Spellbinding Mystery is not a complex game by any stretch. It reminds me a bit of Wisdom of Athena, a Scatter Pays game that has a similarly simple gameplay but can drive great value through multipliers.
As you play, the trick is to keep your eye out for Mystery Symbols and hope to unlock the bonus round for bigger wins.
Wilds With Multipliers
As well as substituting in for any other symbol except, scatters and mysterys, to trigger wins, the Wild MAY also land with a multiplier in the base game. That is a 1x, 2x, 3x, 4x or 5x multiplier that is applied to any win that the Wild forms part of.
Also, try to land more than one multiplier wild because they are multiplied together where two form part of a winline.
Mystery Symbols
I love the Mystery Symbols in this game – they are particularly potent in the free spins round. They are represented by The Star and when they land, at the end of the spin and before wins are calculated, ALL visible Mystery Symbols will transform into the same paytable symbol, chosen at random.
How important that is will depend on how many land and what other symbols are on the reels of course, but a lucky spin with 5 or 6 can bring good results.
Collecting Mystery Symbols in the Free Spins roundFree Spins, Multipiler Wilds and Mystery Symbol Spots
As ever, the free spins round is where it’s at for the big wins. You’ll need 3 of the magic scatters to land anywhere on reels 2, 4 and 6 to trigger 10 free plays with some interesting enhancements.
Landing 3 Scatters Unlocks The Bonus RoundThis is where Mystery Symbols have even more power – when they land they mark their spot on the grid and from them on, after each spin, those spots ALWAYS transform into mystery symbols. And if a Mystery Symbols lands on a spot not yet marked, an extra spin MAY be granted.
Furthermore, Wilds ALWAYS have a random multiplier of 2x, 4x, 6x, 8x or 10x.
