Boat Bonanza Christmas

Boat Bonanza Christmas: Slot Overview

Fishing is one of the most popular online slot themes, where the two major dynasties of the genre, Fishin' Frenzy and Big Bass Bonanza, are joined by a considerable haul of options from a galaxy of other casino game providers. One of those providers is Play'n GO, which has attempted to launch a dynasty of its own, a minor one, when it released Boat Bonanza before following up with Boat Bonanza Colossal Catch and Boat Bonanza Down Under. Those first three mentioned releases have mechanically differed from each other in various ways, yet today's slot, Boat Bonanza Christmas, reverses the trend by being a reskin of the original Boat Bonanza.

That means more of the same but with a cold, Xmas slant. This slant is provided by frigid waters where the reels float and boats traverse, snowy hills, and Christmas references. Not a lot of Christmas references, though the fish and seagull wear Santa hats. A simply arranged view, Boat Bonanza Christmas is about as visually pleasant or off-putting as it was before, in its basic way.

Plenty of blue water can be seen through Boat Bonanza Christmas's transparent gaming matrix, where 5 reels hold 3 rows each, linked together with 12 paylines calculating regular winning combinations. When picking a stake, the range is 10 c to $/€50 per spin, and the highly volatile math model is available in several RTP configurations, topping out at 96.22%.

Like a lot of good fishing slots worth their salt, line wins take a back seat to the money symbol catching action. Still, values aren't bad where a line of 5 matching high-pay traps, birds, reels, or floats award 50 to 200 times the bet. Royals are on the lower side, all 10-A symbols worth 10x the bet for a 5 OAK hit. Catch symbols can also create winning lines worth up to 40x for 5 oak. As before, Boat Bonanza Christmas does not have wilds in it - money symbols are caught using a different method than wild fisherman symbols.

Boat Bonanza Christmas: Slot Features

Just like real-life fishing, adrenal stabs in Boat Bonanza Christmas come when fish symbols are awarded. Above the reels, boats can be active on any spin. If fish or lobster cash Catch symbols, multiplier Catch symbols, or free spins Catch symbols appear below a boat on the same reel, their values are awarded to the player. Multiplier and free spins Catch symbols do not appear in the base game. Should 2 boats be active above the same reel, then the Mega Catch triggers, meaning all of the fish and lobster Catch symbols in view are awarded. The maximum Catch symbol value is 1,000x the bet.

Free Spins

In the base game, landing 3, 4, or 5 scatter symbols awards 10, 15, or 20 free spins, respectively. In free spins, 2 boats are always active above the reels. Each boat has a starting multiplier of x1. Catching a Multiplier Catch symbol (only available in free spins) adds its value to the catching boat's multiplier. The maximum multiplier per boat is x5. When a boat catches a Catch symbol, the cash win is multiplied by the catching boat's multiplier. Any fish or lobster Catch symbols caught during the Mega Catch feature in free spins are multiplied by the sum of both boats' multipliers. Any multiplier Catch symbols caught during the Mega Catch add their values to both boats' multipliers.

In free spins, catching cash Catch symbols (fish or lobster) triggers a respin feature. During respins, win lines are disabled and only catches can be made. Respins continue until no more cash catches are made, then free spins continue. Respins do not decrease the free spins count. It is also possible to catch free spins Catch symbols. These grant additional free spins when caught, up to 39 free spins in total.

Boat Bonanza Christmas: Slot Verdict

Christmas fishing slots, hmm, did we really need more? Heck, fishing slots in general, did we really need more? Maybe not, but for some keen angler/gamblers, sure, why not? The never-ending flow seems to work for Pragmatic Play - see Christmas Big Bass Bonanza or Big Bass Xmas Xtreme as prime examples. But as far as unique viewing goes, these sorts of reskin slots score about a zilch. Fishing slots are super popular, though, so if the thought of casting off with Play'n GO's version of angling in a seasonal setting gets your pulse racing, then hey ho, here you go.

Boat Bonanza wasn't the most original slot to begin with, possibly taking cues from Big Time Gaming's Golden Catch, what with all those boats nipping about the place. It might be argued that Boat Bonanza is a more casual gambler-friendly slot than BTG's, in a general sense, due to the combination of simple, familiar presentation and grasp-in-a-moment rules. There's not a whole lot of confusing intricacies to keep in mind here. Get boats above the reels holding Catch symbols and nab their prizes. The 1,000x Catch symbol is one to look out for, and if combined with an x5 boat multiplier, it would instantly catapult lucky players into Boat Bonanza Christmas' 5,000x win cap. Interestingly, the game's max exposure has a probability of occurring of 1 in 12,396,694, which is surprisingly favourable for a Play'n GO slot.

However, if you'd felt like you'd seen it all before when viewing Boat Bonanza, then Boat Bonanza Christmas might be about as appealing as ramming your nostrils in a tin of surströmming and inhaling mightily. Not hugely enticing in other words, but for a quick and cheerful Xmas clone with fish, then Boat Bonanza Christmas has a certain smattering of repeat charm.