Sabres and Swords: Charge Gigablox Slot by Yggdrasil

The playing field consists of 6 reels, 6 rows and offers 50 paylines. You can place stakes from €0.25 to €75 per spin. Low and high-paying symbols appear on the reels. Gigablox symbols can be really big, big enough to cover the entire grid! Apart from the giant symbols and the Wilds, almost nothing happens in the base game. You need to look for bigger wins only in the Bonus Round, where you have to collect Scatters to win extra free spins and remove low-paying symbols.

This war of the tin soldiers will not seem like honey to players who do not know how to handle high volatility, but it will be very profitable for high-risk players as it has 96.11% RTP which is above the market average.

This new slot machine was created using HTML 5 technology, so you can play it on any modern mobile phone and the only condition is a good internet connection. The slot loads quickly from any device, but the spinning of the reels, in our opinion, takes too long (both on PC and mobile), and we could not find a single turbo spin option.

The slot allows you to land Scatter symbols as Gigablox, which makes it very easy to get at least 5 symbols required to activate the Bonus Round. You get 1 free spin for each trigger symbol dropped and they are collectible. For every 3 Scatter, either the lowest-paying symbol is removed or you win 3 free spins. You can collect up to 48 Scatters.

The multiplier size directly depends on the size of the Gigablox. The 2x, 3x, 4x, 5x, or 6x multiplier is attached to a 2x2, 3x3, 4x4, 5x5, or 6x6 mega-symbol, respectively. If you get 2 blocks of the same size, the multiplier will only apply to the leftmost one.

Non-UK gamblers can take advantage of the Bonus Buy option and buy at least 5 Scatters in 1 spin.

The max win of 3,840x the stake is not that impressive, especially given the highly volatile mathematical model. A Free Spins Bonus Round can easily lead to such a win, but only if you're lucky with the multipliers.

The game has a decent visual presentation, but only those who are nostalgic about toy soldiers will really like it. During testing, we noticed that the spin of the reels (in our opinion) takes too long, and there is no turbo mode. In the base game, you are totally dependent on Gigablox and the best you can hope for is a grid full of Wilds. The potential of 3,840x the stake is not impressive considering the high volatility. The Bonus Round can lead to tense moments, but overall this release looks mediocre.