With the slot being themed on Jack and the Beanstalk there are obviously plenty of images that reference to the classic story. The reels of the game have the beanstalk entwined around them, and the magic harp is also positioned to the left of the reels ready to play its part later on in the game.

Entering the payable we see the lower value symbols made up of the royal cards 10 through to the ace, with pays ranging from 0.1x, up to 1x when wins are formed through them. Premium symbols consist of the cow, hen, milk maid, the giant, and jack, with a 6 of a kind win paying 2x, 2x, 5x, 7.5x, and 50x respectively. 

You can get into the action on Megaways™ Jack for just €0.20 a spin, with the highest possible bet on the game coming in at €20 a play. Iron Dog Studio have made 7 bet sizes available from €2 down to the minimum stake, so the slot is very much accessible to players with all sized budgets.

Iron Dog Studio used the cascading reels feature in their first Megaways™ slot Pirate Kingdom Megaways™, and the route they took with it was to use it as a mechanism to trigger the free spins bonus. This is the path they have once again chosen with Megaways™ Jack, where each successful reel cascade will move you one position up the beanstalk. Just as a recap, we have explained below how cascading reels work.

Whenever a winning combination of symbols have been formed on the reels they will explode and be removed, new symbols will then drop down to fill the spaces that have been left behind. This can continue and multiple cascades may the place which could result in some big wins, or a feature trigger. 

Climbing up the beanstalk to trigger the feature can be made a little easier through the help of the magic beans. This symbol can only appear in the base game after a reel cascade, and if it does land it will advance you between 1 - 3 positions up the beanstalk.

Additional help in climbing the beanstalk and creating extra wins can be found through the magic harp. This may trigger at the end of any spin in the base game and award you with one of the following.

• Up to 4 additional wilds.
• Up to a x5 win multiplier.
• Up to 3 positions added on the beanstalk.
• Single re-spin with your progress on the beanstalk held.

Triggering the free spin feature on Megaways™ Jack will require you to climb at least 8 positions up the beanstalk that is located to the right-hand side of the reels. The amount of free spins and add-ons  that can be won are situated above the game reels, and we have detailed these below for you so that you can understand them better.

• 8 Positions = 8 Free Spins.
• 9 Positions = 9 Free Spins.
• 10 Positions = 10 Free Spins + x2 starting multiplier.
• 11 Positions = 11 Free Spins + x2 starting multiplier.
• 12 Positions = 12 Free Spins + x3 starting multiplier.
• 13 Positions = 12 Free Spins + x3 starting multiplier + bigger harp chance.

Once your feature trigger has been determined then the bonus will begin on Megaways™ Jack. There is an unlimited multiplier in play during the free spins and this will increase by x1 each time that you successful hit a winning connection on the reels.

The main hope whilst playing the bonus round is that the individual reels will drop in with the maximum amount of 7 symbols present on them. If this does indeed occur then any reel that lands containing 7 symbols will lock in at that amount for every remaining spin of the bonus, as well as adding an extra x1 to the multiplier when it does so. This means that potentially you could be spinning with 117,649 ways to win during the latter part of the bonus.

You can be rewarded with a re-trigger and additional free spins during the bonus round. These are awarded when you hit a minimum of 4 reel cascades which will give you an extra 2 spins, each additional cascade after that will add 1 extra spin up to a maximum of 4.

There is some additional excitement in the free spin bonus with the magic harp once again being able to randomly trigger and help you out. The modifiers are slightly different from the base game and we have detailed what they are below.

• Up to 4 additional wilds added on reel cascades.
• Up to x3 added to the unlimited multiplier.
• Up to 4 additional free spins added.

Having a well known theme to work with is always a good start for any developer, and Iron Dog Studio have done a good job of making the first Jack and the Beanstalk related Megaways™ slot. If you have played Pirates Kingdom Megaways™ before then you will know that there are quite a few aspects of that game that they carried through to this one, such as the locking reel during the bonus, as well as the cascading reels to trigger the free spins. 

You can't really blame Iron dog Studio for not changing too much from their debut slot in this niche as it proved to be a very popular game, but it would have been nice to have seen them perhaps edge toward something new and try to build on that initial success. Regardless though, Megaways™ Jack is a slot that is worth trying out to at least see what you make of it.

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