Fowl Play Slot
We can't quite believe that we're saying this, but now is your chance to discover the vicious, cruel world of cockfighting. Yeah, we bet you never expected to find a slot machine that was themed on the savage blood sport between two rabid roosters, did you? Well, here it is!
Strange choice of theme aside, this 5-reel game has plenty of potential to provide entertainment to punters who want it. There are 25 paylines, making for a reasonable amount of winning chances while a progressive jackpot is rewarded to punters who are brave enough to lay down the game's maximum wager. Meanwhile, casual spinners of this video slot can benefit from a couple of special bonus gameplay elements, including a pick 'em style side game and up to 50 free spins.
A Fairly Foul Theme
There are some far-fetched slot machines out there, with a variety of animal themed games with titles that might make you consider the sanity of the game designers. We're thinking about Las Cucas Locas (The Crazy Cockroaches) by Pariplay and Machine Gun Unicorn by Genesis Gaming.
Fowl Play, on the other hand, goes one step beyond because we have reason to question the game maker's moral compass as well as their sanity. Let's face it, a video slot about roosters fighting each other for the entertainment of gamblers isn't exactly going to go down well with a modern audience, which makes the game's theme somewhat baffling.
Nevertheless, the game is out there and it is available to be played by anyone who can stomach the notion! On the reels, players will find a variety of different symbols related to a cockfight, from feather plumes to razor sharp talons as well as some piles of betting chips and wads of cash. The game also features a couple of sleazy characters on the reels, both of whom look exactly like the kind of fellas who might organise a fight between two chickens...
It has to be said that the game is actually quite well designed from a sensory perspective. That is to say that the shaded colours, rickety old wood panelling and gruesomely caricatured character icons help to give off a rather sinister and unappealing atmosphere.
Place Your Wagers
No matter what your opinion is on the ethics of animal fighting, Fowl Play still offers up some decent slot machine gameplay. That is thanks to the fact that the game can be spun with up to 25 paylines, each of which in turn can be placed alongside a line bet that ranges up to 25.00 credits.
So, all in all, with a maximum bet on all of the possible lines, this game's maximum wager is a hefty 625.00 coins. If you're more of a casual punter then you can also place a minimum bet of just 0.05 credits if you were to activate only 1 payline.
The merit of playing a high roller game is evident in the fact that this game has a progressive jackpot for punters who place the maximum bet and who find five matching “Wild Card” icons on the reels. With any other bet, players can still hope to win 8,000x the value of their line bet. What's more, the progression of lower paying icons still award some fairly decent line bet multiplier values, with five cash icons paying 5,000x, five chips symbols awarding 2,500x and five sparkling roosters giving a prize of 1,000x.
Some Bonus Spins
As well as being the games most valuable icon in terms of payout value, the “Wild Card” symbol will help players to smaller wins by potentially substituting for other icons. The only symbols that cannot be replaced by this wild are the bonus and scatter symbols. Instead, these special icons will trigger a couple of extra gameplay features, beginning with the Fowl Play bonus side game that is activated whenever three matching “Bonus Round” symbols appear on a payline.
This bonus game is simple – players just need to turn over matching cards to reveal the potential prizes that they can add to their balances.
The “Free Spin” scatter, on the other hand, does exactly what it says on the tin. Punters who find three scatters regardless of payline position will be treated to 10 free games, spinners who find four scatters will get 25 free spins and players who find five scatters will have a total of 50 free spins to enjoy.
The Final Verdict
Without going out on too big a limb, it is fair to say that this slot machine has one of the least appealing themes in the business. Normally, animal themed slots draw in the punters by presenting cute cartoon critters or magnificently powerful beasts, not by offering a reminder that animals are used by some people for cruel blood sports.
Nevertheless, if you can stomach the idea of a cockfighting slot machine then you could benefit from this game's progressive jackpot and its duo of bonus features.
