Book Of Kingdoms: a book slot with a change of scenery

Not another tomb

After a run of Egyptian book slots, Pragmatic Play pointed the format at a different world with Book Of Kingdoms. The reels trade sand and scarabs for royal imagery, and that alone makes it a welcome change if you've played a few pharaoh games in a row and are tired of seeing the same hieroglyphs.

The "Book of" name tells you what the backbone is: a book symbol that acts as a wild on the lines and, landed in numbers, triggers free spins. In the bonus, one symbol is chosen to expand over the reels when it forms a win. That's the moment the genre is built around.

Checking the details yourself

We prefer not to quote grid sizes or spin awards we haven't verified for this particular title. The paytable inside the demo lists the line count, the number of free spins and how the expanding symbol is picked. Take a minute to read it: it also tells you which symbols pay the most, which matters a great deal once one of them is selected to expand.

A good way to test Book Of Kingdoms free

The demo gives you 1,000 virtual credits, with no download and no sign-up. Try this:

• Set a stake equivalent to £0.50 and leave it alone for 200 spins.
• Note how many spins each bonus takes to arrive.
• Record which symbol expands and what the round pays in total.

After a few bonuses you'll see the spread between a quiet round and a strong one, which is the best guide to whether the game suits your patience.

There's no bonus buy here, so the free spins are reached through the scatters alone. If the royal setting wins you over, the same game runs for real money at the casinos below.