This is another Pirate Treasure themed online slot game. Developed by Cryptologic this Pirate slot is well designed and animated. The reels are brought together with fun symbols that accentuate the overall theme. There are several bonuses features in Blackbeards Gold slot that keep the game interesting and the winning possibilities flowing. This slot has 5 reels and an impressive 243 ways to win across the reels. So definitely a more entertaining slot, and for those that love the idea of Pirates and their fantastical adventures, this is quite a winner.
Blackbeards Gold Slot’s Structure and Gameplay
Follow the story of perhaps the most famous of all Pirate Captains, Blackbeard, with this intrepid slot game. There are fun sound effects that create the illusion of being on a ship at sea, that coincides with the cute animations that all work well on the reels together. The reels symbols include a compass, a skull with two swords, a fierce looking pirate, the Jolly Roger pirate flag and Blackbeard himself. These are all detailed and designed well on top offering up some decent jackpots. Like in various slots, there are also the common playing card symbols in Blackbeards Gold slot, each of these done up nicely to reflect the theme.
As far as the betting goes with this 5 reel and 243 ways to win pokies game, there are a few options to pick from. This entails a choice of credit size and a level of credit, however despite this the wagering options seem to be on the lower side of the scale.
On to the Pirate Bonus Features
The first bonus symbol that players should become acquainted with in Blackbeards Gold slot is the overflowing treasure chest symbol, representative here of the Wild. This Wild symbol acts as most slot game Wilds do and substitutes for other symbols, sans the bonus symbols, to complete combinations. This symbol is exploited in the two bonus features to follow.
There is another bonus symbol, depicted through Blackbeard’s close up, that when 3 or more appear along a line they award a win and then transform into the aforementioned Wilds and award any further wins made.
Free Spin and Multipliers Bonus Features
The first of these bonuses features is triggered by two specific reel symbols. These are the ship revenge symbol and the galleon symbol, and triggers when the former appears on the 1st reel and the latter on the 5th. This triggers a pick’em game where players select a treasure chest from 5 available to award them with an amount of free spins, multipliers and Wilds for the reels during said free spins. This makes the free spins feature potentially very lucrative.
There is another feature to Blackbeards Gold slot that is almost of the same nature. Hitting the ship revenge symbol on reel 1 and the Victory bonus symbol on reel 5 will trigger a similar pick’em game to the last one. Here again players will pick a treasure chest to award the free spins, multipliers and Wilds but in this feature the wilds don’t just appear on the reels, they instead act as expanding Wilds and fill the entire reel as one whole Wild. All in all these features bode well for the players who score them.