Ways of the Gauls

Ways of the Gauls Review

This studio often releases entertaining online slots. With Ways of the Gauls, the fun even starts with the slot’s playing field. It always has 5 reels, but the number of rows on each changes with each spin, which means that you’ll get a different number of ways to win every single time you press the Spin button. In practice, you'll always have between 108 and 12,348 ways to win!

The theme of Ways of the Gauls will take you to a mysterious forest, and the slot oozes atmosphere. The production values are high throughout, and all the designs look fantastic. There are even plenty of great animations, with the slot’s background especially standing out in this regard.

The volatility of Ways of the Gauls is high, but the 12,250x is a good reason for such a setting. The betting range is geared mainly towards low rollers in this one, but we reckon that this won’t be much of an issue for the vast majority of players. The min bet is £0.10, but you can risk as much as £10 per spin if you want to. The only objective minus is then the slot’s slightly disappointing 95% RTP.

Ways of the Gauls Slot Features

Ways of the Gaul offers a set of 9 well-designed pay symbols. Even the card rank symbols, of which there are 5, look rather nice and stylish, which means that we are entirely fine with what’s on offer. Their high-paying symbol counterparts are even better, then, showing axes, horns, winged helmets, and a Gaul that looks a lot like Asterix. There are no official licenses, here, but it’s not hard to guess where the inspiration for the entire slot came from.

Of course, pay symbols aren’t the only symbols that you can find on the reels, as there are some special symbols as well. There are Mage Wilds, Cauldron Scatters, Shields, and Potions. Mage Wilds are the most straightforward of them all. The only thing they can do is substitute for other pay symbols in winning combinations. Moreover, they can show up only on the middle three reels.

Find 3 or more Cauldron Scatters on the playing field to trigger the Free Spins feature with 6 free spins. During free spins, all symbols on the top horizontal row move by one position to the left with each spin. You can also get 6 extra free spins by landing another set of 3 or more Cauldron Scatters.

Land 6+ Shields to trigger the Respin feature. This is basically your classic Hold and Win feature, which means that all Shields are sticky and that you’ll get 3 respins to work with. Each new Shield that lands then resets the respins counter back to 3, and the feature will end only once you run out of respins or fill the entire board with Shields. If that happens, you’ll win 50,000x your bet per line, which is the most that you can win in one go. There are many other jackpots for you to win as well, if the right Shields hit the board.

If you get a Potion on the top horizontal reel, you’ll trigger the Extra Potion feature that transform symbols below the given Potion symbol. Shield symbols will be transformed into better ones, while Mage Wilds will be transformed into Multiplier Wilds with win multipliers of 2x, 4x, 8x, or 16x.

Players that don’t want to wait for the gameplay features can then use the Buy Feature option, and simply buy into either feature for a set price. The Respins feature will set you back by 40x your bet, while the Free Spins feature comes with a 50x price tag.

Review Summary

When you put everything together, it should be easy to see that Ways of the Gauls is a fresh slot that combines an original theme with a whole host of engaging gameplay features. They are not particularly new, but they go really well together, which makes for a very pleasant experience overall. If you like complex games that generate new setups all the time, Ways of the Gaul should be high on your list!