Book of the Fallen: the book slot after dark

Egypt with the lights turned down

Most Egyptian slots are drenched in sunlight and gold. Book of the Fallen goes for shadows: a night-time desert, deep blues and purples, and the jackal-headed Anubis as the presiding figure. Pragmatic Play kept the gameplay on familiar ground, with five reels, three rows and ten lines, and put its effort into atmosphere.

As in every book slot, the book is wild and scatter at once. It completes lines in the base game, and landing enough of them anywhere opens the free spins.

Free spins and the expanding symbol

At the start of the bonus a symbol is selected to expand. During the free spins, when it appears on enough reels to form a win, it fills those reels completely and pays across the lines. The high symbols, Anubis among them, are the ones that make a round memorable; the card symbols expanding is a more modest result.

More books during the round can extend it. Read the paytable for the exact rules on retriggers and the symbol selection, since that's where this game sets out its own details.

Testing Book of the Fallen in the demo

The free play version starts you on 1,000 virtual credits, no download, no sign-up. A sensible approach is 200 spins at a stake equivalent to £0.50, writing down the expanding symbol and the total each bonus returns. After three or four rounds you'll have a feel for how widely results vary from one bonus to the next, which is the defining trait of the genre.

There's no bonus buy here, so free spins are earned on the reels. If the darker look appeals more than the usual sandstone, the same game runs for real money at the casinos below.