Overview
Step into the sands of ancient Egypt with Quickspin's thrilling adventure, Book of Duat, starring the daring Anna the Explorer! This highly anticipated 'book of' style slot brings the classic genre to life with stunning visuals, set against rocky cliffs and hieroglyphs reminiscent of the Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut. Played on a traditional 5 reels, 3 rows, and 10 fixed paylines layout, Book of Duat promises a familiar feel but with a potent twist. As a High Volatility machine, it's designed for thrill-seekers, offering a remarkable Max Win of 32,760x your bet. What truly sets this game apart is its unique pick-and-click bonus round, adding layers of excitement with extra spins, expanding symbols, and multipliers, elevating it beyond the typical 'book' experience for an unforgettable journey.
Gameplay & Features
Free spins with expanding symbols is the main event, but before it begins, users are treated to a pick and click round first to determine how the bonus round plays out. Thebook symboliswild and scatter, so it replaces any other symbols to help complete winning lines. As scatter, landing 3, 4, or 5 books triggers thebonus round, awarding 3, 6, or 12picks, respectively. Before the free spins round starts, a5x4 gridmade up of20 tilesappears on the screen. Players click each position one by one until their allocated number of picks runs out. Each tile may reveal+2 to +10 free spins,+1 to +4 expanding symbols, or+x1 to +x5 multipliers. At the base level, players receive 4 free spins with one expanding symbol – plus whatever is won from the pick and click. During free spins, after any normal wins have been paid,expanding symbols expand to cover the entire reelfor another evaluation. These symbols pay all lines in any position. If more than one expanding symbol is present, they take turns to be evaluated. If 3, 4, or 5 scatters land during free spins,+2 additional spinsare awarded as well as 1, 2, or 4 extra picks, respectively. If applicable, Book of Duat comes with a three-levelbonus buyoption. Players can choose to pay 150x (96. 5% RTP), 500x (96. 71% RTP), or 1,600x (96. 91% RTP) the bet to guarantee at least 3, 4, or 5 scatters to trigger free spins
Final Thoughts
This is good old, hearty, corn fed 'book of' gaming. If we are taking winning potential as a cue, then yeah, it's a direct competitor toNolimit City'sBook of Shadows. However, gaming-wise, Book of Duat is the more traditional slot. Most of the time, it feels like you're playing a regular Ra game in regards to reel format, looks, sounds, feels, everything. WhereasBook of Shadowsoffered things like multiple row options to add complexity and let players customise the experience, Book of Duat doesn't bother with any of that. Anna keeps things simple. Hammer the play button until free spins trigger, then the new bits take over.
Adding a pick-and-click to a 'book of' game is one of those clever ideas which feels obvious, after the fact. Here's where things deviate from the usual run of play. LikeGolden Fish Tank 2 Gigablox, a lot of the picks tended to be extra free spins, though given you start with just 4, this might be no bad thing. Extra expanding symbols is always a welcome bonus, but it's the multipliers that make Book of Duat a top tier 'book' slot where winning potential and thrills are concerned. Full screens of Anna's are worth5,000x the beton their own, yet with a multiplier on board, this figure could rapidly moon.
Buying the feature will no doubt be an enticing option for many since the base game can meander, and the number of picks you get at the upper levels is impressive. Then again, so is the price tag, putting Book of Duat on a comparable level toTiger's Glory Ultra. For the record, the best returns during testing actually came from the cheapest bonus buy option. This is because it can land more than the three scatters you pay for, which is a good start. Also, because retriggers at all levels seemed to be quite common, giving you both additional spins and extra picks.
While larger cash totals came from the 5 wild option, better multiples of the bonus buy cost came from the 3 wild choice. Of course, everyone's luck is different, so this is just something to consider. For example, the first five wild bonus buy resulted in an initial 24 spins, an x4 multiplier and five expanding symbols from the pick 'n click. This sounds like a recipe for success, and in some ways it was, ending up on around 1,660x the bet. However, since it cost 1,600x, the profit wasn't immense. Possibilities are there, though. During simulated spins, Quickspin clocked wins as high as32,760x the bet. If you weren't sure, yes, this is slightly higher thanBook of Shadows. The difference, for now, isBook of Shadowsis proven to perform out in the wild. It remains to be seen if Book of Duat can live up to its full potential.
In Book of Duat, Quickspin has crafted a genuine must-see for 'book' enthusiasts. It looks ideal for players who prefer a familiar Ra experience, though one with a highly modded bonus round, that can lead to wins far in excess of those usually possible in these sorts of games.
