The Trolls' Treasure: Slot Overview
If you've ever been tooling around the Norse folklore section in your local slot line-up and had a craving for something that doesn't involve divinities or heroes, The Trolls' Treasure from ReelPlay might be an alternative. To be clear, if you like a big, lumbering, sledgehammer of a game with a potent sting in its tail, well, The Trolls' Treasure isn't really one of those. Wait though, before hitting the back button on your browser, hear us out. While The Trolls' Treasure might not be monolithic, it has a certain charm, so in the right circumstances, its combination of cheap bonus buys and respectable stats might appeal. Only one way to find out.
The first hint of a grin was caused by The Trolls' Treasures agreeable graphics. The game is situated on a path, winding its way through a verdant outdoor space, surrounded by trees, rocks, and towering snow-capped mountains. You know that eerie whistling sound wind makes as it blows through a bunch of pine trees when you're up somewhere high? If so, then there is a hint of that unnerving outdoor, up high feeling to The Trolls' Treasure, what Kant might have called the sublime. Okay, we got a bit carried away there, but it is a handsome picture nonetheless.
In the middle of the screen sits a 5-reel, 4-row grid crossed by 50 fixed paylines. Bets from 50 p/c to £/€250 per spin may be set, and the game can be played on any device. The Trolls' Treasure is medium volatile and packs a modest max win; it must be said, though its RTP isn't bad at all, registering as 96.74%, increasing when buying either of the two bonus features.
The Trolls' Treasure pays when matching symbols land left to right of which there are ten regular tiles. These are five low-value runes, worth 2-3x the bet for five of a kind, then four troll characters called boy troll, old troll, queen troll, and king troll, paying 4 to 10 times the stake for five. The most valuable symbol is the treasure chest, worth 20x the bet, while a golden wild symbol rounds the paytable off, for now, substituting anything except the wheel or tree bonus symbols.
The Trolls' Treasure: Slot Features
Getting your hands on some actual troll's treasure comes in two ways – a Wheel Bonus or free spins. Both trigger naturally or may be bought.
Wheel Bonus
This feature is awarded when 3 Wheel Bonus symbols land on reels 2, 3, and 4. Played on a barrel type object with 4 wheels split into segments, each segment displays a bet multiplier, and on the first three wheels, each segment has an arrow pointing left or right. When a wheel stops spinning, the bet multiplier is collected, and players move one wheel to the left or right depending on which way the arrow points. Moving off the wheel to the left ends the feature, and the total bet multiplier is awarded. Making it to the rightmost wheel ends the feature - after the wheel spins once more and adds its value to the total bet multiplier. Prizes on the wheels can be 1x, 2x, 3x, 4x, 5x, 6x, 10, 20x, 50x, or 1,000x.
Free Spins
Landing 3 scatters in view on reels 1, 3, and 5 awards 15 free spins. In free spins, the only difference is that extra wilds and premium symbols are added to the reels. It is possible to win the Wheel Bonus from a free spin.
Buy Bonus
If available, players can opt to buy either of the bonus rounds. The Wheel Bonus costs 17x the bet and has an RTP of 97.7%, while free spins cost 31.2x the bet and have an RTP of 97.61%.
The Trolls' Treasure: Slot Verdict
Let's state upfront that if you're looking for a highly-strung, mega potential slot, The Trolls' Treasure is unlikely to cut it. These trolls might be charming, but they don't actually have a whole lot of loot stashed away. Perhaps the travellers passing over the bridge they lurk under aren't the most cashed-up in the kingdom. The features, too, are pretty simplistic, so again, this isn't the best choice if you want gameplay that's really going to blow your hair back. And yet, putting The Trolls' Treasure through its paces, a pleasant time was had.
There were several reasons for the positive reaction. First of all, the graphics are pretty nifty, and the oil painting like background image, the gruff yet loveable characters, and the playful soundtrack pack loads of charisma. The Trolls' Treasure looks so disarmingly nice it's hard to get cross with it. The features aren't red hot wonders, though they do the job and suit the overall cheeky vibe. Also, bonus buy players hunting around for a bargain might be enticed by the relatively thrifty price tags. After being stunned by the 3,000x feature buy in Tombstone RIP (as an extreme example), the 17x for the Wheel or 31.2x for 15 free spins feels positively quaint. The theoretical return when buying them is another highlight. The two features might not be able to cobble together the biggest bet multipliers of all time, quite the opposite really, yet they represent pretty decent value for money.
Like Bananaz 10K Ways, The Trolls' Treasure displays a warmer side of ReelPlay. If you like the theme but need more pep, then Relax Gaming's Troll's Gold might be a better option or even Evil Goblins at a stretch. For anyone interested in experiencing an aspect of Norse mythology other than gods, goddesses, or muscle-bound warriors, or are looking for something chilled with solids stats, The Trolls' Treasure makes a certain amount of sense.
