Snakes and Ladders Megadice Slot Review, Demo Play, Payout, Free Spins & Bonuses

Snakes and Ladders Megadice Review

The popular board game called Snakes & Ladders (or Chutes & Ladders) has its origin in India, where it goes by the name Moksha Patam. It spread to Europe and America in the nineteenth century, and there are already a number of online slots out there based on this concept. Snakes and Ladders Megadice will probably make more of a splash though, since it’s released by Reel Kingdom (powered by Pragmatic Play).

The developer has decided to go with 8-bit video game inspired visuals, but this has been done a lot better in releases like Hellcatraz and Flame Busters. Everything revolves around the Board Bonus, and it is admittedly kind of entertaining to move across the 12x12 board to collect prizes and multipliers for payouts up to 5,300x your stake. Watch out for snakes that bump you down, and ladders that take you up towards the 1,000x top prize.

Snakes and Ladders Megadice Slot - Reels Screen

Snakes and Ladders Megadice Slot Features

The premium symbols pay between 15 and 50 x your stake for 5 of a kind wins, while the Wild Die symbol pays 50x your stake for the same. The Wild also steps in for all regular pay symbols to help complete winning combinations, and it comes with a multiplier of x1, x2 or x3 (represented by the number of dots on the die).

You’ll see a snake above the reels, and it’s divided into 11 sections if you look closely. Each Die Wild that lands highlights a section according to how many dots it has, and the board bonus game is triggered when all 11 sections of the snake have been highlighted.

Progress on the snake is saved between bet levels, and you can also trigger the bonus game the regular way.

The Snakes & Ladders Board Bonus triggers when you land 3+ bonus scatters anywhere in view. More specifically, you get 12, 14 or 16 dice rolls when you land 3, 4 or 5 bonus symbols, while triggering the feature via the snake awards 12 dice rolls.

The Board Bonus plays out on a 12x12 grid with 144 positions, and you start at square one with a gorilla head token. You’ll roll 2 dice per round, and your token then moves the same number of squares. The squares are either blank or they contain one of the following:

• Money Award - gives you a win between 4x and 100x your stake (1,000x for the final square).
• Multiplier - boosts your total winnings up to that point by x2 or x3.
• Ladder - acts as a shortcut that moves you higher up on the board.
• Snake - does the opposite of the ladder, and takes you back down on the board.
• Banana - spreads random money awards onto the grid, and removes other bananas.
• Skyscraper - moves the gorilla token to a random higher position on the board.

The feature ends when you run out of dice rolls, or if you reach the end of the board, and the latter awards a 1,000x prize and a chance to retrigger the board bonus. You’ll roll 2 dice, and you get the retrigger if the result is not a double.

If you win less than 20x your stake from the feature, you’re taken into Rage Mode. This moves the gorilla token all the way to the final square, and all prizes are collected along the way.

The 200 Spins Snakes and Ladders Megadice Slot Experience

You get a decent taste of the base game grind, before we trigger the Snakes & Ladders Board Bonus at 1:17 into the 4:47-minute highlights video. We got 12 dice rolls from our 3 triggering scatters, and you can see for yourself how we fared by hitting the play button below.

Review Summary

The base game will probably not excite anyone, despite the multiplier dice wilds, but fans of the popular board game should enjoy the bonus game. Snakes and Ladders Megadice is not the first release we’ve seen based around the popular Indian board game, but it’s among the better slot versions. The retro visuals seems a bit half-baked though, but it’s not really a deal-breaker if you’re into this kind of thing.

Moving across the board, going up ladders and down snakes, is kind of fun, and you’ll pick up prizes along the way. Landing on multipliers can really make an impact, and it can lead to payouts up to 5,300x your stake, at best. We also like the dice wild collect system, which gives you a sort of assurance that the all-important board game bonus will trigger within a reasonable number of spins. The visuals could have been developed even more, but board game fans will definitely enjoy this one.

Pros

• Dice Wilds w/ up to x3 multipliers
• Dice dot collect system triggers bonus game
• Board Bonus w/ snakes, ladders and prizes
• Win up to 5,300x your stake

Cons

• Beware of adjustable RTP ranges

If you love Snakes and Ladders Megadice Slot you should also try:

Big Kahuna - Snakes & Ladders - is an early Microgaming release based around the popular board game, and you get a regular bonus round where all wins are doubled.

There is also a snake & ladders board bonus, where you’ll collect prizes up to 100x, and the overall max win is 200,000 credits.

Snakes And Ladders - is a Gluck Games installment based on the board game, and you get a similar snake and ladders feature here. The snakes take you down the board, while ladders take you up, and there are several different treasures and modifiers to help you collect up to 10,000x your stake.

Snakes & Ladders Game Changer - is a Realistic Gaming release based on the board game of Indian origin, and it plays out on 5x3 reels with 20 paylines. You can look forward to a Loot Ladder bonus, and this can lead to payouts up to 10,000x your stake.

Related Slots