Chicken Fox

About the game

Chicken Fox is where the series starts, and it is the plainest of the five. Five reels, three rows, twenty-five lines, and a fox chasing hens across a farmyard.

The feature set is short: a wild, scatters that open free spins, and substitution symbols that convert one symbol into another during the round. There is no buy, no collector and no jackpot layer — everything the game does happens in the free spins.

It is also the widest-staking game of the five. $0.30 to $210 is a range built for a lobby that wants one slot to serve both a small session and a large one.

How to play

The base game. A stake from $0.30 to $210 covers twenty-five lines across five reels. Wilds stand in to complete a line The free spins. Scatters open the round. Inside it, substitution symbols convert one symbol into another, which is what turns a partial line into a paying one

RTP, bets and maximum win

95.54% is below the middle of what this catalogue's slots publish, and the series never improves on it — this remains the highest figure of the five Lightning Box titles here.

Variance is rated high, which on twenty-five fixed lines with one feature means long stretches carried by the base game and very little to show for them.

x13,500 is a listed multiplier rather than a stated cash cap. At the $210 maximum stake the arithmetic is far past anything an operator would settle, so it describes the model's tail rather than a payout.

Strengths and weaknesses

Final verdict

Chicken Fox is a 2019 slot and plays like one: a wild, some scatters and a free-spins round with one idea in it. The substitution mechanic is that idea, and it is a good one.

Everything the studio did afterwards is a variation on this, and none of the four raised the return. If the series is worth a session, this is where to spend it.

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