Sword of Shoguns

Where Megaways slots are very popular, Sword of Shoguns comes with a new kind of playfield. This has 6 reels with different heights. However, the number of rows always remains the same, so there are 5,040 ways to Win.

The slot has a nice RTP of 96.15% and extremely high variance. With a maximum win of 25,200 times your bet, it attracts our attention. You can read how Sword of Shoguns came out of the test in this slot machine review.

With the rows of different heights, every spin is different. But unlike Megaways slots, you don’t have spins with only a few paylines.

As mentioned earlier, you play Sword of Shoguns on a special playing field. The height of the 6 reels are all different. They are always 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 rows high. What order they come in varies from spin to spin. Moreover, the Win All Ways principle prevails. As a result, there are always 5,040 paylines active.

Bets can be placed from as little as $0.10 up to a maximum of $100 per spin. When opening Sword of Shogun it is set at $1.

Winning is done by getting three identical symbols on connecting reels. The first symbol must be on the first reel on the left when doing so. The symbols you are looking for are:

• Low-value card symbols from 9 to A,
• Japanese symbols like Naginata (sword on a stick), fan, armor and helmet with medium value,
• Shogun is a premium symbol that pays out as little as 2.

Furthermore, there is a special symbol related to the bonus features.

Bonus features of Sword of Shoguns

In Sword of Shoguns, you can win up to 25,200 times your stake. To achieve this famous amount, you need the special features. Which bonus features this slot contains, what they do and how to trigger them, you can read below.

Wild symbol

Of course, the sword of the shogun also plays an important role in this slot machine. It is both the Wild symbol and the Scatter, but more on that below.

As a Wild it substitutes for all other symbols and really all symbols from the basic game. Moreover, you can make multiple combinations with 1 sword. However, it has no value itself, because thanks to the Win All Ways mechanism, it can always be paired.

Sword of Shoguns vs. 3 other slots from Thunderkick

Free Spins Bonus

If there are three Sword Scatters in your play area, you win the bonus game of Sword of Shoguns. A special glass ball in the sword’s scabbard shows 5, 7, 8, 9, 10 or 12 Free Spins for the round. After this, the sword is partially pulled from the scabbard to show a symbol. This can be any symbol except the sword. It becomes the Expanding Symbol during your bonus round.

During your free spin, you get wins paid out normally. Land enough pieces of the special symbol, they will expand across the entire reel. Even if they don’t connect, they count as wins.

With 3 new Scatters you will receive 3, 4, 5, 6, or 7 additional Free Spins. In addition, you get a new Expanding Symbol on top of the old one. Thus, you can have a total of up to 4 of these special symbols.

Buy Feature

To avoid waiting for the bonus round, Thunderkick has provided a feature that you can buy this. It costs you 120 times your stake to buy a bonus game at Sword of Shoguns.