Once Upon A Time

Game Objective:

Once Upon A time is a five-reel, 30-line slot game with Wild Reel, Save The Princess Bonus, Goblin's Treasure Bonus, How She Loved The Knight, Those Crazy Goblins Free Spins Bonus and Greedy Goblins Click Me Feature that give you the chance to win extra prizes.

Game Information:

  • You can bet on up to thirty lines.

How to play:

  • Setting 'LINES': Thirty lines are selected by default. Lines can be changed by clicking the 'SELECT LINES' button on the game screen. Clicking the 'SELECT LINES' button selects 2 lines at a time till it reaches line number 27 after which line increments by one that is 28, 29, and 30. The selection of lines works in cyclic order that is after you select 30 lines, on the next click of 'SELECT LINES' button, the selection of lines start from the beginning that is 1. Selected lines are lit, and unselected lines are not lit.
  • Setting 'BET': When you enter the game, a default bet of EUR 0.10 per line is set for all 30 lines, resulting in a total bet of EUR 3.00. Clicking the 'BET PER LINE' button increases the bet till the max value that is EUR 50. The bet per line works in cyclic order that is on the next click after reaching EUR 50, the bet increments begins from EUR 0.01. The system will automatically adjust the bet to the next highest possible amount if the game balance is less than EUR 3.00.
  • Bet Max: To play with 30 lines and EUR 50 bet per line, click on 'MAX BET SPIN'. If your game balance is not sufficient, this option is disabled.
  • 'VIEW PAYS': The PAYTABLE can be viewed by clicking on the 'VIEW PAYS' button located on the top right of the main game screen .The payout for each symbol is displayed on the paytable screen after multiplying with bet per line. The values in the paytable screen change dynamically based on the bet per line selected. You can go back to the game by clicking on the 'BACK TO GAME' button.
  • 'RULES': The RULES can be viewed by clicking on the 'NEXT' button located at bottom right of the Paytable screen. You can go back to the game by clicking on the 'BACK TO GAME' button.
  • Spin: Click on 'SPIN' to spin the reels. After the reels stop spinning, any winning combinations on the selected lines and any scatter wins will be paid according to the paytable.
  • Total Bet: The number of selected lines is multiplied by the 'bet per line', and the total bet amount is displayed in the 'TOTAL BET' meter, which is located at the bottom right of the gam
  • e screen
  • Result: Any wins are indicated by their paylines highlighted and symbols animating or, in the case of a scatter win, by the symbols animating. The total win amount is shown at the bottom of the reels as a message. The last symbol on each individual winning payline animates by coming out of the screen and win amount for the respective payline is displayed on this symbol. Also the win is displayed on the first symbol of each winning payline.
  • Save The Princess Bonus Round: Save the Princess Bonus is triggered when 3 or more Knight symbols appear on any active pay line. Knight symbols have to be consecutive and have to start from the first reel. The main game screen will change, and the bonus feature game screen will open up. Player is required to choose one of the four options: The Hammer or The Catapult or Trusty Sword or Fresh Meat. On completion of the bonus feature, Congratulations popup appears with win amount and then main game screen will be restored.
  • Fire Starter Wild Bonus: Receive Fire Starter symbol on position 1 (top) of reel 3 to trigger the Fire Starter Wild Reel. FIRE STARTER symbol appears on reel 3 only. The dragon hurls fire over all positions on reel 3 and the entire positions of reel 3 turn to Wild. The game pays only after the entire positions of reel 3 turn to Wild. Wild reel will be held over to the following spin. If Treasure symbol appears anywhere on the reels while the wild reel is active, the wild reel will be held over to the next spin.
  • Goblin's Treasure Bonus: 3 Goblin symbols on any active payline triggers the GOBLIN'S TREASURE bonus round. This bonus round allows the user to select 3 of the 4 shiny objects in the room for instant credits. Goblin symbols must be consecutive and must start from the first reel. GOBLIN symbol appears on reels 1, 2, and 3 only. The main game screen will change, and the bonus feature game screen will open up. Player is required to choose 3 of the 4 shiny objects in the room: Sack of Gold, Candle, The Cup and The Book. On completion of the bonus feature, Congratulations popup appears with win amount and then restore the main game screen.
  • How She Loved The Knight: How She Loved the Knight Bonus is triggered when Knight symbol and Princess symbol occur side by side. The two symbols must be horizontally side by side and do NOT have to be on a payline.
  • Those Crazy Goblins Free Spins Bonus: Receive 3 Tree House symbols on any active payline to trigger Those Crazy Goblins Free Spins and at the same time obtain instant credits. Tree House symbol appears only on reels 3, 4, a
  • nd 5. Earn more free spins by receiving Tree House symbols on the reels during free spins. MAX BET SPIN button is replaced with FREE SPINS REMAINING meter. On completion of the free spins, FREE SPINS REMAINING meter is replaced with MAX BET SPIN button and the normal main game screen is restored.
  • Greedy Goblins Click Me: Sack of Gold symbol appears only on reels 1, 3, and 5. To trigger the GREEDY GOBLINS CLICK ME feature, 3 Sack of Gold symbols can be anywhere on reels 1, 3, and 5. Player will get to continuously click on the CLICK ME symbols for instant credit wins until one of the prizes is accompanied by "COLLECT" readout.
  • Credits: Your remaining game balance, after you have placed the desired bet, is shown in the 'BALANCE' meter.
  • Your current game balance is the sum of the amounts displayed in the 'BALANCE' meter and the 'TOTAL BET' meter.
  • AUTOPLAY: To make use of the Autoplay feature, click on the 'AUTOPLAY' button at top left of the game screen. NO. OF LINES is set to 1 and BET PER LINE is set to EUR 0.01 and the NUMBER OF AUTOMATIC SPINS is set to 15. NUMBER OF AUTOMATIC SPINS indicates the number of spins that will be played during Autoplay. Clicking on "CONFIRM" button will activate the Autoplay. Click on "CANCEL" button to go back to the main game screen.
  • You can deactivate 'AUTOPLAY' by clicking on the 'STOP AUTO' button.
  • Please note: 'AUTOPLAY' option is not available in play money mode.
  • Sound: The sound can be switched on and off by clicking on the "SOUND ON" button and "SOUND OFF" button respectively, located at top left corner of the game screen.
  • Click on 'GAME LOGS' to view the logs of the games you've played.
  • Click on 'GAME RULES' to view the current version number of the game.
  • Click on 'REBUY' to buy more credits into the game from your bwin account.
  • Click on 'Exit Game' to leave the game and return to the Lobby.
  • The game rules are identical in both real money and play money modes.

