Like most slot games in the Play ’N Go catalogue, the design in Queen’s Day Tilt is very nicely done. The setting is a scene you might see at a royal jousting tournament. On the reels you’ll see playing card suit symbols plus a pair of shields (complete with royal emblems) and a pair of knights in armour. This latter pair each award 2 or 8 times your stake if you land 2 or 3 of them vertically or horizontally on the same spin.
Those same awards are on offer from the queen who is the wild - she substitutes for all other symbols. Queen’s Day Tilt is played using a symbol drop game engine. Winning symbols are removed following a successful spin. Furthermore, 1 wild is formed in the middle of the winning combination to help you win again. Now, there’s a decent selection of extras on offer in Queen’s Day Tilt too:
- The Ruler feature - this can strike at random on any winless spin. 1 extra wild is added and a new payout calculation is made.
- Tilt feature - this can hit at random if there’s a single symbol left on the reels. That symbol is removed and the Queen’s Day Free Spins feature is triggered, more of which below.
- Game of Accession feature - land winning combinations featuring both of the higher value knight symbols on the same spin to trigger this extra. You’ll then receive a single spin where the reels feature only higher value symbols. Here you’ll also get to predict which symbol will deliver the most winners. Guess correctly and your total win is doubled. Lose and you’ll collect what you’ve won. In the result of a tie, you’ll get another free spin.
- Queen’s Day Free Spins feature - this round becomes active when all of the symbols have dropped off the reels. You’ll then get 5 free spins with the lower value symbols removed. The action here starts with a 2x multiplier. That figure increases every time you land a winner featuring both of the top paying knight symbols. The Ruler triggers following every winless free spin, bringing another wild into play. If you manage to clear the whole grid, you’ll get a re-trigger and another 5 free spins.
With its unusual game engine and extras, Queen’s Day Tilt takes a very familiar theme and shakes it up a bit. The result is a very playable game, especially if you like volatile action. The variance here is sky high with maximum wins of 5,000 times your stake on each free spin.
We enjoyed Queen’s Day Tilt. It looks good and the features deliver plenty of thrills. If you like the medieval theme, then it’s well worth a look. If grid slot games are appealing, you cannot go wrong with the superb Viking Runecraft – from Play ‘N Go also.