The Alchemist Online Pokies Game by Novomatic

The Alchemist is a five reel online pokies game that was developed by Novomatic with up to twenty pay lines and a jackpot prize of up to 2 000x the bet. The game is available at a number of reputable online casinos.

The theme of the online pokies is based on magic and wizardry with 2D graphics in a cartoonlike style. The visuals are basic yet clear and colourful, reminiscent of an old fashioned animation movie.

There are special featured symbols, free spins and a gamble feature where any win can be doubled by correctly guessing whether a face down playing card that will be revealed is going to be a red card or a black card. If the guess in incorrect the gambled amount is lost.

Playing The Alchemist Online Pokies Game

Even though there are twenty pay lines only five, ten or twenty of them can be activated. Coin sizes per pay line may vary in value. All pay lines run from the furthest left reel and only pay lines that have been activated will pay out. The symbols must match three or more in a row.

There is an auto play feature which allows automatic spinning of the reels for a predetermined amount of times.

The Alchemist Theme and Reel Symbols

Alchemy was used as a way to transform various metals like lead into precious metals like gold and silver which could be used for creating various medicines to cure disease and even death.

Over the years of stories and tales told, the practice became associated with magic and sorcery which is the basis of the theme of The Alchemist online slot game.

The Alchemist symbols include a variety of themed images depicting the story such as The Alchemist himself who is the highest valued symbol; a green dragon; a wise owl perched on a stack of books; glass flasks filled with magic potions in the Alchemy laboratory and more.

The lower valued symbols are represented by the standard playing card icons. These run from the number ten up to the ace.

Special Symbol and Bonus Game Feature

The book of magic potions is the symbol that acts as both The Alchemist online pokies game’s wild symbol and the scatter symbol. This symbol on its own acts as a replacement for any of the other symbols when it can assist in forming a winning combinations.

As a scatter symbol the book of magic will trigger the free spins bonus round when appearing three, four or five times on the reels. Consecutive books on an active pay line will also result in a pay out according to the pay table.

Three, four or five of the book symbols will award 10, 12 or 15 free spins respectively. While the free spins play out one of the regular symbols transforms into a gold symbol and acts as a wild. This symbol also becomes expanding where it may end up covering all positions on one reel.

The Alchemist also features a wheel of fortune type of bonus game which is played after five certain symbols appear. The wheel will spin to either award coin prizes or additional free spins.