Rules

  • Play 1 to 30 lines.
  • LINES can be changed by clicking on the 'SELECT LINES' button on the game screen.
  • BET amount can be changed by clicking on the 'BET PER LINE' button on the game screen.
  • SPIN begins the game with the currently selected BET and LINES.
  • MAX BET SPIN sets the LINES and BET to maximum.
  • Payouts are displayed on the PAYTABLE.
  • Highest win amount is paid on each selected payline.
  • Coinciding wins on different lit lines are all added to your total.
  • Payline wins are multiplied by the amount bet per line.
  • The Fire Starter symbol ANYWHERE ON REEL 3 pays 2 * bet per line * number of active lines.
  • Payline wins only occur on lines which have been selected.
  • Wild substitutes for all symbols except the following symbols: Knight, Goblin, Princess (for the purpose of triggering How She Loved The Knight feature), Tree House, Sack of Gold.
  • For Those Crazy Goblins Free Spins, the number of initial free spins awarded depends on the number of lines on which the triggering combination occurs. The calculation is as follow: 5 * n where n is the number of lines on which the triggering combination occurs.
  • Malfunctions Voids all Pays and Plays.

Features

Feature games

Save The Princess Bonus Round:

  • Save The Princess Bonus is triggered when 3 or more Knight symbols appear on any active pay line.
  • Prizes for this feature are based on random multipliers.
  • Prizes are multiplied by the amount of lines (on which the bonus combination appears) and the bet per line.
  • Save The Princess Bonus and How She Loved The Knight can be triggered at the same time. When this happens the How She Loved The Knight is played first.
  • The maximum random multiplier for this feature is 600.

