Cluedo Mighty Ways Slot Demo Gameplay
Cluedo Mighty Ways Slot Review 2024
Calling all sleuths! We’re heading back to the Cluedo Mansion where another gruesome crime has taken place in Light & Wonder’s latest murder mystery title, Cluedo Mighty Ways!
Have you got what it takes to return to the Cluedo Mansion and solve yet another crime? The clue is in the title, but for those of you who don’t know, Cluedo, also known as Clue in North America is a murder mystery board game that was put together in 1943 by British designer Anthony. E. Pratt. The aim of the game is to determine who’s the murderer, where it happened and which weapon was used. Since the original Cluedo was released, Hasbro has bought out its fair share of remakes, but nothing beats the original in our eyes.
It’s not the first time we’ve played a game of Cluedo in slot form, thanks to Light & Wonder’s (previously known as SG Digital) past release, Cluedo Cash Mystery in 2021, but the idea of Mighty Ways sounds much more appealing, don’t you think? Alongside this, Light & Wonder are the brains behind Reign of the Mountain King, Stargate Megaways and Spartacus Megaways.
Will it be Miss Scarlett, in the Library with the Candlestick? Let’s play on and find out!
Cluedo Mighty Ways Base Game and Features
Cluedo Mighty Ways is a 6 reel slot with up to 262,144 Mighty Ways to win. In order to form a winning combination, you will need to connect 3 or more of the same symbol types from left to right, starting from the left-most reel. The minimum bet available here is £/€0.20 per spin and the maximum bet available is £/€10 per spin, with a variety of betting options in between the two.
Like many other slots, Cluedo Mighty Ways makes use of the Cascading feature. Each time a winning combination is formed, all winning symbols will be removed from the reels and new symbols will fall down via a Cascade, filling all empty positions on the reels. Once a Cascade occurs, it has the ability to create even more winning combinations. Thanks to the Mighty Ways mechanic, after each new Cascade, the Mighty Ways open up the reels, to a maximum of 8 High.
In terms of symbols, the highest paying regular symbol in Cluedo Mighty Ways is the Cluedo Logo, followed by the Jewellery Box, Glass & Pipe, Vase and Feather Duster. Low-paying symbols are standard, Ace, King, Queen, Jack, Ten and Nine. There is also a Wild symbol present, which substitutes for all symbols except Cluedo Cards and the Magnifying Glass. Wild symbols will only appear on reels 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6.
Cluedo Mighty Ways has a very exciting Cluedo Trail feature that offers tons of potential, and is your ticket to the Free Spins round. More on this below!
Cluedo Trail
On the left side of the reel set is a Cluedo Trail with 9 individual segments.
Each time a winning Cascade occurs, you will move 1 Position up the trail. The first 4 positions on the trail are dead ends, but upon reaching segment 5, a random Modifier is triggered. Segment 6 is another dead end, but segments 7, 8 and 9 automatically award the Bonus, Super Bonus and Mega Bonus rounds respectively. Please note, the Trail will reset with every new base game spin.
- Secret Passage – Once active, the Secret Passage will grant you access to either the Bonus, Super Bonus or Mega Bonus round.
- Mystery Symbols – Mystery symbols will randomly pick up to 8 symbols on the reel set, replacing all selcted symbols with another High or Low-paying symbol.
- Multiplier – A Wheel will randomly choose a Multiplier of either x2, x3, x5 or x10. The Multiplier is then applied to all cascading wins.
- Random Wilds – Between 2 and 5 Wilds will be added to random positions on reels 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6.
- Wild Reel – The game will choose 1 reel at random to become a Wild Reel.
- Symbol Removal – Removes all Queens, Jacks, Tens and Nines from the reels.
- Board Reset – Removes all symbols from the reels and awards a Respin based on the current number of Mighty Ways.
Cluedo Mighty Ways Free Spins
Triggering the Free Spins round is slightly different in Cluedo Mighty Ways. In order to bag yourselves some Free Spins, you will need to make it up the Trail, landing on either Bonus, Super Bonus or Mega Bonus. Depending on which one you land on, the Free Spins round will award one of the following.
- Bonus – Awards 5 Free Spins.
- Super Bonus – Awards 6 Free Spins.
- Mega Bonus – Awards 7 Free Spins.
Once the Free Spins round is active, you will be met with a Card Picker feature. Choosing 1 Card from each of the Categories, determines your setup for the Free Spins round.
- Extra Spins – Awards an additional +1, +2, +3, +5, +8 or +10 Free Spins.
- Multipliers – Awards a x2 Multiplier on all wins, excluding Cash Prizes.
- Cash Prizes – Awards an instant Cash Prize of 5x, 8x, 10x, 15x, 25x, 50x or 100x your current bet.
- Remove Tens & Nines – All Tens and Nines are removed for the duration of Free Spins.
- Expanding Wilds – Any Wilds in view will automatically expand to fill the entire reel.
- Extra Ways – Increases the number of starting Mighty Ways, up to 14,000.
- Reset Spins – Resets the Free Spins count.
Time Watch Symbol
If the Reset Spins modifier is active, a Time Watch will be added to Reel 6. Each time the Time Watch symbol lands, the Free Spins count is reset to Zero.
Cluedo Cards
During the Free Spins round, between 1 and 3 Cluedo Cards can appear on the reels.
The cards will flip over and reveal a random Suspect, Room or Weapon. If these Cards happen to match the cards in the Card Picker screen, a fixed Prize of either x5, x50 or x2,000 your current bet is awarded. If the Cards do not match, you will instead be awarded +1 additional Free Spin for each incorrect match.
Cluedo Mighty Ways Bonus Buy
For those outside the UK, you may benefit from a Bonus Buy option.
Cluedo Mighty Ways has 4 Options for you to choose from, these are as follows.
- Tier 5 Modifier – Awards 1 of 7 Tier 5 Modifiers. This option costs 33.5x your current bet.
- Tier 7 Bonus – Activates the Tier 7 Bonus round. This option costs 76x your current bet.
- Tier 8 Super Bonus – Activates the Tier 8 Super Bonus round. This option costs 90x your current bet.
- Tier 9 Mega Bonus – Activates the Tier 9 Mega Bonus round. This option costs 104x your current bet.
The RTP when purchasing one of the above Bonus Buy options varies between 94.66% and 94.97%.
Cluedo Mighty Ways: Our Verdict
Cluedo Mighty Ways isn’t Light & Wonder’s first foray into the Cluedo universe, but we dare say it’s the best yet.
Branded slots can be a little hit or miss. A lot of the time they’re only given the time of day if you’re a fan of the series or the game in question, but we’d recommend Cluedo Mighty Ways to Cluedo Fans and non-fans alike due to its pure potential and versatility.
Cluedo Mighty Ways is jam packed full of all of the right stuff, including diverse and interesting features, bonus buys and a highly exciting Free Spins round. At its best, Cluedo Mighty Ways is said to be capable of 50,000x as a maximum. This is a formidable figure that stands with the best out there at the moment, but we’d love to see it come to fruition.
Max win or not, Cluedo Mighty Ways is a a surprisingly captivating title, and definitely not one to miss.