Caravan To Cairo

Eyecon’s Caravan to Cairo slot mashes up two of slot gaming’s most storied themes: Ancient Egypt and cuddly animals. Though visual design doesn’t quite deliver, players will enjoy the chance to choose their own form of bonus feature – five different combinations of free spin totals and win multipliers are available, offering players more control than is available in usual slot gaming.

Theme

Eyecon’s catalogue seems to contain a fair amount of slots with a visual design better suited to 1998 than 2018, and Caravan to Cairo is no exception to this trend. The reels are set in a market in the open desert air, with the Great Pyramids looking down. The reels Gaming symbols include a rakish menagerie of well-appointed animals, including a regal crocodile, bearded snake, smiling hippopotamus, wizened goat, surprised baboon, cheshire cat, tiara-sporting duck, a bunny with a fez, and a his and hers set of camels. A purple-clad elephant acts as scatter, while a shining pyramid acts as wild. A lack of background music creates an eerie game feel, with only simple sound effects to accompany the spinning reels.

Betting Options and Functions

Gaming specifics are on a stronger level than visual design, seemingly also a common trend in Eyecon games. Instead of traditional pay lines, wins are triggered by matching symbols in three or more adjacent reels starting from the leftmost reel. This yields 243 ways to win. Bet per spin is set simple from 0.25–50.00 times the betting currency, while detailed game and payable information is accessible (rather frustratingly) under a “help” menu. Players who actually require help are out of luck. The overall theoretical return to player ratio comes in at roughly the industry average at 95.2%.

Features

The only interesting element of this slot is its free games feature, which carries a certain choose-your-own-adventure quality. The appearance of three or more elephant scatter symbols gives players a choice of game total and win multiplier. The options are: twenty free games with a double win multiplier; fifteen free games with a triple win multiplier; ten free games with a quadruple win multiplier; eight free games with a fivefold multiplier; or five free games with a tenfold multiplier. No matter what choice players make, the feature can be retriggered up to a maximum of fifteen times. No other bonus features are included in this title.

Our Take

Despite a charming central concept, Caravan to Cairo is an eminently forgettable slot steeped in mediocrity. The design team at Eyecon disappoints in terms of visuals and gaming substance, with only the free game feature to redeem it… although the element of player choice really does set this slot apart, at least in one positive way.