The design is typical of what you’ll find in a slot game with this ancient theme. The action takes place in a burial chamber with the reels watched over by a pair of golden statues. On the reels are A to 10 royals as well as a dagger, the bird god Ra and an ancient woman. The top paying symbol is the sarcophagus which awards 1, 10, 100 or 500 times your stake if you land 2, 3, 4 or 5 in combination.
Joining the standard symbols is the ancient book which serves a dual role. It acts as a wild and substitutes for all the standard symbols. It’s also a scatter and the key to opening up the game’s Free Spins feature. Land 3, 4 or 5 scatters books on the same spin and you’ll receive a payout equal to 2, 20 or 200 times your total stake as well 10, 15 or 20 free spins.
Before those free spins begin, 1 symbol is randomly picked. Each time this symbol lands it expands to fill the whole reel if that expansion leads to a winning combination being created. Re-triggers are possible too, complete with the same expanding symbol – this means you could play with up to 40 free spins.
Book of Relics also comes with a shot at landing 1 of 3 potential progressive jackpot prizes. These can land at random on any paid spin. The Mini Jackpot offers payouts of up to £1,500. The Minor pays between £5,000 and £20,000 with the Epic delivering the big bucks of between £20,000 and £200,000.
Book of Relics is a standard example of the Egyptian-themed slot game. The design is nicely done and the Free Spins feature offers some decent potential if you land something of high value as the expander – there’s up to 5,000 times your stake to be won from each free spin.
If you like simple gameplay, the ancient theme and progressive jackpots, then it’s worth opening up the Book of Relics. If it’s originality you’re after, then you might want to try looking elsewhere as it’s the same as Book of Ra Deluxe (from Novomatic) but with the progressive jackpots added in.