RumpelThrillSpins Slot
How familiar are you with the story of Rumpelstiltskin? Something to do with a curse, a princess, a reel of thread and a whole bunch of gold. Yes, that's it or thereabouts. If the tale is a little rusty to you, fear not for it will come flooding back when you start to play RumpelThrillSpins by Genesis Gaming. The developer has cashed in on the current craze for all things fairy tale related.
In case you haven't noticed, there appears to be a mass infantilizing of society at present with pop culture filled with all things related to all things childish. Whether it's rebooting childhood cartoons as slots in the form of ThunderCats or following suit with the sort of tales the Grimm Brothers once crafted, childhood culture is in vogue right now.
Wish Upon a Story
The character of Rumpelstiltskin was memorably played by Robert Carlyle in the series Once Upon a Time. In it, he's literally covered with gold with even his teeth glittering with the stuff. We'll see plenty of it in the RumpelThrillSpins video slot for Genesis have liberally coated many of the special symbols with the stuff. You can see it in the background too behind the symbols, where there is a palace filled with straw, but not just any straw – golden straw.
When you think about it, fairy tales are prime fodder for online slots for both tend to involve a fascination with all things gold. In fairy tales it was usually the king’s gold everyone was after, while in online slots, it's gold coins that are generally up for grabs. In terms of specification, the free RumpelThrillSpins slot has 25 fixed paylines and medium volatility. The RTP stands at just over 96% and in terms of betting, players can wager as much as 50 coins pro spin and as little as 0.25.
Go For Gold
The lower value symbols which appear as playing card values don't look particularly great but from there things start to brighten up. You've got symbols such as a castle, a princess, Rumpelstiltskin of course and reels of golden thread. These reels of thread operate as the game’s wild symbols and will substitute for all of the regular symbols just as you would expect. There's more than one way to win in this game however and there's more than one wild too. Look out for the necklace wild which will appear on reel 3 only, filling the entire real to turn it wild.
The scatter symbol which resembles a golden book will appear on reels two, three and four to trigger the RumpelThrillSpinse feature. Scatter wins are multiplied by your total bet. Another symbol to look out for is that of a stack of straw and a spinning wheel – or rather a spindle. When the straw lands on reel one and the spinning wheel on reel five, the Straw into Gold feature will be triggered. This is when Rumpelstiltskin will appear on the screen to turn random reels wild. But wait, there's more. The RumpelThrillSpins feature is one that will see you tasked with selecting the letters that appear in Rumpelstiltskin's name. You keep selecting these until you pick the wrong letter and with each letter you correctly picked you'll be awarded free spins and potentially an additional multiplier. When you get it wrong, you'll be awarded four free free spins but there is the potential to win a lot more in this fashion.
Fairytale Legends
There's a whole lot of fairytale-themed slots out there waiting for you to play. You've probably already tried some of NetEnt’s Fairytale Legends series. These are the gold standard by which other games in this genre are measured against. Then again, RumpelThrillSpins might be able to stake a claim for setting gold standards giving how much of the stuff crops up in the game. Still, if you do get a chance, Hansel and Gretel and Jack and the Beanstalk from the Fairytale Legends series are well worth a look.
Final Thoughts on RumpelThrillSpins
The RumpelThrillSpins video slot is a great little game to play. Aside from the fact that it's fully mobile-compatible and very smoothly animated, there's the multiple features and bonus games to speak of. Although the graphical style won't be to everyone's tastes, you really can't fault the way in which wilds, scatters and other bonuses have been used to imaginative and entertaining effect here. With so many different ways to win and so much more to the slot than just the base game, RumpelThrillSpins is an online casino game that just keeps on giving.
