The Blood Diamond Slot Experience
Blood Diamond is a 5-reel online casino slot game developed by Microgaming, one of the leading software providers in the industry. The game has been released to coincide with the 2006 film "blood diamonds" which was based on true events during the civil war in Sierra Leone. However, our Blood Diamond focus here will be solely on the gameplay and mechanics of the Blood Diamond slot machine.
Theme and Design
The theme of this slot is centered around the concept of conflict diamonds or blood diamonds, which refers to those mined in areas controlled by armed groups using forced labor. The game’s aesthetic features a backdrop depicting a desert landscape under the light of the sun, while symbols include diamond mines, hand grenades, African women, men wearing military uniforms, and standard playing card icons from 9-A.
The design is straightforward with an impressive 3D-style animation that brings the world to life on screen. Each symbol has been intricately designed with high-definition images making this game truly immersive for players.
Symbols
As mentioned earlier, the symbols in Blood Diamond are made up of various items associated with conflict diamonds and some standard playing card icons from 9-A:
- Wild: Represented by a soldier icon
- Scatter: African woman icon
Additionally, two more symbol types have specific roles to play within gameplay. Diamond Mine (High Paying Symbol) is represented as a mine pit while Hand Grenade serves as another high-paying option with an ominous and menacing appearance.
The scatter symbol will reveal itself through the background image of Africa while the diamond mine and hand grenade symbols pay out between 2000x, and 5000x when matching three combinations respectively on adjacent reels at any point in a row from left to right starting from Reel #1 onwards for diamonds only. Playing card symbols offer significantly lower payouts as usual:
Payouts
Wins occur by landing successive line winning combinations either horizontally or vertically within the game’s five payline configuration with individual wins amounting up directly into players’ overall balance.
Here is a brief table illustrating win values based purely on symbol matches alone:
Symbol Combination Match Line Win Amount Hand Grenade: 5x $10,000 Diamond Mine: 4 x $2,500 African Woman (Scatter): 3+ at any Reel Position 100*Total Bet
A standard set of rules govern how wins get calculated in this online casino game. Specifically, the value contributed towards a total payout accumulates line by line.
Each time multiple winning combinations are generated from an individual spin the process is performed independently on that particular payline first.
In essence this means that you receive separate awards for each combination present along side one another – thereby greatly increasing overall earnings over long intervals of play.
WILDs
The soldier icon is set as Wild and will replace all standard symbols in the slot except scatters. In doing so, they provide an opportunity to create a wide variety of winning combinations which can potentially increase player odds.
In addition, each time three or more African Women (scattered) appear within any one spin players are eligible for the Free Spins feature – described below.
The game itself displays 10 available Wilds per single round with their total count increasing through progressive wins.
