Theme
Dance of the Masai is an online video slot machine game released in November 2009. It is offered exclusively at online casinos powered by Microgaming. This video slot game has 5 reels and 25 pay lines. The theme of Dance of the Masai is based upon one of the best known African ethnic groups called Masai, which is a Nilotic ethnic group of semi-nomadic natives living in northern Tanzania and Kenya.
Experience the culture, traditions and lifestyle of the Masai tribe when you get to play the Dance of the Masai online video slot game! The tall, red-robed Masai warriors have a traditional ritual dance called adumu or aigus, otherwise called “the jumping dance”. The Masai warriors are well known all around the world for, and usually photographed during, this competitive jumping dance. The warriors form a circle and 1 or 2 at a time will come to the center to start jumping while keeping a narrow posture, aiming to never let their heels touch the ground.
Microgaming online slot games are accessible to players in 2 formats – download and no-download. Most people typically prefer to download software because they can enjoy Microgaming’s entire list of online slot games in one download only, while there are those who would like to play instantly so that they can find out if a certain slot game is fun and exciting enough to spend their precious time and real money with. Whether you like to download their software first or you prefer to play instantly without the need to download, then Microgaming surely has slot games to cater to your specific slot gaming standards. Dance of the Masai belongs to the download category of Microgaming slot games, which means you must download it first before you can play the game.
Dance of the Masai is created for those with adventurous souls and the desire to win some real money while enjoying a round of spins in this slot game. The Dance of the Masai online video slot game features scatter wins, a wild symbol, a Free Spin Bonus Feature game with a Warrior Special Substitute Feature, a Gamble Feature game, a maximum cash jackpot of $5,000, and a maximum coin jackpot of 50,000!
Graphics & Sound
The quality of the graphics and sound that Microgaming provides is absolutely incredible and top notch. They have an impeccable reputation of making the most stunning graphics and true-to-life sound effects that will truly transport you to “that specific theme” they used in any of their slot games. Most people love to play games incorporated with Microgaming software because they have smooth animation and engaging yet non-interfering sounds. In the Dance of the Masai online slot game, players are brought to the vast nature reserve in southwest Kenya known as Masai Mara, home to diverse wildlife and an ethnic tribe known for their culture, traditions and lifestyle – the Masai people. The symbols are drawn as accurately as possible, in a semi-cartoonish way. Brown is the main color you will see in this game, which is guaranteed not to hurt your eyes even if you play for a long time. Simple animated programming is used on the symbols when you successfully hit winning combinations. The overall graphic design of Dance of the Masai displays the vibrant colors of the African plains, its wildlife, and its people – brown, orange, green, pink, purple, and red.
There is no constant background music you will hear while playing this game. When you spin the reels, familiar sound effects of a slot game machine will be heard. When you manage to get winning combinations, brief Masai tribe music will be played out. You will hear an “Oh” sound whenever you get the Baobab Tree scatter symbol on the reels.
Game Symbols
The card deck symbols available in the Dance of the Masai online video slot game are 9, 10, J, Q, K, and Ace. The regular symbols that you will find in Dance of the Masai are the Shield, Hut, Giraffe and the Springbok.
The Wild Symbol is the Masai Warrior. It acts as a substitute for all other symbols (except for the scatter symbol) in order to help you complete a winning combination. The Masai Warrior wild symbol only comes out on the 2nd and 4th reels.
The Scatter Symbol is the Baobab Tree. The scatter symbol is not required to appear in a line (on an enabled pay line) for you to win. The Baobab Tree scatter symbol can be found scattered anywhere on the 5 reels, and you are able to form winning combinations as long as there are 2 or more Baobab Tree scatter symbols that appear. Your winnings are calculated by multiplying the Baobab Tree scatter symbol combination payout (refer to the Payout table) by the total number of coins you’ve bet. If you manage to get 3 or more Baobab Tree scatter symbols, you will trigger the Dance of the Masai Free Spin Bonus Feature game.
Please take note that if you get a scatter win and a normal win, then you are paid out for both of these wins, because the Baobab Tree scatter symbol is not required to come out on an enabled pay line for you to win. Scatter awards are independent from pay line awards, and thus they are added to the pay line win.
Gamble Feature
Any winning combination can activate the Gamble Feature game as long as the amount of the win will not exceed the gamble limit when gambled.
