Two Fantasy Online Pokies From Microgaming

Added: July 21, 2016

Fantasy is a genre of storytelling that involves an imaginary setting, usually with magical or supernatural elements. The success of the Game of Thrones TV series rekindled the interest in this genre, which led to the creation of fantasy themed online pokies. There is a branded Game of Thrones video pokie from Microgaming, but it uses practically nothing from the TV series and hence is not popular as a fantasy pokie. The ultimate fantasy pokie was Lord of the Rings, but Microgaming had to withdraw it due to copyright issues. This article describes two popular fantasy themed pokie games currently running at Microgaming online casinos like Casino Mate and Royal Vegas.

Avalon II: Quest for the Grail is standard fantasy material set in the backdrop of the medieval knights’ search for the elusive Holy Grail that will grant eternal life. The Avalon in the title indicates that the knights in this pokie game belong to King Arthur’s Round Table and the ‘II’ differentiates it from the earlier Avalon pokie machine. The characters in the fantasy narrative appear as symbols including Merlin, King Arthur, Guinevere and Morgan Le Fay. Avalon II is a 243 ways to win pokie with the game logo as an expanding wild. Merlin works his magic by randomly awarding payout multipliers or bonus credits. The search for the Grail plays out in the bonus trail that has eight different games played in sequence each time the feature is triggered. It ends with a duel with the Black Knight where you can retrieve the Grail to win bonus credits.

Thunderstruck II is similar in the sense that it is a makeover of an earlier online pokie. The fantasy world is that of Norse mythology and the high paying symbols are the Norse gods. They include Odin the king of the gods, Thor the god of thunder, the mischievous Loki who is Thor’s arch rival and Valkyrie the goddess of death. Those familiar with the fantasy will enjoy the detailed designing of the symbols and the win animations that bring out the attributes of these characters. The other symbols include Thor’s famous hammer, Asgard the abode of the gods and a Viking longship. Thunderstruck II is also a 243 ways to win online pokie. The game logo is a wild symbol with a 2x multiplier property. Each god awards his or her own set of free spins with some supernatural feature that leads to big payouts.