Chicken Road is a 5-reel, 20-payline online casino slot developed by Yggdrasil Gaming, a renowned provider of innovative and engaging gaming solutions. The game takes players on an adventure down a rural road lined with farmhouses, trees, and livestock, but don’t let the idyllic setting fool you – this slot is designed to deliver substantial payouts.
Theme
Chicken Road’s theme revolves around farming Chicken Road life, with symbols featuring various animals like chickens, ducks, cows, pigs, and even some insects. The game’s backdrop consists of a serene countryside landscape at sunset or sunrise, adding to the tranquil atmosphere. However, as players delve deeper into the game, they will encounter an animated chicken character who serves as a mascot for the slot.
Design
Yggdrasil Gaming has done an excellent job with Chicken Road’s design, creating a visually appealing and engaging experience. The reels are set against a lush green landscape that adds to the charm of the rural setting. Each symbol is carefully crafted to fit seamlessly into the game’s theme, from the cute and colorful animal icons to the letter symbols used in the background.
Symbols
The standard paytable consists of various farm animals and items typically found on a rural road:
- Animal symbols (chicken, duck, cow, pig) offer payouts ranging from 10-200 times the bet for five-of-a-kind combinations
- Farm vehicle symbols (tractor, cart) payout up to 500 times the stake for five matching icons
Letter symbols J-A also appear in the game but have no particular design that stands out.
Payouts
Chicken Road offers a relatively high RTP of 96.2%, indicating the average return on investment over many plays. While it’s not uncommon to see slots with higher returns, Yggdrasil has balanced this by introducing additional features and mechanisms (as discussed below) that aim to increase player engagement.
Wilds
The animated chicken symbol serves as a wild multiplier in Chicken Road. When landing on the reels, it will multiply any win created along its winning path up to 15 times!
One peculiar aspect of this slot’s mechanics is how the Wild Chicken interacts with other symbols and features – we’ll explore these interactions later.
Scatters
Chicken Road has no traditional scatter symbol; instead, each animal icon can serve as a multiplier or trigger specific bonus events when at least five are landed across any 5 reels.
When collecting sufficient farm animals in one go (usually by landing a cluster of at least five), players will activate their respective bonus feature – either Eggstravaganza Wilds, Fowl Play, Free Spins Chicken Run, Animal Rescue or Wild Chickens Roost Bonus (see the dedicated sections below).
Bonus Features
These animal-themed events bring both excitement and potentially substantial rewards:
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Eggstravaganza Wilds :
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If five chickens appear, a bonus round starts where 3-5 free spins with egg-stravagant wild multiplier values are given.
The chicken roams the reels in an unpredictable pattern at any point during these rounds. This makes for highly varied gameplay experiences!
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- Fowl Play :
- Collecting five ducks triggers this mini-game.
- During Fowl Play, all ducks and chickens become locked wild on the reels (5 animals). For every 2nd subsequent animal that lands in position adjacent to these existing locked symbols (either right or left of a pair), one such duck will unlock on its respective side – adding an increasing number of potential winning combinations.
- Free Spins Chicken Run :
- The five-pig combination initiates this event and brings ten free games with wild chicken as multiplier. During each round, up to seven symbols can transform into Wild Chickens through random substitutions at any position on the reels.
- Animal Rescue : Five cows initiate Animal Rescue. For two turns afterward all animals appear in either 4 higher-value positions (2nd column onwards). If a chicken lands directly below or above one of those wild chickens already placed, it will randomly swap places with that respective animal symbol.
- Wild Chickens Roost Bonus : Five pigs activate ten rounds with every symbol capable to become Wild Chicken after each winning spin in this period.
To make things more interesting and exciting for players, Yggdrasil Gaming has implemented various wild multiplier options during gameplay.