The Chicken Run casino slot is a game developed by Barcrest Games (a subsidiary of Scientific Games Corporation), inspired by the 2000 British comedy film of the same name, directed by Nick Park and Peter Lord, about chickens trying to escape from an evil farmer. The slot machine was released in 2017 as part of Fowl Play series at online casinos.
Theme
Chicken Run is set on a farm, with all its characters being animals involved in agriculture or farming. The theme revolves around the idea of chickens escaping from their cages and Chicken Run building a plan to escape an evil farmer, named Mr. Tweedy (played by John Cleese), who wants them for his own gain.
Design
The game is designed with cartoon-like graphics, vibrant colors, and detailed animations that reflect its movie inspiration. The symbols used in the slot include different farm animals such as chickens, ducks, cows, pigs, sheep, cats, dogs, frogs, hens, turkeys, geese, rabbits, goats, mules, donkeys, roosters, horses, and even a bird flying through a cage.
Symbols
There are four categories of symbols: low-paying (1-9 playing cards), high-paying animal characters from the Chicken Run movie, special wild symbols, and bonus symbols. Each character has its own unique value in terms of payouts:
- Low-Paying Symbols (Playing Cards): These pay 5x to 100x stake for three of a kind
- High Paying Animal Characters:
- Ginger & Rocky: 20x – 2000x
- Mrs. Tweedy & Spike: 10x – 1,500
- Mr. Tweedy: 9x – 900x
Wilds
The slot features a wild symbol represented by the game’s logo and two special symbols:
- Substituting Wild : Replaces all other icons except Scatter to complete winning combinations.
- Ginger Rock is a stacked wild.
Scatter, marked with the Chicken Run film poster icon, serves as both scatter and bonus trigger.
Bonus Features & Free Spins
The slot has four free spins modes: Ginger’s Eggstravagant Bonanza, Mrs. Tweedy’s Special Offer, Mr. Tweedy’s Tangled Trouble Bonus, and Rocksy’s Lucky Litter.
- Free Spins : Triggers with a minimum of 2-3 Scatters (depending on the bonus), each free spins mode has its own features, multiplier values, or special wild symbols:
- Ginger’s Eggstravagant Bonanza: Pays out as much as the initial bet.
- Mrs. Tweedy’s Special Offer: Picks random multipliers for 5-8 rounds of free spin with increased payline wins and payouts up to 100x stake
- Mr. Tweedy’s Tangled Trouble Bonus: A pick-and-match mode, which offers random wins between 50 – 500 times the initial bet.
- Super Reel Power : During this feature (triggers by landing specific symbols), all positions on one reel can be filled with wilds; it triggers free spins in the Chicken Run game.
Gameplay
- Minimum Bet: £0.25
- Maximum Bet: £125
Players choose how many active paylines they want to use at any time from 1 – 9. Since this is a classic slot, the RTP (Return To Player) is not explicitly stated for all games in Fowl Play series.
Player Experience
The Chicken Run Fowl Play Casino Slot offers an immersive experience inspired by its movie namesake. With engaging graphics and animations that mimic farm animals trying to escape from their captors, it’s entertaining yet accessible even for casual gamers due to the straightforward rules of gameplay.