Please take note that if you get any winning combination, you can choose to gamble it in the Gamble Feature game, or you can just continue playing the regular Dance of the Masai online video slot machine game.
Your wins will be multiplied a certain number of times:
• If you correctly guess the card color, your wins are doubled.
• If you correctly guess the card suit, your wins are quadrupled.
If you want to play the Gamble Feature game, simply click on the Gamble button. The second-screen Gamble Feature will be shown. You can choose one of the Gamble types:
• Card Color: Black or Red.
• Card Suit: Club, Spade, Heart or Diamond.
If you correctly guessed the correct Card Color or Card Suit, you have the option to gamble again or collect your winnings.
If you choose to Gamble again, then you can select one of the gamble options.
If you click the Collect button to collect your winnings, the Gamble Feature game will end, and you will be returned back to the regular Dance of the Masai online video slot game.
Please take note that you can gamble your winnings until the gamble limit is obtained; during the Gamble Feature game, all winnings are collected automatically; and the gamble limit is set at 5 gambles per game, or up until the gamble amount limit of 8,000 coins is obtained.
Bonus Feature
Free Spin Bonus Feature Game – If you manage to get 3 or more Baobab Tree scatter symbols anywhere on the 5 reels, you will activate the Free Spin Bonus Feature game.
You will begin playing the Free Spin Bonus Feature game with 10 Free Spins, and to make things more exciting for you, the Warrior Special Substitute Feature is activated.
If a Masai Warrior wild symbol comes out on the 2nd or 4th reel during a Free Spin, it will expand and cover all the symbols on that reel. The expanding Masai Warrior wild symbol boosts your chances of winning, by substituting the other symbols to help you form winning combinations.
If a Masai Warrior wild symbol comes out on the 2nd reel and helped form a winning combination, your payout is going to be doubled (multiplier x2)!
If a Masai Warrior wild symbol comes out on the 4th reel and helped form a winning combination, your payout is going to be quadrupled (multiplier x4)!
If a Masai Warrior wild symbol comes out on both the 2nd and 4th reels, and helped form a winning combination, your payout is multiplied 8x!
While playing the Free Spin Bonus Feature game, you can re-trigger the Free Spins by just getting 3 or more Baobab Tree scatter symbols (anywhere on the reels), which will award you another set of 10 Free Spins! The additional Free Spins are included to your remaining number of Free Spins. There is an infinite amount of Free Spins that you can win during the Free Spin Bonus Feature game.
Once the Free Spin Bonus Feature game is over, you will be then taken back to the main Dance of the Masai online slot game, and your winnings from the Free Spin games will be included to your overall balance.
Betting Options
Dance of the Masai has 5 reels where you may bet on 25 pay lines. The minimum bet is 0.01 and the maximum bet is 1.00 per pay line. You can wager 1 up to 10 coins per pay line bet. Therefore, the maximum bet amount is 200.00 per spin.
Please take note that the amounts mentioned are in Pounds, but they will remain the same if you choose to play in US dollars, Euros, or Canadian dollars. Also, for every coin that you wager, you will enable another pay line. You will be paid out for winning combinations on enabled pay lines only. The maximum payout in the standard Dance of the Masai online video slot game is 3,000 coins per line bet.
People who regularly play online casino games naturally love to stay longer on online slot games that have an Autoplay function. Good thing that Dance of the Masai is furnished with this function! In Microgaming online slot games, they have 2 game modes – Regular mode and Expert mode. You can have the game spin automatically for you with the Autoplay function that can be found by clicking the Expert button (located at the lower left portion of the game screen).
In the “Expert” mode of game play, you can click on the following 2 buttons:
• Spin 5x button – 5 consecutive spins will be automatically done for you.
• Spin 10x button – 10 consecutive spins will be automatically done for you.
Spins box – displays the number of games that have played according to your Autoplay settings.
If you want to customize your Autoplay settings, simply click on the “Autoplay” button itself. Here you will see the:
*Spin Settings
• Number of spins to play: Choose from 5, 10, 25, 50, 100, 250, 500
*Spin Stop Settings – you can choose to Stop:
• When all spins are complete, or
• If win exceeds or equals to an amount you specify
Autoplay will stop on any feature contained in this game.
After customizing the Autoplay function to your preferences, just click on the Start button, and the game will automatically spin for you while you just sit back, relax, and enjoy playing this African adventure-filled online video slot game!
