Another football-themed video slot is coming our way from Microgaming’s creative kitchen. To be exact, Microgaming’s partner studio Gameburger Studios is behind 11 Champions, a five-reel video slot that offers 20 fixed paylines. The 2020 release offers a couple of rewarding features, including the Blazing Wild Streak and the Jackpot Bonus. Pick your team and start the season with you Champion in the centre of the pitch. The Action Reel, placed above the reel grid, will make your Champion dribble, pass and activate the Blazing Wild Streak. Land three Trophy Scatters and you can win one of four fixed jackpots on the offer.
The 2020 release is a proper mixture of football and a video slot. First of all, you get to pick your Champion, which starts the game at the centre of the reel grid. This is important for the Blazing Wild Streak feature. Once you choose your team, you start spinning the reels. 11 Champions feature five reels, three rows and benefits from 20 fixed paylines. The slot pays left to right, beginning from the leftmost reel. Three of a kind is the minimum for landing payouts. Bet from $0.20 to $50 per spin.
The reels are set on the centre of the pitch, with the stand filled by cheering fans. As you play the game, the commentary will talk about your current performance. We have Jerseys, Medals, Boots, and Gloves among high-paying regular symbols. Playing cards are used for low-value icons. The Football is the Wild that substitutes for all regular symbols, while the trophy is the Scatter that triggers the Jackpot Bonus feature.
Now we return to the Champion that stands in the centre of the pitch. In order for him to move, you need to land certain fields on the Action Reel, which is placed horizontally above the regular reel grid. There are blank fields, which does not make the champion move, the Dribble field that makes the Champion move to a random adjacent position, and the Pass field, which will make him move to a random, non-adjacent position. As the Champion moves around, he will highlight the positions on the reels where he was before. This is important for the Shoot field, since it triggers the Blazing Wild Streak, turning all of the highlighted positions into a Wild and triggering a respin. That is not all, because it will also come with a random win multiplier.
As for the Jackpot Bonus, it is triggered when three Trophy Scatters appear on reels 2, 3, and 4. Gamers get 12 cards on the screen and need to pick between them. Every card hides one of the four jackpots – Grand, Major, Minor, Mini. Collect three cards containing the same jackpot and you will win your prize.
11 Champions is designed for all football fans among players and it will certainly attract a wider audience, even though there are no free spins on the offer. The Blazing Wild Streak can deliver decent wins, while the Jackpot Bonus offers 4 different fixed jackpots, so there is plenty to play for in the Microgaming product.
