VideoSlots Casino has added a brand new online slot from WMS to their casino titled Cluedo – Spinning Detectives, based on the land-based slot machine this new release features 40 fixed paylines in a regular 5×4 reel layout and comes packed with a variety of suitably Cluedo-themed bonus rounds, features and icons and a special jackpot symbol.

Cluedo Spinning Detectives uses several different reel sets to portray the various Cluedo rooms from the classic board game, these are unlocked in a variety of ways during play on the main reel set and also contain different jackpot prizes up to a maximum 500x stake win (the value of these is directly linked to stake size).

The base games uses lots of easily identifiable coloured higher paying character symbols along with heavily stacked “Clue Wild” symbols, the “Mansion Bonus” scatters and “Card Bonus” symbols along with some special “Room Bonus” symbols which grant 1 free spin on the special room reel sets when they land in view.

The main features to look out for whilst playing are the special “Card Bonus” symbols present on reels 1-3 and the main free spins bonus round Mansion Bonus Scatters present on reels 1,3 and 5.

Thankfully whilst there does to seem to be a lot going on visually, Cluedo – Spinning Detectives is fairly straightforward to understand once you start playing.

Cluedo Spinning Detectives Slot – Bonus Features

On the main reel set there are number of special room symbols (Dining Room, Kitchen, Library, Billiard Room, Conservatory) when any of these land on the reels they grant one free spin of the corresponding room reel sets where you have a chance of winning one of the 5 different jackpot prizes on offer, along with this mini feature there are 2 main bonus round to trigger from the base game.

Spinning Detective Bonus

The Spinning Detective Bonus is a straightforward Cluedo-themed picking bonus round, triggered by landing 3 of the special Card symbols on the first 3 reels in the base game.

Once this bonus round is triggered you are given an initial 7 picks, if you manage to pick the complete matching room, weapon and suspect in true Cluedo style then you are given a further 3 additional picks, along with bonus multipliers on offer and a special Master Detective.

The top prize for solving all the cases is a 30x stake reward which is added to all the prizes you have revealed in the bonus round too.

Free Spins Round

The main free spins bonus round is triggered by landing 3 of the special Mansion Scatter symbols on reels 1, 3 and 5 and grants an initial 7 free spins starting on the Conservatory room reel set.

There are a number of things to look out for during the bonus round, firstly you can win the Jackpot for this room by landing 5 of the special Magnifying Glass symbols on the reels, you can also upgrade to a higher paying room when the special Envelope Wild symbol lands on the reels during the free spins.

Each of the different Cluedo rooms has a slightly different bonus mechanic that becomes potentially more rewarding the further you progress which includes extra features such as mixed symbol pays, added extra wilds and fully wild reels.

The Cluedo Spinning Detectives Slot comes with a decent theoretical RTP (Return To Player) of 96.06%.

Overall Thoughts

Cluedo Spinning Detectives is a decent slot release from WMS, there are a number of improvements to the design and user interface of this slot over past online releases from WMS and they have done a decent job of cramming the land based multi-screen slot into a playable desktop and mobile format.

There’s plenty of variety on offer in terms of the range of bonus features and mini bonuses along with some decent wins on offer from the variety of jackpots and the high paying symbols and wild reels in the free spins.