Cats of the Caribbean
By Snowborn Games
Overview
Prepare for a purr-fectly piratical adventure with Cats of the Caribbean, Snowborn Games' latest high-seas slot sensation! This charming title casts a quartet of courageous kitties onto a meticulously designed 5-reel, 3-row grid, navigating the azure waters of the Caribbean. The visual design is rich and colourful, featuring a wooden ship setting with detailed rope rigging, cannons, and a host of pirate-themed symbols from barrels to pistols, alongside the four unique feline captains. Chart your course across 20 paylines as you seek treasure, embark on a High Volatility journey that promises thrilling spins and a grand 10,000x Max Win. It’s an engaging blend of adorable characters and robust gameplay, appealing to players seeking both charming aesthetics and serious payout potential.
Gameplay & Features
As mentioned, wilds pop up all over the place in Cats of the Caribbean, appearing in the Wild Cannon extra and the three free spin bonus rounds. They don't show up in the Cats Pot Bonus, though, which four cash prizes can be won.
• Wild Cannon
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The Wild Cannon can triggerrandomlyon any base game spin. When it does activate,2-15 wild symbolsare blasted onto the reels in any position. If a wild is placed on top of a wild, it becomes awild multiplier, increasing by +1 for each additional wild added to it.
• Free Spins
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Free spins are triggered when free spinsscatter symbolsland onreels 1, 3, and 5. There arethree types of free spin rounds, determined by the scatter landing onreel 5. Landing the red, green, or purple scatter on the fifth reel triggers Captain Red Free Spins, Captain Catnip Free Spins, or Captain Claw Free Spins, respectively. Here's what you get:
Captain Red Free Spins– 15 free spins with 90 guaranteed wilds. Captain Catnip Free Spins– 12 free spins with 40 guaranteed wilds. Captain Claw Free Spins– 10 free spins with 25 guaranteed wilds. For free spins, anextra rowis added to the grid, andpaylines increase to 30. Throughout the feature, thecannon blasts wild symbolsonto the reels inrandom positions. If wilds land on wilds, they getmultipliers, as in the Wild Cannon feature, up to amaximum of x5.
• Cats Pot Bonus
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Landing3 Cats Pots symbols on reels 2, 3 and 4grants one spin on awheel of fortune. Here you will win one of four local jackpot prizes. This could be the Mini, Midi, Major, or Mega, worth 20x, 50x, 500x or 10,000x the bet, respectively.
• Buy Free Spins
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If you are able and willing, it is possible tobuyeither the Captain Catnip Free Spins for55x the betor Captain Red Free Spins for the cost of200x the bet
Final Thoughts
Pirates are popular in slots, as are domesticated animals, so it makes sense to mash the two together and see what sort of pranks they'd get up to. Snowborn did a good job withCat Clans, so we had optimistic expectations of what might wash up in Cats of the Caribbean. For the most part, Cats of the Caribbean was a positive experience. It's hard to hate on kitties with names like Captain Catnip and Big Tabby, so the cats live up to their end of the bargain, helping to make a slot as adorable asCat Clanswas but simpler on the gaming side of things.
Much simpler, really, as for much of the time, Cats of the Caribbean boiled down to slinging wilds at the grid and seeing what would happen. This is technically possible in the base game when the Wild Cannon starts blasting, then even more regularly so in free spins. Increasing the reels is a bit of a double-edged sword as, yes, there are extra ways to win and all, but also a larger pitch to shoot wilds at. If the reels had stayed 3 rows high, would it have resulted in more wilds doubling up, thereby creating more multiplier wilds? We can only wonder, and there were times when wilds did pile up on the screen, and single spin wins maxed out at around 90-100x the bet during the test sessions. Symbol values aren't massive for this sort of reel/payline set-up, so there is a suspicion it will be hard to make major ground without winning the top Cats Pot 10k prize, which is incidentally the game's max win figure as well.
All in all, Cats of the Caribbean was a cute game to play through. It does one or two interesting things with wilds and wild multipliers, though it's not as innovative as Snowborn's previous cat game was. However, anyone keen on moggies dressed up as pirates might be thrilled by the opportunity to do a spot of potential plundering alongside them.
