The Chicken Train is a 5-reel online casino slot developed by a well-known iGaming provider. The game’s theme revolves around farm animals and train travel, providing an entertaining and engaging experience for players.
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Upon loading the game, players are greeted with a vibrant and colorful design that sets the scene for rural America during the early 20th century. The reels are set against a rustic railroad track backdrop featuring animated chickens riding on trains. Each reel contains various symbols, including lower-paying lettered card values (9-A), higher-paying farm animal icons (horses, ducks, cows, and sheep), and two special features – Chicken Train Wilds and Scatter.
The game’s overall aesthetic creates an immersive atmosphere that complements its theme nicely, making it appealing to players who appreciate classic American landscapes. However, the visual style may appear dated or simplistic compared to more modern games with enhanced graphics quality.
Symbols
Chicken Train features a mix of standard symbols found in most online slots and those specific to this game:
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Low-paying lettered card values : These are the basic 9-A rank cards often included in many slot machines. They provide decent payouts for combinations but do not stand out due to their generic nature.
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Farm animals : Each farm animal – horse, duck, cow, and sheep – represents a mid-to-high paying symbol when appearing on the reels.
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Chicken Train Wilds : A ‘train’ icon serves as a wild in this slot. It replaces other symbols to form winning combinations and offers more opportunities for players to receive rewarding payouts.
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Scatter : The scatter is represented by an animated train ticket. Scatters initiate free spins, which we’ll discuss later in the review.
Payouts
Players can expect decent payouts from Chicken Train due to its paytable structure. According to official game documentation, winning combinations of three or more consecutive letters on a single reel (9-A) award varying amounts based on their position:
- 3-of-a-kind pays out between 10 and 20 coins.
- 4-in-a-row offers payouts ranging from 50 to 100 coins.
The payout for the farm animal icons is higher than these standard combinations but lower compared to slot machines with progressive jackpots. Landing a full line of high-paying animals can yield anywhere from several hundred up to over five thousand times the stake placed per spin, considering that bet multipliers might also be active in various games and platforms.
Wilds
The Chicken Train Wild functions as both an ‘extra wild’ feature for creating multiple winning combinations and expanding potential payouts. When landing two or more standard scatter icons on adjacent reels while using a Chick-in-Train icon on the middle reel, this expands to fill additional spaces around it in both directions (right-left), triggering free spins.
Scatters
When three train tickets appear anywhere across the grid but not necessarily consecutively (adjacent positions do count as long as they include the necessary scatter combo for starting the feature – and must be part of an unbroken line along an arbitrary middle reel position, in which case such would still work regardless because these aren’t restricted by a specific order like before described!), it unlocks 5 extra free spins. There’s also one instance where any non-scatter slot game symbol appears adjacent to (1-2 reels above/below), plus two adjacent positions directly after the main scatter and wild respectively will trigger both those scatters’ effects: they become part of an alternate spin session.
Bonus Features
Chicken Train features three distinct bonus games:
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Free spins : Initiated either through collecting at least one more than 3 train tickets in any sequence (leftmost-right) with two additional symbols adjacent to any position – otherwise, five free plays; if those are started while wild is also part of the successful winning set up it might count too leading extra session starting after just three standard scatter hits.
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Chicken Bonus : Found via four chicken silhouettes placed vertically near each other on central reels during regular rounds which activate random bonus game selection. You’ve got four options to pick from randomly selected rewards – and each choice allows for specific outcomes:
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‘Golden Train’ awards up to £12,500 cash prize.
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"Hatch a Fortune" brings players an instant payout.
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Clucking Chickens Bonus : Players are presented with five free games including random chances of additional rewards added during them or winning combinations being counted toward session’s best (top result for each single round within the free plays slot game).
Free Spins
The Chicken Train feature offers 5 extra spins that start after any two train tickets and a Wild position combination, where either standard scatter landed directly next to their respective adjacent positions in sequence also activates Free Spin. Any other set of winning combination triggering a chicken symbol while also achieving these needed (for additional scatters – 2 trains+ wild) counts too toward the total amount gained from starting another round.
RTP
Chicken Train features an RTP, or return-to-player percentage, that can fluctuate depending on several factors including its configuration. The official documentation lists it at around 96% average overall pay back percentage though actual numbers may differ based upon games running locally in different establishments.