Western Frontier

Western Frontier is a Wild West themed video slot which launched in November 2012. The game uses Microgaming technology and benefits from wilds, scatters and one of the most interesting free spin bonus rounds we've seen in a while.

Western Frontier Theme

Western Frontier focuses on the early settlers which roamed the Wild West in their wagons in the search for a better way to live. Obviously there were two main groups at the time; cowboys and Indians, which both appear on the reels and have a role to play during the bonus games too.

There is a mixture of reel icons which include traditional and themed designs. You'll find wagons, guns/tomahawks, stallions, horseshoes, tepees and campfires which are all unique to this slot. Other designs are far more traditional and include colourful 9, 10, J, Q, Q, K and A figures.

Betting Options and More Functions

An auto play button allows players to choose from a variety of preset spins which play using the current total bet. You can stop these at any time or let them count down, which is great if you need to quickly change bets.

Western Frontier Slot Features

Stallions are wild in more than one sense on this slot because they can substitute for any icon except the scattered horseshoe.

Free spins are handled differently than other video slots. You'll initially trigger the Indian feature when three or more scattered horseshoe icons appear on screen. This awards 8 free games with double multipliers when the stallion icon is used. You'll also win additional free spins and multipliers for use in the cowboy feature whenever a stallion appears.

The cowboy feature begins immediately after the Indian feature has finished. You'll receive a number of free spins, with multipliers, which are both dependent on the total number of stallions which appeared during the previous Indian feature. For example 0 to 3 stallions will award 8 free spins with 2x multipliers whilst the most you can receive is 16 free spins with x6 multipliers when 16 or more stallion icons appear. What's even more impressive is you can retrigger the Indian bonus again, winning 8 more spins if three horseshoe icons appear, which restarts the whole process.

The Golden Horseshoe icon is a scatter too. Two, three, four or five of these icons will award 6, 15, 60 or 300 coins respectively in any position.

Our Take on Western Frontier

Western Frontier isn't the best looking slot around, but it does have a rugged exterior to rival any hardened cowboy or Indian. So in that respect we suppose the designers have done their jobs well.

The best aspect is the bonus round because it's fairly easy to retrigger and therefore can pay well. You can see if all's quiet on the Western Front by playing at any of the Microgaming casinos listed below.