Book of Oz

Monkey Summary

Microgaming’s Book of Oz slot transports reel gamers to the Emerald City without even setting foot on the fabled Yellow Brick Road. Welcome to the uncanny world of Oz! If I recall correctly, there are a marauding band of winged monkeys around these parts – not this primate’s cup of tea! The new Microgaming range of slots (which includes their collaborations with smaller design houses like the Deco Diamonds slot), have some seriously good graphics.

The Basics

This fantasy themed piece of slot glory offers its players 5,000 times your wager win potential, on each spin. Book of Oz also offers you a double bonus feature with unlimited re-spins (at a price) and a generous free spins game.

The Graphics

Fans of the classic movie the Wizard of Oz will be unsurprised to find that the Book of Oz slot is set in an emerald world. The reels and background of play are set among glinting green city walls.
The reels are found in a golden frame and the whole look of the game is first class on the graphics front. It’s hard to believe that this game is from the same design house as the Win Sum Dim Sum slot and Fruit Fiesta!

Book of Oz Slot Game Play

Your magical slot play takes place over three rows, five reels and a respectable 10 pay-lines. That’s a bit lower than the average which we would say is around 25 (like the Sugar Train slot machine for instance) – -so that should give you an idea of how volatile this game is. It’s pretty high variance, so make sure you have the budget to ride out the quiet patches.

You can place your bet on Book of Oz from as little as 10 pence or cents a spin, and the big time rollers can have their fun for a steeper £/€/$ 25 per spin.

Given this is a swanky  Microgaming title you will enjoy a smooth game whether on your mobile device or PC.

The top scoring symbol is the legendary Wizard of Oz who looks more like a gent about town, than a chap with a rabbit up his sleeve!

Landing five wizard icons in the reels could net you a tasty 12,500 coins. Steady on there fellas!
The other symbols on the glitzy reels include a lion-headed bottle of courage, a bottle of potion for being smart with a club shape and then a bottle with a heart shaped stopper. After all, in the story of Oz, the lion wanted the gift of courage, the scarecrow the brains, and the tin man wanted a heart. It’s all here my furry friends. You’ll be having more fun than Gary in the Gorilla Go Wilder slot before you know it.

The lower value icons of the game are the Ace through ten of the card deck in intricate swirly lettering.
Unusually, the Wild and Scatter are combined in this game in a green and gold Book of Oz, that of the game’s title. Good show.

The Bonuses

Free Spins
Land 3, 4 or 5 of the Book Scatters and enter the Free spins game gaining, 10, 12 or 25 free spins respectively.

As the free spins start, a randomly selected special spin symbol is chosen from the icons (except the Wild). When this special icon lands on the reels, it will expand to cover a reel, to help you to secure a win.

The best news? Well, this sparkling free spins game can be re-triggered as many times as you can manage by landing additional Scatters. Now that’s what I call cricket!

Re-spins

As the sharp eyed among you will have noticed, at the bottom of each reel is the “Re-spin” button. In the base game, after any of your spins, you can hit the Re-spin button to try your luck by spinning a single reel again in order to achieve a win. At a price of course. This is a similar mechanic to the Bikini Party slot- -you may have come across it before. The only difference being that the protagonists are wearing more clothes in this game.

Monkey Verdict

Microgaming have pulled together a slick fantasy slot with a lucrative re-spins feature that adds nicely to the attractive free spins bonus. The Book of Oz slot is a high variance slot game so make sure you have enough budget to ride out any dry patches. This game has the makings of a classic.

4 out of 5 bananas.

This game is no longer available at Monkey Casino.  Sorry about that!