Free slot: Ice and Fire

Function of Ice and Fire

Hot and cold, mountain and volcano, ice and fire... Two dragons that have been pitted against each other in a Game of Thrones-like battle. Use the enchantment books wisely and find the dragon eggs to survive the battle and hit the jackpot!

Ice and Fire is a slot developed by Dreamtech Gaming and published by the online game provider Yggdrasil. It is available at most online casinos since February 6, 2020. Its payout ratio (RTP) is quite high with 96.64%, but it is its volatility and especially its winning potential that are impressive with the possibility of winning up to 19,139 times the starting bet. The starting grid is very special as it is divided into 2 different grids. Each of these 2 grids consists of 5 reels and 5 rows. In addition to two different free spins bonuses, you will find a rather original feature in the Ice and Fire base game. This one is related to the Wild. The Wild, in the form of an enchanted book, can appear on reels 2, 3, and 4 of each of the 2 grids. Each Wild symbol that appears on a grid will automatically be copied to the opposite grid, replacing the symbol in that slot, unless that symbol is a Scatter.

Ice and Fire Symbols

In addition to the Wild and the Dragon Egg Scatter, you will find 10 different symbols per grid, making a total of 20 symbols in Ice and Fire. These symbols are divided into 2 categories according to their rarity:

• Premium symbols have the highest value. In the ice grid, they are represented by a princess, an ice dragon, a white tiger, an owl and a ring. In the fire grid they are represented by a princess, a fire dragon, a wolf, a horse and a crystal ball. Their rarity makes them high paying symbols

• The common symbols have a lower value, they appear more often and make connections easier. In both grids they are represented by the highest values of a deck of cards (10-J-Q-K-A) of blue or red color

In the image above, you can see the potential payout of each symbol according to the number of identical symbols connected.

The different connections in Ice and Fire

Although Ice and Fire does not use Megaways technology, there are many different connections available in this slot. In fact, whether it's lines, diagonals or simple buttons, there are 60 predefined paylines in Ice and Fire! This impressive number of paylines can also be doubled since 2 different grids are in operation during each spin. Connections are only valid from left to right. At least 3 identical symbols must be connected on one of the predefined paylines. The more reels a connection uses, the higher the payout. All symbols used in a payline are deleted, allowing new symbols to cascade down to replace those that have exploded. This system allows for multiple connections to be made in a single game round.

The various infographics above show you the 60 different paylines in Ice and Fire.

How the Ice and Fire Bonus Works

There is a first free spins bonus in Ice and Fire, which is dependent on stunts. As soon as you reach 4 or more cascading wins in a single game round, this first free spins bonus is triggered. You'll see a counter above the grids fill up with each winning stunt. You must then choose between one of the two dragons in the game, your choice will influence your number of free spins as well as the wilds added to the grids. The result can be 8, 10 or 15 free spins and 100 or 150 Wilds added to the grids. This bonus can be triggered again by cascading 4 or more wins in a single spin. The number of free spins obtained will then be the same as when the dragon was chosen. The Scatter cannot appear during this bonus. The second bonus in Ice and Fire is the Scatters. Getting at least 3 Scatters in one round triggers the 10 Super Free Spins. Each additional Scatter gives you 5 more free spins.

A win multiplier then appears during this bonus and starts at x1. During each stunt, this multiplier increases by 1 incrementally without being reset during the bonus. Wilds appear more often during the Super Bonus. It is not possible to get a Scatter symbol during the bonus and chaining stunts does not trigger free spins. Therefore, it is impossible to retrigger.

Our review of Ice and Fire

Dream Tech is not a very well known provider, but thanks to this collaboration with Yggdrasil, which is one of the market leaders, it can make a name for itself in this field with an original and interesting slot machine. The use of two grids is effective, the features are original, and the two different bonuses make it possible to never get bored. The volatility is impressive and the potential winnings of almost 20,000 times the initial bet is enough to make many slot machines blush!