Fairytale Beauties

Fairytale Beauties Slot Review

A moonlit forest with a stone cottage at its edge, and a reel frame wound in gold filigree and vines: Spinomenal have painted Fairytale Beauties as classic storybook woods, with real care in the brushwork. The interesting thing about this one isn’t the scenery, though. It’s that the free spins are built to be earned slowly – each trigger moves you to the next of three bonus modes, and until you’ve climbed all three, you haven’t seen what the game can do.

The game runs on a 5×3 grid with an RTP of 96.29%. It’s a modest, workmanlike set of numbers behind a very pretty front, and the sister titles nearby – Snow White’s Magic Quest, Book of Elves 2 and Majestic King – tell a similar story of fantasy themes done on a sensible budget.

Wilds and Win Multipliers in the Base Game

The base game keeps things simple. Wins pay left to right across the five reels, and beyond the standard card symbols there are three symbols worth knowing about before you spin:

• Wild – a crown icon that substitutes for every symbol except the Free Spins scatter. Five wilds on a winning line pay 150x the bet per line.
• Free Spins symbol – a clock icon. Three or more scattered anywhere on the reels trigger the free spins feature.
• Win Multiplier – a book icon that can appear while the reels spin, multiplying any win in that round by x2 or x3.

The multiplier is the one regular surprise. It can appear mid-spin and boost whatever that round pays, but only in the base game – it’s a sweetener between bonuses rather than something that carries into the feature rounds.

The wild’s substitution rule shapes all three bonus modes too, so it’s worth being clear about it here. It counts as any symbol except the Free Spins scatter, and the five-wild line prize of 150x the bet per line carries into every mode. Line wins built on wilds follow the same left-to-right order as ordinary symbols.

And that’s the base game. No collection meters, no random modifiers beyond the multiplier, no second scatter – just spins, wilds, and the occasional boosted win while you wait for the clock icon to show up. Everything interesting happens once it does.

The Free Spins Journey

The trigger is the clock scatter. The twist is in the name: this isn’t one bonus round but a journey through three, and each time you trigger free spins you get the next consecutive mode. The bet per line stays the same as the game that triggered it, so the journey never changes what you’re wagering.

• Moving Reels – 10 free spins, with a free re-spin after every win
• Moving Wild – 5 free spins, with a stacked wild that travels across the reels
• Expanding Wilds – 10 free spins, with wilds that fill their whole reel

Three things hold constant across all three modes:

• The bet per line carries over unchanged from the triggering game
• The wild still substitutes for every symbol except the Free Spins scatter
• Five wilds on a winning line still pay 150x the bet per line
• The win multiplier doesn’t apply – it’s a base-game feature only

The order is fixed, and that’s the design’s cleverest trick. Your first-ever trigger is always Moving Reels, the second is always Moving Wild, and only from the third onwards do you reach Expanding Wilds – the mode where the wilds do the most work. The game is holding its best card back behind two earlier rounds, which is either a reason to keep playing or a reason to check your patience, depending on your bankroll.

Moving Reels

The first mode awards 10 free spins. After each win, the game triggers a free re-spin in which all reels shift one position to the right and a new reel is revealed on the far left. The re-spin can itself be retriggered, so a single winning spin can keep the reels walking sideways until the wins run out.

Step by step: you land a win, the reels pay it, then everything slides right and a fresh reel drops in on the left. If that new arrangement wins again, the process repeats. Each shift brings a new reel into play, so one good line can snowball into several paid rounds on a single trigger.

Moving Wild

The second mode is shorter at 5 free spins, but it comes with a stacked wild that starts on the far left reel and moves one reel to the right on every spin. The wild still substitutes for everything except the Free Spins symbol, and five wilds on a line still pay 150x the bet per line. Five spins doesn’t sound like much, but a stacked wild crossing all five reels gives each spin a job to do.

The schedule is tight by design. The wild begins on reel one and steps across one reel per spin, so it reaches the final reel on the last of the five. Every spin in the mode has the stack somewhere on the grid, and the later spins position it where it can contribute to the longest left-to-right lines.

Expanding Wilds

The third mode awards 10 free spins and does exactly what the name says: whenever a wild lands, it expands to fill the entire reel. Same substitution rules, same 150x line-bet prize for five wilds. It’s the most conventional of the three, and arguably the most lucrative, since a couple of expanded wilds on screen at once can cover a lot of paylines.

When a wild symbol lands, it expands to fill the entire reel, so every wild arrival brings a full column of substitution power.

A BUY button sits in the interface, so skipping the wait for the journey is possible at casinos that enable it.

Our Honest Verdict

Overall Rating: 7.2/10

Playing Fairytale Beauties is a slow walk through those moonlit woods with one reward on the horizon: the journey itself. You come back because the next trigger promises a bonus you haven’t had yet, and the forest stays lovely the whole time you’re waiting for it.

The strongest thing here is Moving Reels, where a retriggering re-spin lets one win grow well beyond the spin that started it. The weakest is everything between the features: a base game of wilds and the occasional x2 or x3, with Moving Wild’s five spins feeling thin as the middle chapter.

This is one for players who like a build – who’ll sit through quiet spins for a bonus ladder that keeps changing shape. Players who want something happening on every spin will find the wait long. For the patient ones, the woods are worth the walk.

Fairytale Beauties FAQs

• What is the RTP of Fairytale Beauties?

  The RTP of Fairytale Beauties is 96.29%.
• Who makes Fairytale Beauties?

  Fairytale Beauties is made by Spinomenal.
• How do you trigger free spins in Fairytale Beauties?

  The Free Spins symbol is a clock icon. When three or more of them scatter anywhere on the reels, the free spins feature begins, with the bet per line carried over from the triggering game.
• How does the Free Spins Journey work?

  Each time you trigger free spins you receive the next consecutive free spins mode: first Moving Reels with 10 spins, then Moving Wild with 5 spins, then Expanding Wilds with 10 spins.
• What does the win multiplier do in Fairytale Beauties?

  A win multiplier can appear during a spin and will multiply any win that round pays by x2 or x3. It only applies during the base game.
• Can the free spins be retriggered?

  In the Moving Reels mode, the free re-spin that follows a win can itself be retriggered, so consecutive wins keep the reels moving. The other two modes award a fixed number of spins.
• Can you buy the bonus on Fairytale Beauties?

  Yes. A BUY button sits in the game’s interface, so a bonus buy is available at casinos that enable it.
• What is the grid size of Fairytale Beauties?

  Fairytale Beauties plays on a 5×3 grid of five reels and three rows.
• When is Fairytale Beauties released?

  Fairytale Beauties’ release date is 3 March 2023.