Carnival Queen Slot

How does Carnival Queen work? Carnival Queen is situated in the Big Easy: the city of New Orleans. The annual carnival is in full swing, with throngs of people, fireworks and music. This is a slot without fixed paylines but with the win always mechanism. There are 6 reels with 4 rows of symbols, creating 4,096 ways to win. Carnival Queen is a fresh take on slot machines. It is packed with features, and the Avalanche is a great addition because it is similar to getting free spins even if you did not land the scatter. All it takes to win more is to land a paying combo, and then the slot gives you more chances to win at the same value as your winning bet.

Carnival Queen is a video slot from Thunderkick with 6 reels and 4,096 ways to win. Released in February 2019, this game can be played at online casinos such as LeoVegas, Guts or Mr Green.

Theme and basic information

No, we’re not in Rio for the Carnival. This is Mardi Gras in New Orleans. The street views to both sides of the reels should be enough indication of that. The shadowy crowds roaming the streets, dancing and celebrating at each win, add to the theme.

On the reels you get a bunch of characters all dressed up in colourful masks and wigs that stand in as the high-value symbols. Equally colourful but somewhat boring are the playing card symbols from 9 to A.

Still, the festive beats in the background make up for it and have you swinging and dancing along. It’s funky and a little quirky, but also kind of cool.

The golden crown is the most valuable symbol in the game, paying 20x our stake for a 6-of-a-kind win. The red-headed lady pays out 7.5x our stake for such a win and the orange-masked guy pays out 2.5x our stake. All other symbols pay out less than that, but never less than 1x our stake for a win with 6 on a payline.

You can play this game from 0.10 to 100.00.

Avalanche reels and multipliers in the base game

In this game you get Avalanche reels, or cascading wins, however you wish to call them. It means that all winning combinations explode off the reels and more symbols are falling from above to hopefully create more wins. And with every cascading win the multiplier at the bottom of the reels increases by 1x. It can go up indefinitely as long as you keep winning. It will reset on a losing spin, of course.

And that’s about it for the base game. Surprisingly, it is enough, because it will have to keep you going for a very long time.

Exploding wilds and locked multipliers in the free spins

As it is, we played at least 500 spins if not more before we hit the free spins for the first time. You need at least three bonus symbols (the Carnival Queen herself) to activate the free spins. You will start with 12 free spins when you have 3 scatters. Each additional scatter (up to 6, of course) will add another 4 spins to your starting spins.

During the free spins more bonus scatters mean more free spins. You need two scatters to add 3 more spins. And any additional scatter beyond that will add 3 more spins, meaning you can get up to 15 extra spins should you get 6 scatters. In fact, unlimited free spins are possible if you keep getting more scatters.

As an added feature, the multiplier continues to increase on every winning round. But it will stay locked on that multiplier and no reset on the next losing spin. You’ll often climb at least to 6x but more is possible, especially if you keep collecting more free spins.

Finally, on any non-winning spin where a Wild is on the reels, that Wild will explode and destroy all symbols in its path horizontally and vertically. This makes room for another cascade and could result in winning combination. It might not, however.

Conclusion: Incredibly frustrating slot that will take its time to become awesome

The theoretical RTP (Return to Player) for Carnival Queen is 96.1%. That’s only an average value and considering that this slot is definitely volatile (although not as volatile as other games we’ve played recently), you will have to hold onto your budget.

And, boy, does this game frustrate. We played at least 45 minutes before we hit the free spins the first time. The second time we hit it was only a few minutes after that and we almost couldn’t believe it. The incredible thing, however, was that during an hour of play, we didn’t incur great losses and enough big wins to not feel like complete losers. Get this: we played 1 hour at €1 per spin and the game eventually informed us that we’d lost €29.40, asking whether we wanted to continue. Of course, we’d lost a lot more than that during that hour, but we also won enough to keep our game up and going. That’s pretty good considering how long it took to hit the free spins for the first time. Plus, the game is fun and engaging. As long as you manage your budget, you’ll have fun too.

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Facts

Carnival Queen Online Slot Review

Progressive Jackpot: No

Software: Thunderkick

Paylines: 4096

Reels: 6

RTP: 96.1%

Inspired by the Mardi Gras festival, this is one colourful slot powered by Thunderkick. It has 6 reels and offers you 4,096 ways to win. True to the festival it is based on, Carnival Queen has a very festive look and feel. The vibrant colours, excellent graphics, exciting game features, and cool soundtrack truly draws you into a party atmosphere. You can play the game on both desktop and mobile devices.

Gameplay begins with setting your bets. You may start by clicking on the Bet tab to choose an amount to wager. You can choose an amount from 0.10 to 100.00. To set the reels into motion, click on the Spin button at the rightmost part of the control panel at the bottom of the screen. For a chosen number of uninterrupted spins, click on the Autoplay button to the left of the Spin button. You may choose between 5 and 5000 automatic spins.

Feature Symbols

The game’s low-value symbols are represented by familiar playing card symbols. You will see the 9, 10, A, J, K, and Q. They all have a purple background and are printed in a stylish carnival-look font. The high-value symbols are all theme-related. They are represented by four partygoers. There’s a green-haired gentleman in a green mask, a guy with an orange wig and mask, a lady in a blue hat and mask, and a red-haired lady with an orange mask. There is also an ornate crown, which is the base game’s most valuable symbol, helping you win up to 20 times your stake.

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The game’s Wild symbol is represented by a big W with an ornate design, and which looks like a neon light. It can substitute for any of the other base game symbols to help you land winning combinations, with the exception of the Bonus symbol. The game’s Bonus symbol is represented by the Carnival Queen herself.

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Bonus Rounds

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This is one of those slots that have the Avalanche feature, otherwise known as collapsing reels. Whenever you land a winning combination, the symbols involved in that win will disappear from the reels, and then the symbols above them will take their place. New symbols will then fall down to occupy the empty reel positions. The good thing about this game’s Avalanche feature is that it comes with a multiplier feature as well. Each win comes with a multiplier, and the multiplier increases with every consecutive win.

The game also has the familiar Free Spins feature. This feature is activated when you land three of the Bonus symbols anywhere on the reels. You will be rewarded with 12 free spins, and if you manage to land another Bonus symbol in any of your free spins, you will get four more free spins.

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One exciting thing about the bonus round is that the avalanche wins will still be in play, but this time, the multiplier for any avalanche wins you land will keep increasing. Unlike in the base game, the multiplier will not reset to 1x after a non-winning spin. Furthermore, if you land a Wild symbol on a non-winning spin, all symbols will be cleared vertically and horizontally from the Wild, giving you another opportunity to land a win.