Developed by Ash Gaming, one of the development companies owned by parent company Playtech, the Fairest of Them All slot is, as you will likely have guessed, based on the famous Snow White fairy story. The styling of this slot is not in the more famous Disney cartoon film style, but instead a fresh new animation and to be fair, the developers have captured the essence of the story quite beautifully across the slot, from the opening game titles and animations, through to the action that you see on the reels. All in all, this is a slot that oozes care, quality and attention to detail and the end result is very impressive.
The game is a 5×3 reel slot that has a total of 20 fixed paylines on the reels. You can wager from £0.20 up to a maximum bet of £200 per spin, which means that this game can be enjoyed by all players regardless of the size of their bankroll. It is set against the backdrop of the forest where Snow White finds herself sheltered and protected by her seven dwarf friends after she is threatened by the evil queen, who asks her mirror if she is the fairest in all the land, only for the Mirror to reply that Snow White is the “Fairest of them All”. You can play using the Play button or elect to play a selectable number of Auto Plays.
The symbols on the reels are the playing card low symbols from, Jack through to Ace, while there are four higher paying symbols on the reels, the Red Apple, the jealous queen, the handsome prince and Snow White’s famous glass coffin. The Fairest of them All logo is the in game Wild and can be used to substitute for all the low and higher paying symbols to create winning paylines and in addition, land five of these Wilds across the reels on a payline to trigger the base game jackpot prize of 5,000 coins.
Key Information
To activate the key features of the Fairest of them All slot, you need to be aware of the two different bonus symbols on the reels and the bonuses that they trigger. The first is the Dwarf symbol which when landed on the first, third and fifth reel during a spin triggers the Mine Bonus. Here you select one of the dwarfes and then you will dig a section of the mine to earn a prize. The Cash Value for your chosen dwarf is added to each prize. You can trigger the option to select another dwarf during the bonus, which will add his prize to your winnings and when you hit a collect spot, the bonus game ends.
The second bonus is the Free Spins bonus which is triggered when you land the Free Spins scatter on reels two, three and five. When this occurs you land five free spins but during the bonus feature, every time Snow White appears in the Mirror, the countdown will stop, but your free spins will continue. If she appears again she will increase the size of the multiplier by 1 each time. However, if the evil Queen appears, then she will unlock your countdown and your free spins will decrease until they reach zero. You can earn a maximum of 100 free spins during this bonus feature.
Additionally, you can win the Prince’s Progressive Jackpot if you manage to unlock any of the following: Snow White randomly summoning the Prince in the base game, if the Prince appears in a Bonus Mine Cart during the Mine Bonus round or if the Prince appears in the Mirror during the free spins round.
Finally, what really makes the Fairest of them All slot really tick is the Base Game bonus features. There are several of these and they are all triggered by the wildlife that becomes friends with Snow White while she is in the forest. On any spin in the base game Snow White can reward you with one of six random bonuses which are:
- Butterfly – The Butterfly will add up to five scatter symbols to the reels and guarantees you will trigger one of the bonus features.
- Silver Dust – When Silver Dust is scattered two or three reels will respin and guarantee you a win
- Gold Dust – When the reel has spun and a you win, Gold Dust will change the winning symbols into a higher paying symbol increasing the value of your prize
- Owl -The Owl will add up to Five Wild symbols to the reels
- Rabbit – The Rabbit adds up to three sets of Stacked Wilds across the reels
- Red Bird – This is a multiplier which will increase the value of your win up to 30x the standard value.
How to win at the Fairest Of Them All slot
The Fairest of them All slot is generally a lower variance game, so the key to winning the larger amounts is to be patient and wait for the bigger bonus features to be triggered. The good news is that in the base game the six different bonus features can trigger some bigger value wins direct from here, so you will often find that you have smaller value wins in the base game, but then you trigger a random bonus and you will hit a decent sized win which tops up your account nicely.
There are three bonus features and while the Prince Progressive Jackpot sounds very grand, the amount to be won here does vary, it can range from a lot of money far bigger than the game jackpot to a smaller amount, so timing when to play the slot when the progressive is at a higher amount, does make sense.
The other two bonus features offer you a chance at more consistently sized wins, but you may need to play through many spins to trigger them. Patience is key here but fortunately the base game rewards you enough so as to not make this task too onerous and expensive. Of the two bonus features, both offer similar payout sizes, but I’ve found that the Free Spins bonus is the more volatile of the two offering smaller and larger wins more frequently than the Mine Bonus.