Fire Starter Wild Bonus:

  • Receive Fire Starter symbol on position 1 (top) of reel 3 to trigger the Fire Starter Wild Reel feature.
  • Wild Reel will be held over to the following spin.
  • If Treasure symbol appears anywhere on the reels while the wild reel is active, the wild reel will be held over to the next spin.
  • While the Wild Reel is held, changing the bet per line and/or number of lines would forfeit the Wild Reel.
  • Fire Starter symbol ANYWHERE ON REEL 3 pays 2 * bet per line * number of active lines and if Fire Starter symbol appears on reel 3 position 1 (top) Fire Starter Wild Reel feature is triggered.

Goblin's Treasure Bonus:

  • 3 Goblin symbols on any active payline triggers the GOBLIN'S TREASURE bonus round.
  • This bonus round allows the user to select 3 of the 4 shinny objects in the room for instant credits.
  • Prizes for this feature are based on random multipliers.
  • Prizes are multiplied by the amount of lines (on which the bonus combination appears) and the bet per line.
  • Goblin's Treasure Bonus and How She Loved The Knight can be triggered at the same time. When this happens the How She Loved The Knight is played first.
  • The maximum random multiplier for this feature is 330.

How She Loved the Knight:

  • How She Loved the Knight Bonus is triggered when Knight symbol and Prices symbol occur side by side. The two symbols must be horizontally side by side and do NOT have to be on a payline.
  • Prizes for this feature are based on random multipliers.
  • Instant credits are multiplied by total bet.
  • Fire Starter Wild Bonus and How She Loved The Knight can be triggered at the same time. When this happens the How She Loved The Knight is played first.
  • Crazy Goblins Free Spins and How She Loved the Knight feature can be triggered at the same time. When this occurs, How She Loved the Knight feature is played first.
  • It is possible to have more than one occurrence of How She Loved the Knight feature in a single spin. In this case each occurrence is paid respectively.
  • The maximum random multiplier for this feature is 5.

Crazy Goblins Free Spins Bonus:

  • Receive 3 Tree House symbols on any active payline to trigger Those Crazy Goblins Free Spins Bonus and at the same time obtain instant credits.
  • Earn more free spins by receiving Tree House symbols on the reels during free spins.
  • The number of initial free spins awarded depends on the number of lines on which the triggering combination occurs (5 * n where n is the number of lines on which the triggering combination occurs).
  • Then inside free spins, the number of Tree House symbols decides the number of extra free spins, for 1 Tree House it's 1 extra free spin, for 2 Tree House it's 2 extra free spins and for 3 Tree House it's extra 3 free spins.
  • All free spins are played with the same bet per line as the triggering game.
  • Free spins are always played with 30 lines.
  • Instant credits amount depends on the number of lines on which the triggering combination occurs. The calculation is as follow: 60 * bet per line * n where n is the number of lines on which the triggering combination occurs.
  • The amount won on each individual free spin and the accumulated win amount at the end of free spins is shown on the ticker area at the bottom left of the reels. Also win amount for each individual free spin is added to the 'BALANCE' meter straight away. Once the free spins are complete, the screen changes to the normal screen.
  • The following features cannot be triggered during free spins: 1. Save The Princess Bonus, 2. Fire Starter Wild Bonus, 3. Goblin's Treasure Bonus, 4. How She Loved the Knight, 5. Greedy Goblin's Click Me.

Greedy Goblin's Click Me:

  • Sack of Gold symbol appears only on reels 1, 3, and 5. To trigger the GREEDY GOBLINS CLICK ME feature, 3 Sack of Gold symbols can be anywhere on reels 1, 3, and 5.
  • Player will get to continuously click the Click Me symbols for instant credit wins until one of the prizes is accompanied by "COLLECT" readout.
  • Prizes for this feature are based on random multipliers.
  • The prizes are multiplied by total bet.
  • The maximum random multiplier for this feature is 9.

Paytable

  • Click on VIEW PAYS button on the main game screen, game will navigate to Paytable screen.
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The theoretical return to player of this game is 94.66%

I could not complete the game. What should I do?

If you get disconnected in the middle of the base game, the software will automatically complete the game for you. You will be able to find out the result by clicking on the 'Game Logs' button once you have logged back in.

If you get disconnected after triggering the Feature or in the middle of the Feature, on reconnection the software will automatically start the Feature, if not already started, or resume from where it was disconnected. The result for the game can be checked in Game Logs.

If you are still having problems, please contact our 24/7 Customer Care team.

Last modification date: 7/6/2022