Boom Pirates Slot

The slot is paid over an initial grid of 5x4 positions, even though it may seem at first like you are on a 9x6 setup. The extra positions come alive later when the pirates let rip on their cannons in a reel attack on the screen to provide hefty booty and loot. Because the play zone grows and shrinks, you could end up playing with between 1,024 and 10,077,696 pay ways courtesy of the wonderful Foxium Wonderways engine.

To line up wins over the reels, you will need to land 3 or more matching symbols over adjacent rollers (in any position on the reels). This will afford you wins in accordance with the value of the symbol and the strength of your bet. Initially, you can bet between €0.20 and €50 per spin, but if you switch the Foxium Feature on, you can up the bet to €75 per round. Land a 2,500x value combination to bring home prizes of €187,500 (€75 x 2,500).

After your bet is placed, you can simply press the spin button each time you want to roll the reels. However, if you would like to sit back and relax, you can set the game to Auto Spin for you between 10 and 100 times. This feature also affords you the luxury of multi-tasking while raking in the rewards.

The game holds a return to a player rating of 96.19% and has a medium to high variance. This combination of factors tells you right away that the bigger wins do not happen all too often, however, when a winning streak does arrive, it is truly volatile and has a special way of looting the game for your personal enrichment.

Theme and Design of Boom Pirates

Boom Pirates, like the title says, is a Pirate-themed slot. The game maker has opted to go the cartoon route when offering up the visuals. It’s a quirky kind of game that is bolstered well by apt era-specific pirate ditty of a tune, played with a violin, accordion, and bass drum.

Instead of playing out from the bow of a ship, as most Pirate slots do, this one plays out like a turn-based strategy video game would, where the game action is captured by a third party top view. Around the large reel set, the pirate ship is docked beside a tropical island with homes situated along the tree line. It seems our pirating cast have turned into Viking like vandals in this escapade.

The screen is dominated by the reel set, where the true action comes alive. All blocked out positions are covered in grey tiles with skulls on them. The reel symbols are made up of various thematic characters and icons. Watch out for Captain Mary, her first mate, a ship’s parrot, a cannon, and a barrel of black powder, as they lead the way to higher payouts. The lower paying symbols are made up of slot generic symbols, such as card icons (J-A). The game lacks a Wild symbol, but there are three distinct scatter icons. When placed together the scatters form the phrase: YO-HO-HO. When they combine like this, you will trigger the main game feature.

Bonus Features and Play

The game comes with harrowing action, where base game features and a special bonus round is afforded to all who would dare to face the vicious villains.

Wonderways

The Wonderways feature is the special touch of the game that increases the reel size. During the base game, at random times, you will hear the command to fire the cannons. When the balls hit the reels, the blasts will clear a path, increasing the grid for that single spin, so that more pay ways are opened.

In the Free spin round, these Wonderways will happen more frequently and the area unlocked will remain unlocked for the duration of the feature.

Captain Mary’s Swashbuckling Attack

Just when you may have lost all hope, Captain Mary comes to the rescue. As she swings across the reels, she will deposit a 5 symbol winning combination onto the screen for a guaranteed win.

Free Spins in Boom Pirates

The free spin round is the most lucrative by far. Land the words YO HO HO over reels 1, 3, and 5, and bask in the splendour of 10 free games.

As stipulated before, the cannon blasting Wonderways are far more common in this round, leaving the reels expanded for the feature. The free spins can be re-triggered by landing the three scatters on the screen again while the feature is already in play.

If you have a tough time with patience and would rather skip right to the free spin action, you can simply buy the feature at 100x your selected stake.

Conclusion Boom Pirates Review

The might of a united Foxium and Microgaming partnership brings a spirited online slot to the fore which is playable on either your desktop or mobile phone in instant play, without the need for further downloads, as Quickfire is HTML 5 based.

The game offers a bounty of action and a great possibility of top hauls well into the thousands of Euros. Hold on tight and brave the seas, at least until you have experienced the free spin round.

For more slot action of a pirate kind, why not try Pirates Charm or Treasure Island, by Quickspin; Wild Seas by Elk Studios; or Wild Jane the Lady Pirate, by Leander Gaming.