Season of Fortune Slot Review
With Christmas right around the corner, Santa’s elves are busy mass-producing toys, electronics, & big wins in Slotmill’s latest release, Season of Fortune. Step into the holiday magic, where the winter chill meets heartwarming wins in this 6×6, Cluster Pays video slot.
At the top of his To-Do list, Santa is delivering shimmering Christmas Coins that merge & build up wins for even more festive fortune on the grid. If you’ve made it onto Santa’s ‘good list’ this year, you’ll also benefit from Multiplier Presents, unlocking the true miracle of Christmas up to x500.
To continue the seasonal excitement, Slotmill introduces a festive Free Spins mode, where every active Multiplier Present is added to the Global Multiplier to create a flurry of big win payouts. If luck should have it, triggering the Super Free Spins mode continues to reward players with Christmas Coins that persist until part of a win.
With a fixed RTP of 96.04% and a high volatility score, Season of Fortune can produce wins worth up to 15,000x your bet. Christmas has officially arrived at Slotmill, so grab a hot cocoa, settle down by the fire, & spin your way through their latest seasonal release…
Base Game & Features
Season of Fortune is a highly volatile 6-reel, 6-row video slot with a Cluster Pays mechanic. Wins are granted when 5-14 identical symbols land horizontally or vertically on the grid.
The highest-paying symbol is Santa, followed by his trusty Elf Helper, Reindeer, Gingerbread Man & Candy Cane. Alternative low-paying symbols appear as Spades, Hearts, Clubs, & Diamonds. Once the grid settles, each winning combination awards a random payout between 0.2x and 50x your bet.
Furthermore, Wild symbols appear anywhere on the grid, substituting for all symbols within a winning cluster. When a Wild symbol substitutes for a Christmas Coin, it will automatically have a 0x bet Multiplier.
All symbols in a winning cluster, along with all non-winning variants of the same type, will explode from the grid, allowing space for new symbols to drop in from above. The Avalanche Feature continues so long as additional wins are available in the same spin.
Coin Cluster
During gameplay, Christmas Coins will appear across the grid, each revealing a random Cash Prize between 1x and 40x your bet. When 5 or more Christmas Coins form a winning cluster, their values are added together before being multiplied by the current bet.
Once the win is paid out, the coin cluster explodes, leaving behind a single Christmas Coin with the total Multiplier win, before additional symbols drop in from above.
Multiplier Present
Multiplier Presents are special symbols that reveal a random Multiplier between x2 and x500 on the grid. When a winning cluster occurs whilst there is 1 or more Multiplier Presents on the grid, they will remain on the grid & activate once there are no further winning clusters.
After this, each Multiplier Present is added together before being applied to the total win of the spin, multiplied by the current bet.
Season of Fortune: Free Spins
Landing 3 Bonus Scatters in the base game triggers the Free Spins mode, awarding 10 Free Spins.
In this mode, each time a Multiplier Present appears in a winning spin, its value is added to a Global Multiplier, which does not reset between spins. When an Extra Spin symbol appears on the grid, an additional +1 Free Spin is awarded.
Super Free Spins
Alternatively, landing 2 Bonus Scatters & a Super Bonus Scatter in the base game triggers the Super Free Spins mode, awarding 10 Super Free Spins.
In this mode, all remaining Christmas Coins in view will gather at the bottom of the grid, subject to new winning clusters, until the end of the feature. Please note that all features from the original Free Spins mode are carried into this mode.
Xtra Bet & Bonus Buy
Players can purchase any of the following Xtra Bet & Bonus Buy options:
- Xtra Bet: Each spin is 2.7 times more likely to trigger a Free Spins session for an additional 50% of your current bet (96.
- Random Multiplier: Guarantees a single spin with a random Multiplier Present between x2 and x500 (96.
- Free Spins: Instant access to the Free Spins mode with 3 Bonus Scatters for 100x your bet (96.
- Super Free Spins: Guaranteed entry into the Super Free Spins mode for 500x your bet (96.
Season of Fortune has a maximum win potential of 15,000x your bet. If a single session exceeds this, the player qualifies for the full 15,000x bet.
Our Honest Verdict
Season of Fortune is a well-rounded Christmas release from Slotmill, built around a Cluster Pays format & an ample selection of features that keep each spin reasonably active.
Christmas Coin Clusters and Multiplier Presents, which also transpire into a Global Multiplier during Free Spins, ensure gameplay stays fairly eventful; however, this is something the Cluster Pays mechanic tends to offer by default.
The feel-good Christmas theme is a great choice this time of year, while its overall style sits somewhere between Thunderkick’s The Golden Pot & Pints and Gates of Olympus, trading Golden Pot-sized Multipliers for a more consistent global version.
Super Free Spins adds a simple but effective twist by having Christmas Coins gather at the bottom of the grid, creating a clearer sense of progression throughout the session. In other news, the Bonus Buy option offers a varied choice of enhancements, too, but access will depend on jurisdiction.
As a festive slot, it’s not the most extravagant Christmas release you’ll see, but it’s certainly better than many others that appear around this time of year. The maximum win potential of 15,000x your bet creates many opportunities to win something extravagant, but overall, it stands out as a solid, if not interesting, seasonal option.
*The images found in this slot review are currently from Demo Play. On average, our reviews are written prior to the initial release date & before the game is available for real play.
