John Hunter and the Book of Tut Respin slot is Pragmatic-play powered release which runs on 5 reels and 10 pay lines. If you are not just starting out in the industry, then there is no way you are not familiar with our intrepid explorer John Hunter. This chap has visited and explored the sites of several world’s ancient civilizations and now it is time to visit Ancient Egypt and explore the secrets of king Tut. If you want to join him on yet another adventure, you can do so at any Pragmatic Play Casino for real, or here for fun.
How to Play John Hunter and the Book of Tut Respin Slot?
These adventures can be tense so before you pack up and leave, make sure to set your bets just for a good measure.
- Hit +/- buttons will draw out a panel to help you manipulate your bets by increasing or decreasing either the total bet or the coin value and bet separately.
- Spin button will get the reels moving.
- Autoplay opens up a panel that lets you choose the number of automated spins and whether and when you want them to end.
- Buy Free Spins will let you buy your way into the feature.
Slot Features
Book is both your Wild and your Scatter symbol. As a Wild, it will substitute for all the symbols in the game to help form more wins, and as a Scatter it will help you out in triggering the Free Spins feature.
Mystery Symbol & Respin
Randomly, during the base game, one Mystery symbol will get selected for that spin. This symbol will be capable of expanding to cover an entire reel it lands on, at which point it will trigger the Respins mode. The expanded symbols will be locked in place while the remaining positions respin. If more Mystery symbols hit they will also lock and award a respin. This will keep happening for as long as you have Mystery symbols hitting.
Free Spins
You need to get 3 or more Book symbols to trigger the free spin feature that will award 10 spins. Additional 3 or more Books during the feature will award 10 more spins. Before the feature begins, a random Mystery symbol will get selected to act as the expanding symbol in the feature. If the retrigger happens, the initially selected mystery symbol will remain unchanged and the number of retriggers is unlimited.
Summary
John Hunter and the Book of Tut Respin never fails us when it comes to audiovisuals, but what do we have here this time in terms of the gameplay? Honestly, not much, but the respins insert really freshens up that sort of staleness that we always have in the “book of” type of slots. So, essentially, this is your usual “book of” gameplay with a slight twist that maxes out wins at x4000 the bet with high volatility and 96.50% RTP. That said, all the fans of these type of slots and John’s story will undoubtedly enjoy the new adventure in the series.
A slot from good old Pragmatic Play and has an Egyptian theme with John Hunter going on another adventure in this 5 reel, 3 rows and 10 fixed payline of a book slot. The min bet is a very low 0.10 per spin, which is what you find with most book slots these days. The max win cap is at 4000x, which falls under the 5000x, which is a bit of a surprise.
There are two types of features: one is the base game, where you get a random symbol for some spins that gets selected, and those symbols expand, and the other is the main course free spins bonus feature triggered by 3 or more scatters, which awards 10 free spins, but the difference between some other book slots is that you get to choose what special symbol you want, which gives you more control unlike other providers' book slots. The feature can be retriggered, which is how I like it as it gives greater opportunity for larger wins. What makes the slot even better than many other book slots is that it has the respin ability, so when you get several of your special symbols you get a respin and then if it lands then another respin.
Graphically, the slot looks like it should for an Egyptian theme; all the symbols you would expect, including the cat and the beetle, are here.
The background music is some of the best Egyptian music I ever heard it and combine that with the pragmatic play sound effects and you have a winning combination.
The slot has the usual autoplay function, which you can set to turbo or quick spins, or keep it at normal; I prefer to mix it up during my sessions.
There is a simple bonus buy of 100x the bet, making it not overly complicated, as one-size-fits-all is what you get here.
I played on the 94.47% RTP version for my sessions, making it a bit over 2% under the max RTP, but as I looked around the casinos, this was the best I could find on that day of play, so I went with that.
I was a bit surprised that the max cap is at 4000x and not at least 5000x. Then there is the lack of ante bet options to trigger the bonuses quicker which surely would have made the slot better with having that as an option. While triggering the slot with more than 3 scatters pays more, such as 5 scatters paying 200x, you don’t get more starting spins.