chances of a good payout.
Gems and Stones slot also has an interesting Gamble feature. After any win, you will find two buttons at the bottom of the screen, marked Take Win, which you press if you want to collect your winnings. The other button is marked Take Risk, and if you press this one you are taken to another screen. Here you will be shown the face of one card, and four cards will be lying face down. You select one of the four cards, and if the value is higher than the dealer’s card your winnings will be doubled. If your chosen card has a value lower than the dealer’s card, you lose your wins, and will be taken back to the base game.
There are no other online casino bonus games in the Gems and Stones slot, but the free spins feature offers several opportunities for some very high payouts.