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Slot Review: Viking and Striking

Raaaarr! Do you have the courage to face down some of the most fearsome warriors of all time? The Vikings were a bellicose race of Nordic warriors and explorers that revolutionized history and are still marveled at today! Long the subject of adoring art and mythological references, the Vikings captivate the imagination of the world still. That’s why we imagine that so many people will love the fabulous online slot dedicated to them – Viking and Striking, made by one of the most promising casino software firms on the World Wide Web.

Viking and Striking is a five-reel, twenty-five payline online slot machine title from the Top Game online casino software firm. Coin values start at one cent and range upwards to five dollars, with max coins of one hundred twenty five (five per payline) making the highest per-spin wager one of six hundred twenty-five dollars. ‘Tis an amount fit for a prince, it’s true, but you’ll have to lay out your riches for a shot at the jackpot of five thousand coins, or twenty-five thousand dollars! Of course, you always have the option of playing this game as a penny slot if all those riches are too much for your taste. There is additionally a free practice mode for those wishing to try out the game’s wares before purchase.

The look of this game is one of its strongest points, with the reels looking like a sheet of parchment spread across the bow of a Viking ship headed out to see with a golden-winged prow. The icons are vivid and gorgeous, including a Viking sword, battle axe, and helmet along with images of miscellaneous Vikings: a golden-bearded warrior lad and a fierce redheaded lady soldier. There are a total of thirty-five winning combinations.

The shield is the wild symbol for this online slot, meaning that it can stand in the place of any other icon on the reels in a winning combination with the exception of the bonus and scatter symbols. The scatter symbol is the long ship, just like the ones that Vikings sailed into battle in days of yore. If you get at least three of these symbols anywhere on the reels during a single spin, you will win free spins – as many as thirty of them, depending on how many you get! The bonus symbol for this game is the magical runes. Getting at least three of this very special symbol will activate the fabulous Shields of Fortune second-screen bonus. The Viking Striking slots Shields of Fortune Bonus Game is triggered when three, four, or five Magical Rune Bonus symbols land on an active payline. In this round you have to turn over five rows of shields and under each shield is either a number of award points or a magical rune symbol or a skull. When you turn over the rune symbol, all the treasures in that row will be awarded. When you turn over the points, you continue to the next row. Finally when you flip over a skull, you are return back to the normal spins.

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