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Book of Poseidon Review

The Book of ... mechanic genre is filled to the brim with more or less standard Ra clones, but some developers take their time to come up with new and interesting twists to the standard ‘Book of’ formula. Book of Poseidon is, unfortunately, not such a game, and it’s basically a reskin of Booming Games’ own ‘Book slot’ debut, Book of Tombs, with a few very minor tweaks to the math model.

To be fair, neither of the games are actually Book of Ra clones, but rather Legacy of Dead copycats. The barebones base game is as tedious as ever, with a static subsea backdrop where not even a bubble is rising towards the surface. You get the possibility of unlimited bonus round retriggers, and each retrigger gives you an additional chosen expanding symbol. The 5,000x potential is standard stuff, but the 95.68 % RTP is below par.

Book of Poseidon Slot - Reels Screen

Book of Poseidon Slot Features

The 4 premium symbols, or Majors as they are called here, pay between 60 and 500 x your stake for 5 of a kind wins, and Poseidon himself is the top-tier symbol. The Book symbol serves double duty as both Wild and Scatter, and as a wild it steps in for all regular pay symbols to help complete winning combinations.

You need at least 3 Book Wild/Scatters anywhere in view to trigger the Bonus Round, and this awards 8 free spins. You also get an upfront scatter payout of 2, 20 or 200 x your stake, for 3, 4 or 5 triggering scatters, respectively. A pay symbol is then chosen randomly to become the special expanding symbol during the feature, and you get an additional special symbol each time you retrigger the bonus round by landing 3+ scatters.

You get 8 new free spins per retrigger, and up to all 9 symbols can potentially become special expanding symbols. These symbols pay regardless of position, just as long as you land at least 2 matching Majors or 3 matching Minors anywhere. They expand after the regular pay calculation, and a full screen of the Poseidon symbol awards 5,000x your stake.

The 200 Spins Book of Poseidon Slot Experience

You get a decent taste of the base game grind, before we trigger the bonus round at 1:46 into the 3-minute highlights video. We got the ‘J’ royal symbol as the special expanding symbol for the feature, and it didn’t do much for us to be honest. You can see it all for yourself by hitting the play button below.

Review Summary

Book of Poseidon is pretty close to being a reskin of Booming’s ‘Book of’ mechanic debut, the less-than-memorable Book of Tombs. The below par 95.68 % RTP is a tad higher, and the standard 5,000x potential is slightly lower. Other than that, this is a very standard ‘Book of’ installment with a twist we’ve seen countless times before, and the rather static and boring visual presentation didn’t do much for us either.

The base game is a tedious grind, like is the case with many similar games, and how the bonus round plays out is largely dependent on two things. We are, of course, referring to which chosen symbol you get at first, and also how many times you manage to retrigger the feature to get new expanding symbols. The top-tier symbol can crack the potential from a single spin, which is usually the case in book slots, but this is overall a very mediocre and uninspired release.

If you appreciate Book of Poseidon Slot you should also try:

Book of Tombs - is one to try if the game at hand, for some reason, floats your boat. This is Booming Games’ book slot debut, and it comes with a similar barebones base game and the exact same bonus round with up to 9 special expanding symbols. The potential is 5,504x though, and the RTP is 95.42 %.

Riches of Atlantis - is another ‘Book of’ mechanic release with an underwater theme, and there aren’t that many out there actually. This Markor Technology title comes with a standard book slot bonus round, with a chosen expanding symbol and a 5,000x potential.

Legacy of Dead - is Play’n Go’s highly popular follow-up to their legendary Book of Dead, and this is the most well-known release that gives you up to 9 chosen expanding symbols via bonus round retriggers. You can win up to the standard 5,000x your stake, and the top-tier RTP is a much more solid 96.58 %.