Snapdragon Pokies
This pokie from IGT has nothing to do with the bite from a giant mythical lizard, or even monsters playing a very simple card game, and everything to do with a plant that turns up in multiple forms across the 5 reels of this game. Keeping them company are the playing card symbols, plus there’s stacked wilds and a scatter symbol that will take players to a free spins game that can be retriggered over and over.
A simple picture of the garden surrounds the reels, and the start points of the 50 paylinesthat are featured across them, run down the sides. With a bet range that goes from 0.50 to 50.00 per spin, it should suit just about everyone, except those players on the very tightest of budgets and those who like to bet big.
Playing Snapdragon.
The ever-present playing card symbols 9, 10, J, Q, K and A will usually fill up most of the game, as these are the lower-value icons. In Snapdragon, these are presented in a basic style and have nothing to do with the theme, which seems a bit of a let-down, but it just means that they match the very plain style of the whole pokie.
To win bigger prizes, players will want to see the various flowers lining up in the right places, with 4 different types bringing a bit of much-needed colour to the game.
Like all standard wins, prizes are paid whenever 3, 4 or 5 matching symbols appear across a line, which will need can start from the left or right sides and run across on adjacent reels. 50 paylines should give players lots of chances to line up some nice wins across these flowery reels.
Snapdragon
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Bonus Features
Apart from playing card symbols and the various flowers, there’s also a couple of bonus symbols that add a little more variety to things, as simply spinning the reels over and over can get a little monotonous for some players. The main bonus that will occur during the normal run of play is the wild substitutions that are created by a bright blue butterfly.
When this flutters onto the game, it will be able to act as any other, with the exception of the bonus symbol and can therefore complete winning combinations where there would not have been one before. For example, landing the K on reels 1 and 3 across a line would not usually count for anything, but if the butterfly was on the same line on reel 2, it would act as another K symbol and complete the line.
It can also give players higher payouts by extending a winning line further across the reels, so in the same example, if the wild was on reel 4 as well, players would win for 4 of the K symbols. To help the wild do its job, it will be stacked on any reel that it lands on, potentially completing several lines at a time for multiple payouts.
Free Spins Bonus
The bonus symbol only needs to appear in 3 positions at once to launch a free spins game. Initially, there’s only 3 extra games awarded, but before people get all upset by this, during these spins, there’s extra bonus symbols in the mix, making it very easy to retrigger the round over and over again.
Having said that, it’s not absolutely guaranteed that any more than 3 spins will play out, in which case people have every right to get upset, especially as there’s no other extras, like additional wilds or anything else to potentially make winnings more frequent throughout them.
The Verdict
Snapdragon is a fairly standard and uninspiring pokie that may attract keen gardeners and those who generally like the look of flowers, but is unlikely to appeal much beyond this group of people. The game seems to have put together on a Friday afternoon before IGT went home for the weekend and comes with very little to inspire players.
It’s mostly filled with the playing card symbols that turn up in a multitude of other games, with just a couple of bonus symbols to spice things up a little.
OK, so having winning lines created from both the left and right sides is as little different, and stacked wilds should help players to land a few more wins, so anyone who doesn’t mind the appearance should be able to get some entertainment and wins from spinning the reels here.