Queen of Thrones is a chess-themed game made by Leander. Luckily, you don’t have to be good at chess or to know any rules to play this video slot. Yet again players who are not fans of this board game will most likely stay out of it. But before you say “Checkmate” to this title, allow us to see what it is all about and whether it is worth playing… ...

yone who ever played chess and is familiar with the rules surely will enjoy this one. The main theme is the chessboard and the different pieces the game has to offer.

Because of this, the layout of this game resembles that of a chess board. But the elements of chess are not only reduced to the layout, since they’re also prominently present during the free spins feature. Queen of Thrones contains 5-reels, 3-rows and 30-paylines. I played this game on the minimum bet of 30 cents.

In addition, the game contains wild symbols, bonus symbols (reels 1, 3 and 5) and scatters (free spins symbol). But let’s first turn back to the base game since there is also a very interesting element in place there. On the second row of reel 3 there is a spot called “The Throne”. Every time a Queen (black or white) appears there, it starts to move and capture all spots of the opposing color in her immediate vicinity.

This often leads to the Queen turning 3-5 symbols wild. The best payout in this game is 2500 coins (5 wilds). I know not so great, but this game still is extremely amusing. Most I’ve won during base game was around 10 euros after the Queen did her work.

The bonus game I was talking about can be activated if you get bonus symbols on reels 1, 3 and 5. The Big Capture Bonus then takes you to a chess board with question marks, you can have five picks but if you pick the right ones you can have additional picks if you’re lucky.

Each pick can reveal a prize or an X when you win nothing.I managed to win 21 euros (70x bet) one time after picking the best pieces each time. That’s better than most Bonus Games I know. Finally we also have the free spins feature which gets triggered if you get 3, 4 or 5 scatters.

You then win 10, 15 or 30 free spins respectively. Before the free spins start, you automatically get assigned a color (black or white). When a chess symbol of your color appears on the Throne spot, then it can make its move according to the chess rules and turn those symbols into a wild.

Only exception is the King symbol which instead grants you 3 additional free spins. Unfortunately I had black and the symbols that landed were often white, so I didn’t profit as much as I could since nothing would happen with opposing colored symbols. I ended up winning only 5 euros.

Nevertheless, this game is one to be repeated. I like the concept and everything Queen of Thrones has to offer basically. Very innovative and an excellent piece of work by the guys from Leander Games.