The Three Musketeers and The Queen’s Diamonds

Alexandre Dumas’s classic 17th Century-set tales of the young Musketeer wannabe, d’Artagnan, and his three Musketeer pals, are as popular now as they were two hundred years ago, and if the BBC’s revamp of the story is anything to go by, new audiences keen for a bit of swordplay and adventure will be easy to come by.

Slots manufacturers generally know which side of their bread is buttered, and online slots behemoth, Playtech, have ventured back in time to a world of duels to the death, evil cardinals and timeless mottos with this swashbuckling slot.

One of the features of a lot of online slots these days – particularly 3D ones that utilize the power of the PC – are more animations on the reels that allow for some nice comic touches and cutaway scenes. So it is with Playtech’s The Three Musketeers and the Queen’s Diamond.

ALL FOR ONE, ONE FOR ALL
Regency music over the top – check. Comedy French accents – check. Luscious graphics and animation on the reels – check. Innovative bonus games – most definitely check.

The symbols in this 5-reel, 50-payline game include lots of suitably regal symbols from the era: velvet gloves, royal parchments, cutlasses, crowns, jewels, duelling pistols, the titular Queen’s Diamond, and of course our friendly Musketeers: Athos, Porthos and Aramis.

The WILD icon – funnily enough – acts as the game’s Wild, substituting for all symbols other than the Scatters. It only appears on Reels 2, 3 and 4 but does come Stacked for big potential wins.

When you hit a winning combo featuring the Scattered musketeers, they leap into a nice animated sequence in comedy Franglais. And when a Musketeer is matched with his own weapon on the reels a mini-bonus is triggered.
For example, match Porthos to his sword on Reels 2, 3 and 5 and he will leap into action, grabbing the Sword from the neighbouring slot and jumping off the reels. You’ll then have one re-spin where a random reel will be covered with Wilds. Match Athos to his Muskets on Reels 1, 2 and 5, and you’ll have one re-spin with some random Wilds on the reels. Finally, match the suave Aramis with his trusty Daggers on Reels 3, 4 and 5, and you’ll get an instant cash prize.

However, hit all three Musketeers in a winning combo and you can enjoy multiple features – so there are three chances to win big.

BONUS ROUNDS
There are Free Spins up for grabs if you hit Free Spins Scatters on Reels 1 and 5. You’ll win three free games for every symbol you hit. Hit Stacked Free Spins symbols on the reels and a massive 24 free spins can be yours. And, of course, the freebies can be retriggered.

Meanwhile, hitting d’Artagnan bonus icons on Reels 2 and 4 triggers the Queen’s Diamond Bonus. D’Artagnan will shove the reels out of the way to kick off the bonus round. The ultimate goal for the player is to find the Queen’s diamond and win the big bonus cash prize in the final stage.


First you’ll have to choose a precarious rope bridge from a choice of three for our hero to make his way across. Choose correctly and you’ll win extra “lives” or bonus cash towards your total haul. The next stage involves you choosing a catapult to fire you over the castle walls. Again, choosing correctly bags you cash or “lives” in case anything bad happens.


There are a further two similar ‘Pick ‘em’ style bonuses to get through, and if you make it to the final stage you’ll need to pick from three Treasure Chests to find the Queen’s diamond. At the end of the bonus round and lives you have left will be converted into bonus multipliers.

TOP TIPS
* Get four Free Spins symbols on Reel 1 and four on Reel 5 and you’ll win an incredible 24 free spins!
During free spins, get the free spins symbol anywhere on screen to retrigger 3 more free spins. You can retrigger up to 15 more free spins in a single free spin.

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