Count Duckula Slot Review

Count Duckula uses the visual style of the original Cosgrove Hall cartoon to great effect. All the characters from the show, including Igor, Nanny, and Count Duckula himself, show up in the game’s bonus features, while Count Duckula’s teleporting castle can be seen perched on top of a hil in the background. 

The symbols on the reels likewise involve elements from the cartoon. These are the Count Duckula logo, castle, Igor’s organ, the clock, and the Duckula coat of arms, which are the game’s high pays. The low-paying symbols on the other hand consist of the A, K, Q, and J card royals. The heart stabbed with a stake is the wild, which can substitute for all symbols except the Count Duckula portrait. This is the game’s bonus scatter that triggers the Duckula Wall of Fame feature if you land at least 3 anywhere on the reels. 

Let’s see how much each paying symbol is worth: 

• Wild, Count Duckula logo: 5 - 25x / 4 - 5x / 3 - 2x / 2 - 0.1x
• Castle, organ: 5 - 10x / 4 - 4x / 3  - 1x
• Clock, coat of arms: 5 - 5x / 4 - 2.5x / 3 - 0.5x
• A, K: 5 - 4x / 4 - 1x / 3 - 0.4x
• Q, J: 5 - 2x / 4 - 0.5x / 3 - 0.2x

Count Duckula is a slot that’s all about the bonus features. Each spin may randomly trigger one of 4 features, while landing 3 or more scatters brings one of 5 bonus rounds or an instant cash prize. Let’s see what each of these involves. 

Count Duckula Random Features

Any spin of the Count Duckula reels may randomly trigger one of following features: 

• Duckula Wilds - Count Duckula transforms into a wild symbol before appearing on random reel positions, adding more wilds as he does. 
• Igor Mystery Potion - Igor drops positions on the reels. These are mystery symbols that transform into the same paying symbol. 
• Nanny Colossal Wild - Nanny places a 3x3 colossal wild on the reels. 
• Duckula’s Winged Winspin - Dracula’s bats reveal jackpot symbols on the reels. 

Wall of Fame

Landing 3 or more Count Duckula scatters triggers the Wall of Fame feature. This starts with a spin of a reel to determine which of the 6 features you’ll get. These are as follows: 

• Tombstone Bonus: Pick from the on-screen tombstones to reveal cash prizes. This round will end once you reveal Count Duckula’s nemesis, Dr Von Goosewing. 
• Ancestor Bonus: Pick from the picture frames to reveal multipliers. Reveal 3 Count Duckula portraits for the Super Bonus version of this round but look out for Dr Von Goosewing who, once again, will bring this feature to an end. 
• Dr Von Goosewing Free Spins - 10 free spins with wilds that stick to the reels for the duration when landed. 
• Wild Heart Free Spins - 10 free spins a 4x5 set of reels. During these you collect wild hearts that will be moved to the 11th spin as wilds once the round is over. 
• Duckula’s Big Money Bonus - Spin the wheel to win cash prizes. The round ends if you land on a previously selected wheel segment. 
• Rapid Fire Cashpot: An instant cash prize. 

We’ll be first to admit that the Count Duckula slot immediately brought us all manner of nostalgic feelings towards the original cartoon. These indeed helped sweeten our opinions regarding this slot, which in a lot of ways is a fairly standard 5-reel, 3-row number with just 20 paylines and a lower than average RTP. That said the various bonus features and rounds do brighten the experience, as does the inclusion of the Jackpot King feature. So all in all this is one fun Blueprint Gaming slot, if one that does somewhat depend on your memories of the Count Duckula cartoon. 

Rating: 8.0