Jewel of Athena

It’s time for another slot game inspired by Greek mythology where the goddess of wisdom plays the main role.

Athens, the ancient Greek city of world renown, appears to be at the centre of this 1x2 Gaming release called Jewel of Athena. 

The game plays on three rows and five reels that spin across 25 pay lines, while...

...the jewel mentioned is represented by a beautiful young woman that is followed by a lot of other symbols with some sort of connection to the deities that the Greeks prayed to. 

With that said, let’s have a look at…

Theme & Design

In terms of graphics, this is a nice cartoon-like slot with a few unique, detailed icons, dark transparent reels, and...

...a view of a temple and a fountain in front of it in the background.

It’s a game with the usual modern graphics, in a style which seems typical for the category that it belongs to.

The theme of the game is inspired by Athena, the Greek goddess of war and wisdom, the two concepts often found in many other titles.

A beautiful young woman performs the main role, along with Zeus, Pegasus, Gryphon, Flying Sandals and a bunch of less appealing Royals.

The feature symbols show us a Wildgemstone and a temple Scatter.

One of the more impressive elements of the overall design is the musical theme that reminds of an Irish harp song rather than a melody composed in ancient Athens. 

Betting Options

Jewel of Athena has 5x3 reels, 25 active lines, and it’s the type of game which is capable of delivering decent top wins, in this case...

...up to 1,000x the stake. 

It doesn’t have very high volatility, which is a plus for many players, and the RTP is set to a manageable 96%.

Winning outcomes are made with three or more matching symbols and there is the wild symbol to help in that regard. 

Selecting the wager is a matter of simply picking the total amount which will go into the next spin, and…

...the minimum wager that you can select is $0.25, while the maximum one is worth $50. 

Within that range, each line can receive anywhere between $0.01 and $2.

Anyone who wants to recline and let the gameplay on its own can do so by selecting the autoplay button, which is the smaller of the two circular buttons on the right. 

Special Features

When it comes to features, this Greece-themed title is a minimalism game that comes with only the most vital ones.

One of the two feature symbols that have been implemented here, the Wild symbol, will have the image of a blue gemstone, with gold all around and its own logo at the bottom. 

This symbol acts as a replacement, and it can be combined with any of the regular symbols.

Second, we have the Temple of Athens as the scatter, a symbol which can only appear on the 1st, 3rd or 5th reels. 

When you have all three visible, the game gives you 5 free spins, however...

...what changes here, is the ability of the wild to now help you for the entire duration of the feature. 

The wilds that you get in this mode become sticky, and remain in the same spot, while also giving you 1 extra free spin.

The maximum number of additional free spins is 15, owing to the number of positions on the reel-set.

To Conclude

1x2gaming is known for making decent online slots that are never cluttered with bonus features, and...

...they are continuing in that vein with the Jewel of Athena title.

The design of the game is one of its strongest points which invokes creativity as well as beauty.

The game offers a little bit of everything, and it could work for a casual player that’s not looking for complexity or big top payouts.

The top symbol payout brings 1000x multiplied by the pay line bet, which isn’t that great of a prize, however, the wilds can help to this kind of payout occur more than one time in the game.