Big Bad Wolf Megaways Slot Review

Big Bad Wolf Megaways Slot RTP, Details & Wager Limits

The Big Bad Wolf Megaways slot uses a 6 reel, Megaways mechanic. The number of symbols that can appear on each reel changes with each spin. This impacts how many different Megaways are active. The more symbols on show, the more winning opportunities. If all 6 reels contain the maximum number of symbols, you’ll have 117,649 ways to win.

Winning combinations are formed by landing 3 or more matching symbols or wilds from left to right on adjacent reels, starting from reel 1. This will cause tumbles which are described in more detail below.

You can play this game from 20p to £100 per spin. Click on the Coins icon to see all available bet levels. There’s also a Turbo Mode for faster spins and an Autoplay function where up to 1,000 autospins can be chosen. Both these extras may not be available in your country.

The Big Bad Wolf Megaways RTP is 96.05%. With 39.17% of that coming in the base game, 35.53% comes from the base game feature and 21.35% from the free spins.

The volatility here is high and classed as 5/5 by developer Quickspin. So too is the maximum win, which is a bumper 30,540 x your total stake per spin.

Theme – try and blow down the house

With a fairytale theme, the Big Bad Wolf Megaways slot is based on The Three Little Pigs fable that has been used in many stories throughout the years. Like the original Big Bad Wolf slot, this re-telling of the tale of the Three Little Pigs is very nicely presented which is just what we’ve come to expect from a release from the Quickspin catalogue.

Set against a backdrop of blue skies and green fields, the cartoon-style imagery here is similar to the original release and very impressively done.  Trigger the main bonus feature and the setting changes to night-time and the rather dastardly looking Big Bad Wolf watches over proceedings. As usual for a slot from Quickspin, there’s nothing to worry about when it comes to design.

The reels in the base game are set within a straw pigsty. The wooden-style reels are made up of A, K, Q and J royals, gardening forks, axes and gardening spades. You also have the 3 little pigs each sporting their own tool. Lastly, there is the wolf who is the most rewarding symbol. He pays 2, 4, 8, 20 or 50 x your total stake for 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 in combination.

There a golden tools wild symbol that substitutes for all symbols except the Piggy Wild and Moon Bonus scatters. Here’s a list of payouts for the symbols:

Symbol	Payouts/Info
J	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 0.1, 0.2, 0.3 or 0.4 x stake
Q	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 0.1, 0.2, 0.3 or 0.4 x stake
K	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 0.1, 0.2, 0.3 or 0.4 x stake
A	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 0.15, 0.25, 0.4 or 0.5 x stake
Garden Fork	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 0.2, 0.4, 0.6 or 1 x stake
Axe	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 0.25, 0.5, 0.75 or 1.2 x stake
Garden Spade	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 0.3, 0.6, 1.2 or 2.4 x stake
Little Pig 1	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 0.4, 0.8, 1.6 or 4 x stake
Little Pig 2	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 0.5, 1, 2 or 5 x stake
Little Pig 3	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 0.6, 1.2, 2.4 or 6 x stake
Wolf	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 2, 4, 8, 20 or 50 x stake
Garden Tools Wild	Substitutes for all symbols above
Moon Bonus Scatter	3+ triggers Blowing Down the House Bonus feature
Piggy Wild 1	Appears during Piggy Wilds feature
Piggy Wild 2	Appears during Piggy Wilds feature
Piggy Wild 3	Appears during Piggy Wilds feature

Big Bad Wolf Megaways Mobile

You can play Big Bad Wolf Megaways on all devices including mobiles, tablets, laptops and PCs. The classy and colourful design makes the Big Bad Wolf Megaways mobile slot an easy one to play, even on a small-screen handset.

Big Bad Wolf Megaways Bonus Features

There’s a decent amount of action in Big Bad Wolf Megaways, with 4 bonus features. Get on a run of tumbling reel wins and you can transform symbols into extra wilds. The highlight though is undoubtedly the free spins round which come with an increasing multiplier.

Tumbling Reels feature

After a winner is formed, the Tumbling Reels feature is triggered and a tumble takes place. These successful symbols are blasted off the grid and new symbols drop into the vacated positions and replace them. A new payout consideration then follows. These tumbles keep on coming as long as a new winning combination is created. As you’ll discover below, a good run of tumbles can also bring extra wilds into play.

Piggy Wilds feature

Get on a run of tumbling reel wins and you’ll transform the piggy symbols into wilds. This is known as the Piggy Wilds feature and can see 3 pigs turn wild:

These piggy wilds can land on reels 2, 3, 4 and 5 only. These transformed symbols revert to their original piggy state following an unsuccessful tumble. There’s are meters above the reels, so you can see which piggies, if any, are wild.

Blowing Down the House Bonus feature

Trigger the Blowing Down the House Bonus feature by landing 3 Moon scatter symbols anywhere on the reels on the same spin. You’ll then receive 11 free spins with a starting 1x multiplier.

Each time you land a tumbling reel win, that multiplier increases by 1. The multiplier doesn’t reset following a winless tumble either, it continues to rise throughout the feature. You can bring even more goodies into the mix by collecting Moon scatters:

You can keep track of how you’re doing in the meters above the reels. You can also trigger the Piggy Wilds feature during the free spins, just like in the base game.

Buy feature

In some territories, you will  have the chance to buy your way into the Blowing Down the House Bonus feature for a fee of 90 x your total stake. This feature isn’t available in the UK due to Gambling Commission regulations.

Big Bad Wolf Megaways Review Summary – similar to the original but with much bigger wins

The Big Bad Wolf game proved to be extremely popular and Quickspin has kept the main elements of the original in the Big Bad Wolf Megaways slots version. The cartoon design is terrific as usual and the tumbling reels and piggy wilds will be familiar to fans of the original. As will the free spins with the increasing multiplier.

There are some differences in the sequel of course, starting with the Megaways mechanic. It’s more volatile than the Big Bad Wolf’s first outing too. The main difference is that you can win 30,540 x stake on each spin as opposed to 1,225 x your total stake in the original. The RTP of 96.05% is somewhat lower in the Megaways version than that of the original (97.34%).

If you liked the original, you should find plenty to get stuck into in Big Bad Wolf Megaways. Other slots that have had the Megaways treatment include Gonzo’s Quest Megaways (NetEnt) and The Dog House Megaways (Pragmatic Play). The latter offers a 96.55% RTP rate and 70,000 x stake max wins.