Book of Time Slot Review

Book of Time Slot RTP, Details & Wager Limits

The Book of Time slot is played with 5 reels, 4 rows and 20 fixed paylines. 3 or more matching symbols from left to right, starting from reel 1, across any of the paylines will constitute a winning combination.

Stakes range between 10p and £100 per spin as usual from Hacksaw Gaming. Click on the up and down arrows to the right of the Bet box which is situated under the reels. This will allow you to change your bet to suit your pocket. The good news is that Paytable payouts adapt according the stake you’re playing at.

Non UK slots players have a few extras when playing Hacksaw Gaming slots. Firstly, there’s an Autoplay feature where 10, 25, 50, 75, 100, 500 or 1,000 autospins can be chosen. These include loss and single win limits within the Advanced section. If you want to spin the reels quickly, there are Turbo and Super Turbo Modes available from the menu (the 3 lines icon).

The Book of Time RTP is 96.13% which supersedes the 96% online slots average. Even at the best slot sites, you may come across a 94.34% or 92.33% RTP version so check before you play. Volatility wise, it’s in the medium to high category and classed as 4/5.

In terms of payout potential, the max win is 10,000 x your total bet. Bigger wins will come in the What Time Is It? feature where multiplier clocks are worth up to 36x.

Theme – join Canny the Can on an adventure through time

With a time theme, Canny the Can returns in the Book of Time slot. This adventure through time sees the popular Canny the Can character from Hacksaw Gaming return. He’s previously featured in the Stick ‘Em and Stack ‘Em slots.

Set in the outdoors, the reels are surrounded by trees, hills and nature. Graphically, it has an oil painting feel which makes it look like a classic cartoon series. Actually, it reminds me aesthetically of the Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 1937 film by Disney.

With an upbeat soundtrack, symbols on the reels include A, K, Q, J and 10 royals. The higher value symbols see magic wands, magician hats, dead animals, severed snake heads and mice. Best paying is the mouse symbol which awards 3, 20 or 250 x your total bet for 3, 4 or 5 in combination. A screen full of this symbol will result in a 5,000 x bet payout.

As it’s a ‘Book of’ slot, the Book symbol is both the wild and scatter. Substituting for all paying symbols, it doesn’t appear in the What Time Is It? feature. Other symbols to look out include the Clock Man which only appears in the base game and the Clock Activator which appears in the What Time Is It? feature.

Symbol	Payouts/Info
10	3, 4 or 5 = 0.1, 1 or 5 x bet
J	3, 4 or 5 = 0.1, 1 or 5 x bet
Q	3, 4 or 5 = 0.2, 1.5 or 12.5 x bet
K	3, 4 or 5 = 0.2, 1.5 or 12.5 x bet
A	3, 4 or 5 = 0.5, 2.5 or 15 x bet
Magic Wand	3, 4 or 5 = 1, 5 or 50 x bet
Magician's Hat	3, 4 or 5 = 1, 5 or 50 x bet
Dead Animal	3, 4 or 5 = 2, 10 or 75 x bet
Severed Snake Head	3, 4 or 5 = 2, 10 or 75 x bet
Mouse	3, 4 or 5 = 3, 20 or 250 x bet
Book Wild/Scatter	Substitutes for symbols above + triggers It’s a Classic! feature
Clock Man Scatter	3 triggers What Time Is It? feature
Wild Multiplier Clock	Appears during What Time Is It? feature + has multipliers up to 12x

Book of Time Mobile

With Hacksaw Gaming creating all their slots using HTML5 technology, the Book of Time slot is no different. This means it’s available to play on mobile, laptop, PC and tablet devices. The 5×4 layout is compatible with smartphone devices operating with iOS, Android and/or Windows systems.

Book of Time Bonus Features

The Book of Time slot has 3 bonus features. There are free spins with special ‘expanding’ symbols and free spins with Wild Multiplier Clocks worth up to 36x. This can lead to 36x multipliers being applied.

It’s a Classic! feature

The It’s a Classic! Feature is triggered when you land 3 of more Book wild/scatters anywhere on a base game spin. The more Book symbols you got to trigger the feature, the more free spins and special symbols you’ll play with:

Importantly, any of the paying symbols can be chosen as the special symbols (i.e. Book wild/scatter is excluded). The special symbol is then displayed with a gold frame and colour change.

During the feature, the special symbols will expand to cover the whole reel when appearing on at least 3 reels. After expanding, special symbol pay anywhere (i.e. scatter style). If more than 1 special symbol lands on 3 reels during the same free spin, they expand and create wins 1 symbol at a time.

If you were to land the special symbol across all 5 reels, the payout will range from 100 to 5,000 x your total bet. Here are all the details:

Finally, landing 3 Book wild/scatter symbols will award 5 additional free spins as well as 1 extra special symbol. You can carry on retriggering the feature until all symbols become special. This means 55 free spins in total with 10 special symbols.

What Time Is It? feature

The What Time Is It? feature is activated when 3 Clock Man scatter symbols land on a base game spin. With 10 free spins awarded, you will see clocks above reels 2, 3 and 4 which display a new time with each free spin.

Clock Activator scatter symbols landing on reels 2, 3 or 4 will see Wild Multiplier Clock symbols spread down from the top of the reel and replace all symbols to the Clock Activator symbols.

The value of the wild multipliers is determined by the time shown on the clock at the top of that reel. Wild multiplier values range from 2x to 12x. If more than 1 Wild Multiplier Clock is part of a winning combination, the multiplier values are added together and then applied to the win. This means potential multipliers of 36x.

Buy Bonus feature

Hacksaw Gaming also have a Buy Bonus feature for players outside the UK. It offers you the possibility of purchasing bonus features directly from the base game. This is enabled by pressing the BUY BONUS button to the left of the reels. There are 5 options. Here is a table with all the details including the cost and RTP:

Book of Time Review Summary – classic ‘Book of’ slot with a little multiplier twist

Visually, you may be put off by the cartoon imagery in the Book of Time slot. It’s not as enticing the dark feel in Undead Fortune or sinister look in Wanted Dead or a Wild. With an oil painting style, it’s not a typically looking online slot in any way.

In terms of the gameplay, the It’s a Classic! feature begins with up to 20 free spins and 3 special symbols. Like in other ‘Book of’ slots, special symbols expand to take over the whole reel (when they appear on 3+ reels). Like in Play ‘n GO’s Legacy of Dead slot, a retrigger will give you more free spins and an additional special symbol. This can lead to 55 free spins and 10 special symbols in play.

Bigger wins will come from the What Time Is It? feature as there are Wild Multiplier Clocks which spread and come with multiplier values up to 12x. This can lead to 36x multipliers applied to your wins.

A screen full of the mouse symbol will result in a 5,000 x bet payout. This is the standard max win found in most ‘Book of’ slots like Book of Dead (by Play ‘n GO). Book of Time offers 10,000 x stake max wins which will undoubtedly come from the What Time Is It? feature.

In summary, the Book of Time slot offers classic ‘Book of’ gameplay with free spins and special expanding symbols. It does have the extra of multipliers and an odd theme. It all comes down to how you see the game visually in my opinion.