Plunderland

Plunderland Overview

Relax Gaming takes us down the rabbit hole in this new Lewis Carrol inspired slot game where nothing is quite what it seems. Mechanically, this is a 7x7 grid game with a cluster pay dynamic, plenty of features and an exciting top payout amount of 10,266x the stake. This game can be played across multiple platforms, including phones, tablets and desktops. Like many games with this theme, the screen is very colourful and quite the assault on the senses. If you are ready to discover the crazy and bizarre world of Alice, read on.

The features for this game start with a cascading reels dynamic which is activated every time there is a win. When activated, the old symbols are removed from the reels and replaced by a new set giving you another chance to score a win from the same spin. This feature is joined by the white rabbit wild feature. This bonus introduces huge, expanded wilds to the game, as well as an attached multiplier to help boost wins. Finally, there is also a free spins game triggered when you collect three of the pocket watch icons in the base game. This game has a bonus buy option too for any players who get impatient waiting for the features to trigger naturally.

Theme and Symbols

The theme for this game is the fantastical tale of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, a classic children’s story written by the famous novelist Lewis Carroll. It is a little-known fact that Lewis Carroll actually wrote the story for a little girl called Alice Liddell, who Lewis had been telling stories to. Lewis Carroll is also a pseudonym. The real name of the writer was Charles Lutwidge Dodgson. Dodgson was a much-admired scholar and first-class mathematician before becoming a novelist in his later years. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland also has a sequel, entitled Through the Looking Glass, published six years after the initial tale.

The background for this game in the base game is the beautiful English garden in which Alice is picnicking before she meets the famous white rabbit. In this background, we can see Alice reading a book and eating cake on the right-hand side of the board. However, when you enter the free spins game, the background changes to the same garden, but now it is at night, and Alice is having tea with the mad hatter. This background is particularly magical as there are beautiful fireflies in the air, and calm yet gorgeous light has spilt onto the screen.

The playing board is a huge gold-fringed rectangle with a simple design.

The symbols for this game are split into low-value, high-value and special symbols. The low-value symbols are the blue flower, the purple flower and the red flower. These all pay the same at 70x the stake for the top combination. On the other hand, the higher value symbols are the various characters. These are Alice, the Mad Hatter and The Queen of Hearts. The Queen of Hearts is the most valuable of these, paying out at 500x the stake for the top combination. Finally, the specials are the white rabbit wild and the pocket watch scatter.

Game Play

Plunderland is played on a 7-reel, 7-row cluster pay machine. Players need to land clusters of five or more matching symbols to win combinations. The bigger the cluster, the bigger the payout.

The betting range for Plunderland is 10p to £100 per spin. To adjust their bet levels, players can toggle their stake up and down using the tool located at the bottom left-hand side of the screen.

Further information, including a short tutorial and a display of the paytable, can be found via the menu button in the right-hand corner of the screen. The spin and auto spin buttons are located in the centre of the screen.
Volatility for this slot is rated in the very high range. The return to player percentage for Plunderland is 96.43%, which is above average. The biggest payout that players can win on one spin is 10,266x your stake.

Features

The first feature in this game is the cascading reels dynamic. When you create a winner cluster in this game, the winning symbols are removed from the playing board, and a new set comes to replace them. This gives you multiple chances to score a win from the same spin. The dynamic will only stop when a new set of symbols does not form a win.

The next feature is the white rabbit wild feature. This bonus concerns the wild symbol, which moves one position closer to the hot spot with every winning spin. When the wild reaches the hot spot, the white rabbit wild is triggered.

This special wild will then expand to a 2x2 size. If it becomes part of a winning combination, it will shrink back to a 1x1 size but will be randomly distributed to a new place on the board. The more times that the wild reaches the hot spot in the game, the larger the initial growth of the wild, up to 5x5. A win multiplier also increases by one every time you land the wild as part of a win.
The Mad Hatter’s free spins feature is triggered when you collect three of the pocket watch scatters during the base game. Six free spins are then awarded to the player. The free spins round also has sticky wilds for the duration. Unlike in the base game, the wild won’t shrink, and the win multiplier can only grow.

Finally, a bonus buy option allows players to buy their way into the features for a set price. This option is sometimes unavailable depending on the country where you are accessing the game from.

Conclusion

Alice in Wonderland is a perennially popular theme for slots games, and this has got to be one of the nicest examples out there. In terms of winning potential, this game represents a pretty safe bet. Although volatility is high, so is the top payout and the RTP.