Fawkes Slot (Wicked Games)

The Fawkes slot has, initially, 6 reels, 4 rows and 4,096 ways to win. Winning combinations are formed when 3 or more matching symbols appear from left to right, starting from the leftmost reel, across any reel position. Only the highest win per way to win is awarded naturally.

The minimum bet is 20p per spin, with the maximum being £5 a spin (or up to £2 a spin if under 25). Use the minus and plus arrows to change your bet or press/click the Bet amount to see a scrolling menu of options. Non-UK players will benefit from Turbo Mode and Autoplay (with infinite auto spins).

The Fawkes RTP rate is 96.239% which is above the slot game average (around 96%). Classed medium to high volatility (4/5), the hit frequency rate is 23.98%: this means a winning outcome will land every 1 in 4.17 spins.

Triggering a bonus feature will occur every 1 in 224 spins. In terms of win potential, Fawkes comes with 20,000 x bet max wins. There is no information on the max win probability figure.

With a fireworks/Bonfire Night theme, the Fawkes slot takes you back to 1605 London. Inspired clearly by Guy Fawkes, he is was the key figure involved in the failed Gunpowder Plot that tried to blow up the Houses of Parliament. Following on from Transformers (which is about a transgender weightlifter), it’s clear to see that developer Wicked Games isn’t afraid of tackling controversial issues.

As the game loads up, you’ll hear the story of Guy Fawkes which adds intensity and mystery. Then the curtains draw back: you’ll see a cartoon-style game that has a lot of detail. Reminding me of Peter & Sons slots (graphically), The soundtrack is medieval (which ties into the narrative).

On the reels, you’ll come across low-value A, K, Q, J and 10 symbols, which appear on scrolls. The higher-value symbols include a key, swords, lanterns, a guard and the King: the guard and King symbols pay the most, awarding 2.5 x your total bet for 6 in combination.

Guy Fawkes is the wild symbol, appearing on reels 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6. Substitutes for all symbols except Gunpower Barrels, the Guy Fawkes Wild appears 4-high. The Gunpower Barrel symbol is key to various bonus features (more details below).

Fawkes Mobile

Wicked Games use HTML5 technology to create their slot games: Fawkes is no exception and can be played on desktop, mobile and tablet devices. If you’re playing on an iOS or Android smartphone, you will view the game in Portrait Mode.

The Fawkes slot has a wide variety of bonus features, including the all-important Gunpowder Cache reel: this leads to Execution Modifiers or free spins. With 4 free spins modes, you benefit from 1 of the modifiers or all 3 at once.

Gunpowder Cache 

Under the main reel set, you’ll see a Gunpowder Cache reel that spins from right to left. Displaying empty positions or Gunpower Barrels, the latter may trigger Execution Modifiers or free spins during the base game. During the free spins, they will award Guy Fawkes Wilds or extra free spins.

Execution Modifiers

The Execution Modifiers are triggered with 1 or more Gunpowder Barrel in the Gunpowder Cache plus at least 1 Guy Fawkes Wild appearing on the main reels. They are as follows:

• Hanged Modifier: 1 or 4 Gunpowder Barrels with Guy Fawkes Wilds award this modifier. Any partial Guy Fawkes Wild moves up or down to fill the entire reel.
• Drawn Modifier: 2 or 5 Gunpowder Barrels with Guy Fawkes Wilds trigger this modifier. Any position covered by a Guy Fawkes Wild is split into 2 wilds, increasing the number of ways to win: this can be as high as 5,159,700!
• Quartered Modifier:  3 or 6 Gunpower Barrels with Guy Fawkes Wilds triggers this modifier. Any position covered by a Guy Fawkes Wild is randomly replicated onto an adjacent reel with any overlapping wilds multiplied up to 3x. The multiplier represents the symbol count, increasing the number of ways to win.

Free Spins

Landing 4 or more Gunpowder Barrels in the Gunpowder Cache will trigger the Free Spins feature, with 11 free spins. You then choose from the Hanged or Drawn Free Spins:

• Hanged Free Spins: these are played with the Hanged Modifier when Guy Fawkes Wilds land on the main reels.
• Drawn Free Spins: these are play with the Drawn Modifier when Guy Fawkes Wilds land on the main reels.

If you land 5 Gunpowder Barrels in the Gunpower Cache, you’ll get 8 free spins with the Quartered Modifier triggering when a Guy Fawkes Wild lands on the reels.

Now, landing 6 Gunpowder Barrels in the Gunpower Cache will trigger the High Treason Free Spins feature. You’ll get 5 free spins with all 3 modifiers in play (when Guy Fawkes Wilds land on the main reels). If Gunpowder Barrels appear underreel 1 in the Gunpowder Cache will award 1 to 5 extra free spins. Gunpowder Barrels appearing under reels 2-6 in the Gunpowder Cache will reveal a Guy Fawkes Wild, increasing the number of ways to win on the reels.

Buy Bonus & Ante Bet

Non-UK players have a number of options. Allowing you to buy your way into bonus features, all the details are below:

Fawkes Slot

Rating: 4/5

Fawkes is a feature-packed slot with wild reels, over 5 million ways to win and 4 free spins features with Execution Modifiers for an explosive experience.

Chris Taylor

For starters, the Fawkes slot follows the iconic story with humour and wit. The art style used compliments to backstory perfectly with plenty of bonus features thrown in for good reason.

The focus is on the Gunpowder Cache reel sitting under the main reels: when Gunpowder Barrels land with Guy Fawkes Wilds on the main reels, 1 of 3 Execution Modifiers will be triggered. They include wild reels, splitting wilds for over 5 million ways to win and replicating Guy Fawkes Wilds with overlapping wilds which give you more ways to win.

Then you have 4 different free spins modes which offer either Hanged, Drawn or Quartered modifiers. The best is the High Treason free spins which combines all 3 modifiers to devastating effect, if you’re lucky.

• With 20,000 x bet max wins, Fawkes has the potential for huge payouts. I can see how this can be achieved with over 5 million ways to win possible and various wild reels. Whilst it doesn’t offer the shock value of Transformers, it does have more on the bonus feature front and offer significantly higher max win potential.

If it’s fireworks you’re after, Big Time Gaming’s Fireworks Megaways comes with 150,335 x bet max wins. Other slots to feature fireworks include Relax Gaming’s FireWins Factory (20,000 x bet max wins), BTG’s Extra Chilli Megaways (43,400 x bet payouts) and Thunderkick’s Esqueleto Explosivo 3 (7,500 x bet payouts).

The Hawkes slot review was written by Chris Taylor from our OLBG Expert team who has written over 10,000 slot game reviews in an iGaming career spanning over 2 decades.

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