Yggdrasil Gaming has created another cracking looking game in Baron Samedi. The reels are flanked by tarot cards, beads, potions, animal skulls, dice and cigars. There you’ll find lower value gemstone symbols plus a pair of voodoo dolls, voodoo woman Brijit and Baron Samedi. He is the top payer, awarding up to 4.75 times your stake if you land 5 on a payline. The goat skull is the wild. It replaces everything apart from the free spins scatter. Baron Samedi comes with 2 extras.
Voodoo Respins feature - land 2 free spin symbols and you’ll receive a respin with 3 extras (you can see the full list below).
Voodoo Free Spins feature - these are triggered by landing 3, 4 or 5 of the free spins symbol on the same spin. You’ll then receive a payout of 2, 15 or 1,000 times your stake as well as 7, 12 or 15 free spins. On each free spin, you’ll be dealt 3 tarot cards - each 1 of these delivers a modifier. There are 36 of these in total. These can award the following extras:
- Super stacked higher value symbols (including wilds) are added.
- 3, 5, 7 or 9 Mystery Symbols are added. These transform into the same symbol.
- 1, 2, 3 or 4 Mystery Reels are added.
- Your total win is boosted by a 2x, 3x, 5x or 10x multiplier.
- All low value symbols turn into the red emerald.
- All low value symbols are removed.
- All high value symbols turn wild.
- All low value symbols turn wild.
- A 5 of a kind win featuring the green gem, red gem, Brijit or Baron symbols.
- 2, 3, 5 or 8 extra wilds are added.
- 1 wild is added to the best position.
- 2 wilds are added to best adjacent positions.
- 4 wilds are added to best adjacent positions.
- 5 wilds are added in a cross shape.
- Reels 1 or 5 are turned wild.
- 2 or 3 reels will turn wild.
Once a card is awarded, it is added to your library. After you hit them a certain number of times, you can add extra free spins to your total.
The undoubted highlight here is the Voodoo Free Spins feature. The tarot card extras are shuffled with each spin so you get a different combination of modifiers each time. As usual for an Yggdrasil Gaming slot game, the design is very classily done. The visuals are very easy on the eye and the rhythmical, drum heavy backing track certainly builds the atmosphere.
The voodoo theme won’t be to everyone’s tastes. If you like a slot game that delivers a huge variety of extras, then Baron Samedi delivers just that. You can also win 1,200 times your stake on every free spin with a 10x multiplier. If you like the theme, Maji Wilds by Playtech is recommended.