Gnomes & Giants Slot Review

Gnomes & Giants - Review, Demo Play, Payout, Free Spins & Bonuses

When I first loaded Gnomes & Giants, that 6x6 grid with 50 paylines immediately felt like classic Peter & Sons, just on a broader canvas. The setting is a medieval fantasy village with a mine, a hulking castle on the hill and a robed wizard peering over the reels. It is all about Monster Blocks, transforming symbols and a layered free spins feature that can carry an increasing win multiplier up to x10.

Bets start at 0.20 and go up to 100 per spin, which suits me whether I am just testing the waters in demo play or putting real money on the line. The paytable caps out at a 10,000x max win, so there is enough potential if the modifiers line up. The mix of stacked symbols, colossal blocks and that multiplier ladder in free spins gives the slot a nice rhythm once you settle into longer sessions.

Gnomes & Giants RTP and Variance

On the numbers side, Gnomes & Giants runs at 96.19% RTP on the standard bet, with medium to high variance. In practice that means stretches of fairly dry spins, then sudden chunks of value when Monster Blocks or free spins show up. Golden Bet nudges the maths a bit, dropping RTP to 96% while improving the frequency of the main features, and the Bonus Buy options tweak it again to 96.03% and 96.33%.

How to Play Gnomes & Giants

Getting started in Gnomes & Giants is simple enough even if the 6x6 setup looks busy at first glance. I always open the menu at the bottom, skim the rules and paytable, then set a budget for the session. Bets are adjusted by tapping the stake display and picking one of the preset values from 0.20 upwards. Once that is locked in, I decide on sound, spin speed and whether to use autospin or stick with manual clicks.

Wins land when three or more identical symbols hit across one of the 50 paylines from the leftmost reel. Wilds and scatters sit on top of that base game, feeding into Monster Blocks and bonus triggers. My own habit is to run it in regular mode first, feel how often the random features fire, then decide if Golden Bet or a Bonus Buy makes sense for the bankroll I have set aside that day.

How to Win at Gnomes & Giants

The paytable in Gnomes & Giants is straightforward, with eight regular paying symbols and a wild that pays on its own. At the bottom sit the card suit stones. Hearts and spades pay 0.10x, 0.20x, 0.40x or 0.80x the bet for 3, 4, 5 or 6 of a kind. Clubs and diamonds trail slightly at 0.10x, 0.20x, 0.30x or 0.60x for a full line. These hits keep the balance ticking over between the bigger moments.

Above them you have four chunky creature symbols that do the heavy lifting. The blue one pays up to 1.50x, the green up to 2x, the yellow up to 3x and the red tops the regular set with 0.80x, 1.50x, 2.50x and 5x for 3 to 6 on a line. On top of that, the wild symbol substitutes for everything except scatters and pays 10x the stake for a full six-line, which is the best line hit you can get in the base paytable.

Where the slot really swings, though, is when those stacked symbols merge into Monster Blocks. A single 6x6 block of a premium can connect multiple paylines at once, especially if Synced Blocks make every big symbol match. I always keep one eye on those blocks and the other on free spins, because the max win of 10,000x is clearly baked into situations where stacked premiums, wilds and multipliers all collide.

Symbols and Paytable

Symbol	Quantity	Payout
	6	x5
	5	x2.5
	4	x1.5
	3	x0.8
	6	x3
	5	x1.5
	4	x0.8
	3	x0.5
	6	x2
	5	x1
	4	x0.6
	3	x0.3
	6	x1.5
	5	x0.8
	4	x0.5
	3	x0.2
	6	x0.8
	5	x0.4
	4	x0.2
	3	x0.1
	6	x0.8
	5	x0.4
	4	x0.2
	3	x0.1
	6	x0.6
	5	x0.3
	4	x0.2
	3	x0.1
	6	x0.6
	5	x0.3
	4	x0.2
	3	x0.1
	Wild
	6	x10
	Scatter

Gnomes & Giants Bonuses

Bonus play in Gnomes & Giants is all about how the Monster Blocks behave and how far you can climb the free spins multiplier ladder. Monster Blocks drop in sizes from 2x2 up to 6x6 and can land more than once per spin. Random Synced Blocks turns every Monster Block into the same symbol, while Expanding Blocks stretch up, down or both. When two big blocks overlap during expansion, those overlapping positions turn into wilds.

Free spins come from at least five green crystal scatters in view, and you start with as many spins as scatters you land. During the round, every extra scatter adds one spin and fills the meter. The win multiplier starts at x2, rises to x3 after three scatters collected, x5 at nine and caps at x10 after eighteen. Golden Bet adds more chances to trigger this, and if patience runs out you can buy 6 spins for 72x or 6–24 spins for 150x the bet.

Gnomes & Giants Review - Summary

After plenty of sessions, Gnomes & Giants sits in that space where I would call it a solid Peter & Sons outing rather than a must-play masterpiece. The cartoon fantasy world, stacked symbols and chunky Monster Blocks all work well, and a 10,000x cap with tiered free spins gives the game decent teeth. At the same time, nothing feels wildly fresh, so I treat it as a pleasant, feature-rich grind rather than a high-adrenaline chase.

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