Mayan Stackways

Intro

It’s time to get your machete arm swinging Compadres, as we are heading into the jungle in the Mayan Stackways slot from Hacksaw Gaming.

Let’s face it, this is a gorgeous-looking game. Hacksaw has pulled out of the stops on this one and got their top designers on it.

We are heading to the Yucatan in Mexico to the mysterious ruins of a long-lost Mayan city, where terror and hopefully treasures await. The Mayan Stackways™ slot is a five-reel, four-row ways-win slot with medium-high volatility and a maximum win of 10,000 times your bet! It’s a corker!

Welcome to Stackways!

This game has the exciting Stackways™ mechanic: stack up to 10 symbols on each reel for a maximum of 100,000 ways!

Then there’s the Stack Spins bonus which lets you boost each reel by landing a special symbol. This guarantees that the Stackways™ symbol will land on that reel for the remainder of the feature. Keep another eye open for the Mayan Gold bonus which features ancient coins to stack and collect.

If your luck is in, you might even see the Golden Opportunity Bonus which will trigger a 500 times your bet win.

Look and Feel

This is a great-looking game, there’s no doubt. That Mayan shaman/zombie or whatever he is to the side of the reels is the stuff of nightmares! And the background music is pretty menacing, all in all, it’s impressive stuff. The stone symbols clunk down inside a ruined Mayan temple (inspired by Gonzo’s Quest perhaps?)

If you can get into the bonus, you’ll see even more StackWays action and there is also a Mayan Gold feature to look out for. Collect coin values that are attached to the stacks for the final pay spin.

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Gameplay & Bonus Features

Let’s run through the game in more detail. Hold onto your jungle boots, as there is a lot going on here.

The max 10,000 times your bet jackpot can be hit in the base game, Stack Spins and Mayan Gold game modes.

Stackways™
Land a Stackways™ symbol on a reel to populate that reel with a stacked number of paying symbols determined by the number on display. You will see between two and ten symbols stacked on each reel.

The stacked symbol is selected based on the symbol that would form the best winning way among the symbols on the reels when the Stackways™ feature kicks off. Stacking only occurs if it results in a win.

Stack Spins
You need three Skull scatters in the base game to trigger this bonus feature.
You get ten free spins.

In the Stack Spins feature, you have a greater chance of landing Stackways™ symbols.

If you get a Reel Activator scatter symbol, it activates the reel it landed on and you get a guaranteed Stackways symbol on that reel on each remaining free spin.

Re-trigger
If you can land another three Skull scatters on the same go in the feature you get four extra free spins.

Mayan Gold
Four Skull scatter symbols in the base game trigger this bonus.
In the Mayan Gold bonus, the aim is to collect Coins and save their values above the reel where the Coins land.

Bronze coins can be worth 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Silver coins can be worth 10, 15, 20
Gold coins can be worth 25, 50, 100, 150, 200, 250, 500, 1000

If you get a Multiplier symbol, it will boost the number above the reel where it lands with the value shown.
Multipliers can be worth 2, 3, 4, 5

If you land a Stackway symbol on a reel, you will populate that reel with a stack of Coins where each Coin takes on the value above
that reel! Once a reel is stacked with Coins that reel is frozen and no longer spins.

If you land the Collect scatter symbol, you will then collect all of the Coins on the locked reels and store the sum in the Vault below the reels. this also unlocks the stacked reels.

The feature comes to an end when all five reels are locked by stacked Coins at the same time. The values of all of the stacked Coins plus the value stored in the Vault will be summed and multiplied with your bet to determine the win value.

Go for Gold
If you can land five Skull scatters in one go in the base game, you will trigger the Mayan Gold feature with a value of 50 over the reels.

Bonus Screenshot

Ways to Win

You score a win if matching symbols appear on reels next to each other from left to right, starting from the first reel on the left. Each winning combination creates a winning way. There are up to 100.000 Ways to Win in this game (variable).

Bonus Buy

In some jurisdictions (not the UK) you can buy into the features. Just hit the “BUY BONUS” button.

There is also a FeatureSpins™ buy option. With FeatureSpins™ set to active, each spin is guaranteed to trigger certain features and costs a set amount, based on your current bet level.

FeatureSpins™ remain set to active until you disable them by hitting the DISABLE button.

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Pros and Cons: Mayan Stackways

✅ The Ways to Win can increase to 100,000 (variable).
✅ Top jackpot of 10,000x your stake.
✅ Stackways means up to 10 symbols on each reel

❌ Pretty volatile. Careful!

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Features

Name	Mayan Stackways
Provider	Hacksaw Gaming
Layout	5×4
Volatility	Medium – High
Max Win	10,000x
Features	Extra Free Spins, Add symbols, Bonus, Buy Feature (not UK), Free Spins, Hold and Spin, Lock it Link, Reel Change, Re-spins, Scatters, Splitting Symbols, Stacks
Theme	Mayan, Ancient Civilisations
Launched	April 2023

FAQs

What is the StackWays™ system?
If one or more Stackways symbols appears, the reels are stacked with between 2 and 10 matching symbols. This only occurs if it will make up a win. The symbol that makes the longest win is the one that is selected to stack the reel(s).

The Monkey Verdict: 4.5 out of 5 bananas

The Mayan Stackways slot is a new favourite. We love this mechanic, it is highly entertaining.

Summary

Well, this slot is one helluva game from Hacksaw. They have moved the dial on this one.