NetEnt’s Secrets of Christmas couldn’t be a more festive slot if it tried. Before we even spin a reel we are rushed through a festive scene of flying through a snowy landscape and straight into Santa Claus’ toy workshop. Head to any NetEnt stocked site like MonkeyCasino.com or Royal Panda to play this game and lots more from their line up.
As we count down the weeks until the big day itself, the Secrets of Christmas slot is the perfect way to warm the cockles of the heart for the festive fun ahead. Here the player is transported into the perfect snowy world of Santa Claus himself and we must get spinning with a world of toys to start earning some big wonga and some of the free spins that are on offer in this upbeat game.
This is no slot for a Grinch; the player is firmly planted in the night before Christmas with all its excitement and promise. The reels are set in a festive and snow-covered window of a log cabin, with each glazed and snow-edged window pane becoming the space for a reel. As you spin those reels, snow gently drifts down accompanied by the merry sounds of a melodic music box and bells- it recreates perfectly the enchantment of Christmas and sets the player for the feel-good game ahead.
Secrets of Christmas is a 3 rows, 5 reel and 25 paylines slot game with a twinkle in its eye!
Secrets of Christmas has all those items beloved of the season of joy for the icons of play, starting with a golden Christmas bell with a bright ribbon, a group of decorative candles, a traditional gingerbread sweet house, a plate of cookies and milk for Santa Claus and of course the stocking waiting to be filled by the big man himself. The lower icons are the Ace through 10 of the card deck all made up of Christmas tree branches covered in lights.
The game’s Wild is of course, a white bearded, suit-wearing traditional Santa Claus and he substitutes for all icons except for the Scatter. The Scatter is a colourful sack filled with toys to fill those Christmas stockings.
Just land 3 or more of those Scatters and this will unlock the ever-popular free spins. What’s more there’s a generous 10 up for grabs. Before you take your free spins there’s a fun extra bonus game to play and to start racking up some real festive bucks!
You are taken to the toy workshop where you must choose from different toys to reveal prizes; these are a selection of four free spins bonus features. The number of toys you can pick is dependent on the number of Scatters you land – so to trigger the feature 3, 4 or 5 will give you the chance to select 3, 4, or 5 Christmas gifts respectively from the magical workshop.
So what are these joyful bonuses? There are four to choose from, Free Spins, Wild Reels, Additional Wilds and Multipliers.
The Free Spins; this nifty feature adds either 2, 3 ,4, 5 or 10 more spins on top of the 10 already awarded, although it can’t be re-triggered within the mode. The Wilds Reels will settle on reels 2 and/or 4 and turn them Wild for the time of the free spins. The Additional Wilds feature brings the festive candle and/or that sparkly golden bell into the game as additional Wilds for the duration of the free spins and last, but not least, Multipliers where x1 or x2 are used to grow your winnings- now that is in the festive spirit of giving!
For those players who like to keep the slot play lively, simply click on the Autoplay function and let those reels spin away while you tuck into a mince pie.
NetEnt’s Secrets of Christmas is a welcome addition to the festive slots genre, the game brings all the best of Christmas together with enough free spins to keep play exciting. This is a slot that delivers the goods, just like the big man of Christmas himself!