Phileas Hog

Phileas Hog is one of the latest of Microgaming's AWP slots - which have now been renamed as pub slots. As the name suggests, these games celebrate the fine tradition of the machine that sits down the local pub, which patrons feed coins into in the hopes of taking home more than just a bellyful of ale at the end of the night. This is a very popular pastime, particularly in the UK, and this is another of the online games to satisfy this market.

Phileas Hog Slot obviously takes its inspiration from Jules Verne's "Around the World in Eighty Days", and sees he hero of the novel transformed into a globe-trotting pig in a balloon - retaining his membership of the Reform Club and all the other trappings of the well-heeled gentleman explorer. The game has 3 reels and 5 paylines, with a large number of extra features, based around Nudge and Hold functions, as well as Gamble (where you gamble to get up to 4 Nudges) and Repeat (where you get to repeat your Nudges) capabilities. This increases the interactive nature of the game.

There is a Lapperboard displayed above the reels, which is the focus of the extra prize activity. You move around this board using a 4th reel. The board has features that give you extra ways to win. These include: Jet Set Go (you get to stop the dapple around a number on the board), Makin Bacon (a guaranteed win), Sniff It Out (the reels spin automatically and you stop them), Pig Out! (a money belt rolls and you stop it on any two amounts in view, which are added together and awarded to you), Streaky Bacon (you are shown a series of wins and can choose to take one or view the next one), Round The World (stop on a fruit symbol around which the other reels are spun), Truffle Shuffle (you're shown 3 prizes that are then hidden and you then have to track them and choose one), Globetrotter (the reels rotate randomly and you get a prize that is lit up) and Phileas Hog (a series of wins).

Microgaming has woven a pretty complicated game here, aimed a giving maximum interactive satisfaction and a whole host of ways to win.

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