Mancala Quest Slot Review

Mancala Quest is a slot game with 25 fixed paylines played on a 4×5 grid that pays in both directions: left to right and right to left. There are Stacked Wild symbols on reels 1 and 5 which can trigger free spins, and a special Mask symbol on reel 3 that triggers one round on the Mancala Quest bonus game board each time it appears. Stacked Wilds substitute for all symbols except for the Mask symbol. During Free Spins awarded in the base game, either or both of the two stacked wilds can become Sticky Wilds that stay on their respective reels for the duration of the free spins. The Mask symbol does not pay and only serves to trigger rounds in the Mancala Quest bonus game. It does not appear during Free Spins.

Free spins

Base game free spins are triggered by either one or both stacked wilds appearing ‘fully stacked’ (1×4) on their respective reels. Any occurrence of a stacked wild that is only partially visible will still substitute in any relevant line wins, but it will not trigger any free spins and the wild will not be sticky. When a Stacked Wild appears fully stacked in a spin it will automatically trigger 10 Free Spins and will stay on the reels for the duration of those free spins. If at any point during those free spins the other Wild should also appear fully stacked, 25 Free Spins are then added to any remaining free spins left over from the initial set of free spins and the second wild is also sticky. If both stacked Wilds appear fully stacked in a single spin, then 35 Free Spins are awarded and both Wilds are sticky.

Wild 1

Default state and ‘fully stacked’ state

Wild 2

Default state and ‘fully stacked’ state

Mancala Quest Bonus Game

The Mancala Quest bonus game sits to the side of the main game reels. The game board consists of two rows of 6 cups side by side and there are 4 stones in each cup, meaning 48 stones in total. At opposite ends of the game board are two collection trays that represent the player’s and the opponent’s ‘Store’ where stones from the game board will be collected. Any time that the Mask symbol appears on reel 3 it will trigger one round on the Mancala game board. A ’round’ in the Mancala Quest bonus game is one full turn of both the player and then the opponent, with the player always going first. A round starts with a cup on the player’s side of the board being chosen at random and then always moving in a counterclockwise direction around the game board. All the stones from the chosen cup are placed into each adjacent cup one by one until the last stone has been placed. Any time the last stone placed in a player’s turn lands in the player’s own store, it is collected and the player then receives another turn. The same behavior applies in any opposing turn whenever the last stone placed happens to land in the opponent’s own store. When moving stones around the game board, both the player and opponent always skip over the opposing Store.

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