Book of Gems Megaways Slot Review, Demo Play, Payout, Free Spins & Bonuses

Book of Gems Megaways Review

With Book of Gems, Skywind Group comes late to the Megaways party, and we were certainly curious to find out what they would bring to the table. Combining the popular BTG engine with the Book of... concept in their debut title is daring enough, but unfortunately the whole thing falls apart rather quickly upon further inspection.

A glance at the math model is enough, as 3,125 win ways in a Megaways game seems like a bad joke. Don’t even get us started on the measly 1,000x potential, which insults 2 popular genres in one fell swoop, and the fact that nothing new or exciting is featured here. The ancient egypt theme combined with the classic book slot bonus round is what you get here, with some ineffective extra paylines to boot.

Book of Gems Megaways Slot Reel Screen

Book of Gems Megaways Features

The book is the wild symbol in this game, and it can land on reels 2, 3 and 4 only. It will step in for all regular pay symbols to help you form winning combos, and you trigger the all-important bonus round when you land 3 book wilds on the 3 middle reels. This also gives you a 2x win before the free spins feature commences, and you get 10 free spins to start with.

As is usually the case with book slots, a symbol is randomly chosen up front from the book.

This chosen symbol becomes the special expanding symbol during the feature. The expanding symbol doesn't need to land adjacent to win, but you need at least 3 instances of it on 3 different reels. You will then see the chosen symbol expand to cover the entire reels, and a new win calculation sums up your extra payout.

You can retrigger the free spins round the same way you triggered it in the first place, and non-UK players also have a bonus buy option. You can purchase the free spins feature for 70x your stake, and this guarantees 3 wilds on the 3 middle reels on the next spin. The bonus round then plays out the same as if you triggered it organically.

The 200 Spins Book of Gems Megaways Experience

We didn’t see the point in including any base game grinding in our 200 spins highlights video this time.

After all, this game, like so many book slots, is all about the bonus round. We got the golden scarab as our chosen symbol, which was decent enough, and you can see how we fared by hitting the play button.

Review Summary

Skywind Group’s Megaways debut is also their first real attempt at a Ra clone, at least technically. They did release Book of Shangri-La last year, but this game came with a chosen scatter win symbol instead of expanding symbols. Anyway, with Book of Gems Megaways, Skywind has done everything “by the book”, and a bit too much so for our liking.

No twist has been added to the bonus round, and the theme is the same old dusty ancient egypt expedition once again. At the most, you’re looking at 1,000x wins if you fill the screen with the expanded Explorer symbol (who’s a dead ringer for Tom Hardy by the way) during the bonus round. This is no less than an insult to any player with an iota of experience with either the book slot mechanics and/or the Megaways engine, not least when you factor in the high volatility.

Pros

• Megaways engine combined with Book of... mechanics
• Bonus round with chosen expanding symbol
• Up to 3,125 ways to win

Cons

• Charmless Ra clone attempt with no bonus round twist
• Expanded symbol max win of 1,000x combined with high volatility
• RTP of 95 % is well below average

If you appreciate Book of Gems Megaways you should also try:

Legacy of Ra Megaways - is Blueprint’s lesson in how to properly combine the popular Megaways engine with the equally popular Book slot mechanics. Play with up to 15,625 win ways, and land payouts up to 50,000x in the expanding symbol bonus round.

Book of Shangri-La is Skywind Group’s attempt at doing something original with the book slot concept.

The theme is a breath of fresh air (anything outside of egypt is, really), and you can win up to 5,000x your stake. The bonus round twist is a chosen symbol that offers scatter wins in addition to regular payouts.

Book Of Ultimate Infinity Reels - is a powerful combination of the book slot concept with another unusual engine. Each win adds a new reel to the grid, ad infinitum, and the bonus round comes with a randomly chosen expanding symbol for payouts up to 5,000x your stake.

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