John Hunter and the Book of Tut

Whenever we get a new slot with the word “book” in the title, it brings up mixed feelings in us. One part of us is excited for a new game to check out, and another part is dreading that it will be another one with the “same old, same old” features we’ve seen so many times before. Sadly, John Hunter and the Book of Tut falls into the latter category. It’s not a bad game by any means, but it does not bring the book series an inch forward in terms of innovation, twists or originality.

On a positive note, if you like the original Book of Ra, John Hunter and the Book of Tut stays very true to its legendary source of inspiration. The big difference is that the visuals are more modern, and the RTP is a lot higher (at least at most casinos, but beware of the flexible RTP ranges). The volatility is as high as you can expect from a book slot, and you can place bets between 10p and £100 per spin across all platforms and devices.

Spinning with your Android, iPhone or iPad is no problem in other words, and you can win up to 5,000x your stake on a single spin here (which is the standard max win for most book slots). This is hardly John Hunter's first rodeo, and he should be quite familiar with the tombs of ancient egypt by now. So are we, by the way, and we think this game would have benefited from a more original theme, and perhaps also a 2 scatter respins feature, to give you a break sometimes when it comes to triggering the all-important bonus round.

What symbols are there?

As you might have guessed already, John Hunter himself is the highest paying symbol in this game, and there are also 3 other egyptian related symbols of higher value here. The regular royal symbols have been dressed up with some egyptian ornaments, but they still pay low compared to the premium symbols. You need between 3 and 5 matching symbols on in a combination to win, and here we present you with the paytable for John Hunter and the Book of Tut slot:

• John Hunter - Pays 500x for 5 on a payline

• Book wild/scatter - Pays 200x for 5 anywhere

• Pharaoh head - Pays 200x for 5 on a payline

• Cat statue - Pays 75x for 5 on a payline

• Scarab statue - Pays 75x for 5 on a payline

• Royal symbols - Pay between 15x and 10x for 5 on a payline

What are the bonus features?

Being a true to form book slot, we all know what it boils down to here, and that is the free spins bonus round. Still, you will benefit from the book wild symbol also in the base game. This symbol pays pretty well in its own respect, as you win 200x, 20x and 2x when you land 5, 4 and 3 on a payline. The book wild will also step in for all regular symbols to help you form winning combos.

In this respect, it acts just like any wild symbol does in most games, but the book serves double duty as a scatter symbol also. This means that you will get the payout mentioned above when you land 3 to 5 anywhere on the reels, and this is also how you trigger the game’s all-important free spins bonus round.

Free spins in John Hunter and the Book of Tut

As we’ve already mentioned, you need to land 3, 4 or 5 book scatter symbols anywhere on the same spin to trigger the free spins feature. This gives you 10 spins no matter how many scatters you land. You will then be taken to a new screen, where the pages of the book reveal different random symbols as you scroll through them.

Eventually, one of the regular symbols will be chosen as the special symbol. This will be the symbol that expands to cover the entire reel whenever you land it during the bonus round. The good news is that this chosen expanding symbol does not need to line up on adjacent reels to pay. You can land it on reels 1, 3 and 5, for example, and it will still give you a payout as if it landed on reels 1, 2 and 3. Please note that the chosen symbol will only “bother” to expand if this means that it will become part of a winning combination.

In case you think 10 free spins is not enough, you can retrigger the feature and get 10 new spins when you land at least 3 book scatters during the feature. There is no upper limit as to how many times you can do this, which means that you can get a lot of extra free spins with a bit of luck.

How much you can win per free spin depends largely on which symbol is chosen to expand. Below, we reveal the potential max win for each possible chosen symbol. Please note that you need to fill the screen with nothing but the chosen symbol to win the following amounts:

• Q, J or 10 = 100x total stake

• K or A = 150x total stake

• Scarab or cat = 750x total stake

• Pharaoh head = 2,000x total stake

• John Hunter = 5,000x total stake

How to play

John Hunter and the Book of Tut is not a very complicated slot, but there are still a few things you should know about when it comes to the gameplay. Here we will quickly run through everything you need to know to get the most out of this game, and prepare you properly for this deep dive into the ancient egyptian chambers.

First of all, you can check out the paytable and info screen by clicking the “i” button down in the left-hand corner. This is a dynamic paytable which changes payout values according to your bet level. This means that you can easily glean how much each symbol pays per total stake, and you also find good info about the game rules and other useful things in the info screen.

The next thing to do is decide on your bet level, and you can easily change your stake with the plus and minus buttons on either side of the spin button. The hamburger menu, which is located above the volume control in the left hand corner, takes you to the game settings. Here you can turn on quickspins (which we recommend), and you can also turn on or off the music and/or sound effects.

If you want to lean back and relax while the reels are spinning, you can click the autoplay button below the spin button. Here you can choose between 10 and 100 autospins, and you can stop the autospins if your bankroll is reduced by a chosen amount. You can turn on turbo spins if you want really fast gameplay, and you can also stop the autospins if you win a certain amount or trigger the bonus round. That’s what we had on how to play John Hunter and the Book of Tut, and we wish you the best of luck with your spinning!