Alice & The Mad Tea Party Pokie
It won’t take a genius to work out from the title that this online casinopokie is based around the famous tale of Alice In Wonderland. The original book by Lewis Carroll was first published in 1865 and is the tale of a girl who finds herself in a magical land populated by a Red Queen, talking rabbits, caterpillars and of course, the Mad Hatter. Some of these unusual characters turn up on the 5 reels of theAlice & The Mad Tea Partyvideo pokie from WMS Gaming, that comes with 30 paylines and has features such as wild multipliers, scatter wins, a pick a prize round, free spins and much more.
There’s a slightly odd style to the reels, perhaps in keeping with the surreal nature of the story, with the main part of the game squashed down towards the bottom of the screen, leaving room above for some outstanding animations including Alice watching the Queen and Cheshire Cat walk by, while bonus game features will also be accompanied by some high-quality cartoon sequences.
Taking A Trip To Wonderland
The reds of an autumnal woodland sit alongside the cartoons above the reels and below is the control panel where players set their bets from a low limit of0.01 per spin to a high rollermaximum of 100.00, although at least 0.30 will be needed to activate all paylines and qualify for all winning combinations that appear. Standard wins come from lining 3 or more of the same symbol on adjacent reels running from the left.
The Club, Spade, Heart and Diamond symbols, all designed to look as if they are made from decorative glass, will create the smaller winning lines, while a teapot, cake and bottle of potion are worth more when they appear.
Bigger rewards are paid out when the white rabbit, Mad Hatter and Alice land across active paylines and the top symbol is the game logo, which only needs to stop on reels 1 and 2 to be worth a prize.
Alice & The Mad Tea Party
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Extra Rounds
This game logo will launch a bonusround that starts with teapots appearing above the reels. Players click on them to find more logo symbols and respins, and there’s the potential for big payouts once all those extra logos are on the reels.
A Feature symbol can trigger 6 free spins when it stops on reels 1, 3 and 5 at once. Before each of these spins, players get to pick teapots that will add multipliers to any wins, add wilds to the mix or award further free respins.
In-Game Bonus Features
There’s a huge variety of bonuses in this online pokie, many of which are triggered at random. A wild symbol will also help players, by acting as all except the Bonus and when possible, complete winning combinations or turn lines of 3 or 4 matching symbols in to richer lines right across the reels.
On any spin that didn’t trigger a main bonus, players can be treated to any of 5 different features. Alice will turn any number of reels fully wild, potentially all 5 of them for a big payout, while the Cheshire Cat will transform between 1 and 10 positions into additional wilds. If the Mad Hatter appears, he will place teacups above the game that will turn into muffins, diamonds or rabbits and award multiplier prizes.
The Queen may be the baddie of this story, but she’s a welcome sight here, as she sends 4 of her playing card soldiers, each of a different suit, to stand above the reels. Players click a soldier to turn all of the same suit symbols into wilds, and get a bonus of 50 to 250x the line bet. The caterpillar will scuttle slowly into position above the reels after a win and a random multiplier of 2x to 15x will appear from the smoke of his pipe which will then be applied to the payout.
The Verdict
This game is aimed at players who like lots of features, rather than those who like simple fruit machines that hold few surprises. But most people enjoy bonus rounds and few games have as many on offer as the free Alice & The Mad Tea Party video pokie, with the in-game features being particularly enjoyable, while the animations that accompany everything are a real highlight.
Couple this with a popular story, vibrant colours and wide bet range, and we have a one armed bandit that’s going to appeal to a very wide audience. Some of the symbols are a little bit disappointing when compared to the quality of the rest of this pokie, and the squashed reels take a little getting used to, but these won’t matter when the specialbonus features keep turning up and awarding players with lots of extra treats.