Book of Kingdoms Slot Review
The vines have taken the temple and the sunset has taken the valley, but the ruin Pragmatic Play built here still pays its visitors. Book of Kingdoms is the gentlest book slot you’re likely to meet: where its shelf-mates punish the spin button, this one hands out small wins with a regularity that almost feels apologetic. It runs on a 5×4 grid with 25 paylines, a 96.69% RTP, low volatility and a 20,000x maximum win, with stakes from 0.25 to 250 per spin.
That pairing is the interesting thing. Low volatility book slots are rare, and it makes this one a softer proposition than stablemates like Book of Vikings or Return of the Dead, with Book of Fallen sitting somewhere between. It’s a kingdom built on small, frequent tribute rather than buried treasure.
Base Game & Features
Five reels, four rows and 25 fixed paylines, with all wins paying left to right from the leftmost reel. Only the highest combination counts per line, and wins across several lines all go into the total. Free spins and bonus wins are added to the payline win, and everything is multiplied by the base bet. It’s a traditional layout, and the game doesn’t dress it up.
The paytable is a familiar pyramid, and every value below is a multiple of the total bet:
- Man – 1x for three, 10x for four, 20x for five
- Sultan – 0.8x, 6x, 16x
- Woman – 0.6x, 4x, 12x
- Monkey – 0.4x, 2x, 8x
- A – 0.4x, 0.8x, 2x
- K, Q, J and 10 – 0.2x, 0.8x, 2x
- Book (Bonus) – 0.5x for three, 10x for four
The wild substitutes for everything except the Bonus and Money symbols, so it can’t help build either feature. The book is the Bonus symbol as well as a payer, and three or more of it starts the free spins. It’s the only symbol on the grid doing two jobs at once.
Then there’s the Money symbol, a coin that can land on any reel. Each one takes a random cash value on every spin, or occasionally one of three jackpot markers: Minor at 30x the total bet, Major at 100x and Mega at 1000x. Land five or more in view and the Money Respin begins.
The 25 win patterns are laid out one to 25 in the payline diagram, so there’s no ambiguity about what counts. Betting starts at 0.25 and runs to 250.00 per spin, adjusted through the bet menu with coins-per-line and coin-value fields, and the credit and bet labels toggle between coins and cash on a click.
Spin speed cycles between normal, quick and turbo, and the settings menu covers ambient sound, sound effects and the intro screen. Autoplay is on hand with a set number of auto-spins, and a skip option races through the feature intro and end screens. Space and Enter on the keyboard start and stop individual spins.
Book of Kingdoms Free Spins & Money Respin
Free Spins
Three or more books award five free spins. That’s a small number, and it’s the whole grant. Before the round starts, one special expanding symbol is chosen at random from everything except the book and the coin.
After regular payouts, that symbol expands to cover all positions on its reel wherever it appears, and it pays on all reels even in non-adjacent positions. The expansion only fires when enough of the symbol is present to make a win, so a lone special symbol does nothing. Land two of a high payer on separate reels, though, and both stretch to full height before the win is counted.
Three or more books during the round add five more spins, keeping the same special symbol, with no ceiling on retriggers. The special symbol is locked for the whole cycle, so a retrigger doesn’t reroll it – what you start with is what you keep. The free spins win is awarded in full once the round completes, and the round history records the whole win of the cycle.
Money Respin
Five or more Money symbols trigger this one once line wins are settled. Everything else fades away and the reels are replaced with special grids carrying only coins and empty spaces. The triggering coins stay where they landed, and you start with three respins.
Every respin that brings in at least one coin resets the count to three. Any coin that lands sticks until the round ends. That’s the whole engine: fill the screen, or run out of respins with three consecutive blanks. A full board of coins ends the round then and there, and every value on screen is paid as one sum.
The jackpot markers ride inside the coins and pay at fixed multiples:
- Mega Jackpot – 1000x the total bet
- Major Jackpot – 100x the total bet
- Minor Jackpot – 30x the total bet
Both features are capped by the same rule: the maximum win is limited to 20,000x the bet in the base game and free spins alike, and a round that hits it ends immediately, pays out and forfeits whatever features remain.
Our Honest Verdict
Overall Rating: 7.1/10
This is a game that keeps its promises quickly and cheaply. You sit down at the ruined temple, coins drift in most sessions, and something is always ticking over – that steadiness is the single reason to choose it over the harsher books on the shelf. The Money Respin is the best thing in it, because the respin reset means a round can keep climbing long after it looked finished, and the jackpots riding inside the coins give every drop of the base game a floor to land on.
The weakness is the free spins, and it’s a real one: five spins with a symbol that does nothing unless enough of it shows up means a lot of bonuses that pay less than the bet you made to win them. For a game this gentle, the bonus round is oddly stingy.
It suits players who like their sessions long and their swings shallow, and it’s a sound pick for a modest bankroll. Anyone after the brutal variance of the bigger book games will find it politely refuses to cooperate. For everyone else, the kingdom’s gates are open, and the vines don’t bite.
Book of Kingdoms FAQs
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What is the RTP of Book of Kingdoms?
The theoretical RTP of Book of Kingdoms is 96.69%, comfortably above the typical industry benchmark. -
Is Book of Kingdoms high volatility?
No. Book of Kingdoms is a low volatility slot, which means it pays out more often in smaller amounts while still offering the chance of a big win. -
How do you trigger the Money Respin in Book of Kingdoms?
Land five or more Money symbols anywhere in view. The regular symbols clear away, the triggering coins stick, and you get three respins that reset to three whenever at least one new coin lands. -
How many free spins does Book of Kingdoms award?
Three or more book symbols award five free spins, and three or more books during the round add five more with the same expanding symbol. There’s no limit on retriggers. -
What does the expanding symbol do in Book of Kingdoms free spins?
Before the round starts, one symbol is chosen at random. After regular payouts, it expands to cover all positions on its reel and pays on all reels, even in non-adjacent positions – but only when enough of it is present to make a win. -
What are the jackpots in Book of Kingdoms?
The Money symbols can carry three jackpot markers: Minor pays 30x the total bet, Major pays 100x and Mega pays 1000x. They’re collected through the Money Respin feature. -
What is the maximum win on Book of Kingdoms?
The maximum win is capped at 20,000x your bet, in both the base game and free spins. Reaching the cap ends the round immediately and pays the win. -
Who makes Book of Kingdoms and when was it released?
Book of Kingdoms is a Pragmatic Play slot, and its release date is 16 November 2020. It runs on a 5×4 grid with 25 paylines.
