Merlin and the Ice Queen Morgana

By Matthew Kennedy | Updated 4 March 2024

Join forces with magician Merlin to help find his apprentice Morgana with Play’n Go’s new slot Merlin and the Ice Queen Morgana due for release November 2021. The slot is extremely volatile with a potential top prize of 20,000x the wager.

Slot details

Merlin and the Ice Queen Morgana is a fantasy themed video slot with superb graphics reminiscent of the animated film Frozen. The game takes place in front of a castle covered in icicles and the reels are suspended by heavy chains.Played on 5 reels, with 10 paylines, the RTP is set at 96.2%, and its available on desktop and mobile devices from 10p up to £100 per spin.Symbols are 10-Ace royals, a ring, a book of spells, a cauldron and Merlin himself who is the most lucrative paying 250x the bet for 5 on a payline.

Gameplay

Morgana represents the wild symbol and can land as a stacked symbol, it is worth 250x the wager for 5 on a payline. When stacked, it comes with up to an 8x multiplier and it can also substitute all symbols barring the scatter represented by Merlin’s Staff.Landing at least 3 scatter symbols awards 10 free spins. Before the spins commence one symbol is chosen at random to act as an expanding symbol. The best wins come if you get a higher paying symbol for bigger payoutsExpanding symbols work in the same way as scatters landing anywhere on the reels. The free spins can be retriggered by landing another 3 or more scatters.

Verdict

Merlin and the Ice Queen Morgana provides solid gameplay and has the potential to create decent wins. The highest value symbol chosen as the expanding symbol along with the 8x multiplier could produce a tidy sum worth 20,000x the total bet.

Matthew Kennedy

Co-founder & Technical Director at Play Cash Games

Matthew Kennedy co-founded Take Marketing Limited in 2008 alongside Becky Mosley and has worked in the UK online gambling industry ever since. He runs the technical side of the operation, building and maintaining the platforms that power Play Cash Games and the wider Take Marketing portfolio.

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