The Chicken Run slot machine is a 5-reel video slots game developed by Blueprint Gaming, based on the popular British stop-motion animated comedy film of the same name released in 2000. The game takes players to the rural English countryside where they must help Ginger the clever and resourceful chicken outwit the sinister Cluck Norris.
Design and Theme
The Chicken Run slot features a colorful and lively design that is faithful to the Chicken Run movie’s distinctive visual style, with detailed characters and settings inspired by the film. As one would expect from a Blueprint Gaming title, the graphics are crisp and vibrant, making it an engaging game for those who enjoy themed slots.
One of the standout aspects of this game is its well-designed layout, which mirrors the original movie’s plot, albeit with some creative liberties taken to accommodate gameplay mechanics. Each of the five reels has three rows and twenty paylines, providing players a moderate number of winning combinations to chase.
The background depicts Farago Farm, home of Ginger and her fellow chickens as they hatch their daring plan against their farmer oppressors. As for sound effects, the game has all the necessary sounds from clucking hens to rooster crowing, transporting you directly into the world where Ginger leads the charge towards freedom.
Symbols
The paytable includes a variety of standard slot symbols representing farm animals and some movie-inspired characters:
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Standard low-paying symbols are card ranks 9 through Ace (10 for three in line) plus other symbols like eggs and chicks.
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Higher-value winning combinations come from the game’s higher-tier animals such as cows, pigs and geese.
Some high-paying symbols feature movie-inspired chickens: Ginger (3x to 50 times bet), Tweedy (2.5x to 20 times bet for five in a row) or other characters like Fowler’s Assistant, a farmer that might add some extra fun while spinning the reels.
Wilds and Scatters
Ginger is both Wild and Scatter symbol – this means she can act as any of the higher-value symbols (other than herself), increasing your chances to win with combinations. She will also trigger Free Spins feature when appearing 3 or more times anywhere on the reel, a game mode detailed below.
Payouts
While Blueprint Gaming have optimized payouts in compliance with regulatory standards for such a title – expect relatively standard payout values typical of industry offerings at around x1000 max win for five-of-a-kind combinations. Max RTP is capped at 96%, which isn’t exceptionally high or low, offering average variance levels to engage regular and experienced players alike.
The Chicken Run slot machine also features two progressive jackpots: "Farmer" and "Chicken", although they are relatively small due to the limited contribution from each wager placed on this game by participants of the linked jackpot network where it’s integrated (for regions that support shared jackpots).
Bonus Features
To recap, this is how players can engage with bonus features available in Chicken Run:
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Ginger Feature Free Spins : Upon hitting at least 3 scatter symbols anywhere across the reels, you’re awarded ten free spins. In these bonus turns, any wins are trebled, Ginger also acts as a wild on all five reels during this mini-game.
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Farmer Pick ‘N’ Win Bonus (only possible on £20 and above stakes per spin): Randomly chosen to appear between 1st to fifth reel after every full round made without receiving the Ginger feature or having a winning line pay out more than £200 – it then grants either 25 extra spins for just one payout, 30 more free turns with any potential treble multiplier applied in bonus mode as per regular rules at most (maximum capped on 1500 times stake value), another opportunity to get Wild x4 Ginger Free Spins.
Free-spins play exactly the same way they would normally throughout but without impacting real-time RTP and also come back from a "pool" once it’s used up while bonus terms are enforced.
RTP & Volatility
Blueprint Gaming confirmed 96% max possible return to players for regular (non-guaranteed progressive win) game variations – while betting contributions remain as per general gameplay parameters for any Blueprint slot offering available on said networks; a non-extremely volatile title due to standard payout ratios across winning combinations within fixed paylines of 20.