Grand Melee Slot

Item: Grand Melee
Rating: 4.6
Author: Nosa

4.6/5

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Published Date · Aug. 9, 2023 · Last Updated · Feb. 20, 2024

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Grand Melee Slot Review

Grand Melee Slot Overview

Grand Melee sees top online slots developer Thunderkick take a trip back in time to the land of valiant knights, mighty castles, fair maidens, and… more Sticky Symbols than you can shake a lance at! Roll up, roll up, and take your slot's seat for this bright and breezy show, packed with re-spins, modifiers, and a Free Spins Bonus stacked with medieval magic. Top the bill on this tent-strewn landscape, and you may be rewarded with a 5,000x max win!

Grand Melee Slot Details
Paylines	1,193
RTP	96.17%
Volatility	Med-High
Jackpot	x
Minimum Bet	£0.1
Maximum Bet	£100
Maximum Win	5,000 x
Software Provider	Thunderkick
Themes	Medieval
Design and Layout	Scatter Symbols Slots, 6 Reel Slots
Features	Bonus Round, Free Spins, Re-Spins

There’s a lot to love in this excellent slot. Top marks go to the sound and visuals team for creating a thoroughly engaging setting, with the vibrant graphics and merrily marching soundtrack immediately grabbing the attention. We also loved the gameplay, with those Sticky re-spinning symbols lighting up the base game and bonus round. Extremely well-balanced for a game of this rating, a mid to high-value win always feels like a possibility. Grand in every sense of the word, this rockets towards the top of our list of Thunderkick releases!

4.6/5

Pros

Sticky Symbols

Modifiers

Free Spins Bonus

Cons

Variable RTPs

Low Number of Free Spins

How To Play Grand Melee Slot

Min Bet	Max Bet	Max Win (x stake)
£0.10	£100	5,000x

Grand Melee Basic Rules

Grand Melee sets the stage on a 6x4 layout
The slot offers a solid 1,193 winning ways
Wins pay out by landing connecting matching symbols on any payline, beginning at reel one

Grand Melee Slot Paytable & Symbols

Here's a guide to all the symbols and payouts available in Grand Melee:

Name	3 Symbols	4 Symbols	5 Symbols	6 Symbols
10	0.2x	0.3x	0.5x	1x
J	0.2x	0.3x	0.6x	1.1x
Q	0.2x	0.4x	0.6x	1.2x
K	0.3x	0.4x	0.7x	1.3x
A	0.3x	0.5x	0.7x	1.5x
Blue Knight	0.5x	0.8x	1.5x	3x
Green Knight	0.6x	1x	1.7x	3.5x
Purple Knight	0.7x	1.2x	2x	4x
Red Knight	0.8x	1.5x	2.5x	5x
Golden Knight	1x	2.5x	5x	10x

Grand Melee Slot Features

Sticky Symbols Re-spins

Keep your eyes trained on the window that looks down upon the reels. On any spin, a standard symbol or Bonus Scatter may move in to fill this window frame. Should five or more grid symbols match the window symbol, they will all become sticky and lock in place on the grid. Free re-spins will then commence, with any additional window symbols that land also becoming sticky. Re-spins continue until no new window symbols are added, at which point the value of any winning combos will be added to your balance.

Modifier Symbols

The re-spins fun may be magnified by the arrival of any of the following three Modifier Symbols:

Symbol Upgrade: This Gold Starred Emblem upgrades all Sticky Symbols to higher value symbols. Any other instances of the higher-value symbol immediately become sticky, and this new higher-value symbol will be the “window symbol” for the remaining re-spins – unless upgraded again.
Symbol Expansion: An Arrow-adorned Red Emblem, which will transform into the current sticky symbol and expand to cover the whole reel.
Game Area Expansion: This Blue Emblem featuring a downward arrow will transform into the existing sticky symbol and add a new row below the current grid – increasing the number of winning ways! Repeated Game Area Expansions can create a maximum 6x7 game grid.

Grand Melee Slot Bonus Features

Grand Melee_BonusGame — Free Spins Bonus

GrandMelee_ExpandTower1 — Expanding Reel in the Free Spins Bonus

Free Spins Bonus

Land five or more Scatters on a single spin - or via the Sticky Re-spins feature - and you will be off on a jousting jaunt into the Free Spins Bonus. The number of free spins you begin with will equal the number of Scatters which triggered the round.

Unlike in the base game, where symbols only appear at random in the Sticky Symbol Window, in the bonus round, that Window will be filled on EVERY spin – greatly increasing your chances of triggering the Re-spins feature and landing spectacular screen-filling wins!

Landing five or more Scatters during the round will see your free spins tally topped up by the relevant amount.

Our Verdict: The Sticky Symbols feature is great fun in the base game, but the action becomes turbo-charged in the bonus round, with the potential to activate those magnificent locking symbols on every spin!

Play Grand Melee Demo for Free

Fancy playing for free first before you commit to betting with real money at an online casino? Look no further than the Grand Melee slot demo! Embark on demo-exclusive adventures with online slot demos, where players can enjoy features not offered in real-money play. When you play for free you can take your time to learn how the game works, preparing you for real-money gaming as best as possible.

Grand Melee Slot RTP & Volatility

RTP	Variable RTP	Volatility
96.17%	Yes	Med-High

The top-end Return to Player percentage of 96.17% is nicely above the industry average RTP of 96%.

Sitting in the medium-high volatility category, you shouldn’t be shocked if you experience a bumpy ride, but both the base game and bonus round bring excellent win potential.

Our Verdict: We tip our helmets to the above-average RTP of 96.17%. However, you should note that this is a variable RTP, with alternative settings of 94%, 92%, and 90% also available. The setting in use at your online casino of choice should always be listed in the information section of the game. The rainbow-hued cartoonish visuals may suggest a light gaming experience, but given the game mechanics and style, medium-high feels like a good fit.

Grand Melee Slot Graphics & Audio

Graphics

The graphics team certainly haven’t held back in their choice of colour palette, with the kaleidoscopic visuals presenting a joyful assault on the senses. Only the brown tone of the reel frame is anything less than “in your face”, but that selection separates the nicely animated reel symbols from the candy-cane tents and towering castle of the backdrop.

Grand Melee (Thunderkick) 1 — Winning combination

Grand Melee (Thunderkick) 2 — Tower symbol in the base game

Grand Melee (Thunderkick) 3 — Scatter symbols on the reels

Audio

There’s no shortage of pomp and pageantry in a soundtrack featuring marching drums, trumpets, and murmuring crowds, but the twinkling xylophones lend a nice undercurrent of silliness to the vibe. Turning to the reel effects, each spin woodenly tumbles by innocuously, but you can’t miss the slashes which announce the arrival of a Scatter symbol or the selection of a sticky symbol.

Our Verdict: Fun seems to have been the aim of the game with the aesthetic for this release, and Thunderkick has delivered in spades. Bright, energetic, and inviting, you will need little encouragement to stick around for just a few more spins.

Grand Melee Slot on Mobile

We can’t imagine too many of those gallant knights had a mobile phone tucked down their iron breeches, but that doesn’t mean modern players aren’t able to enjoy the Melee mayhem on their small-screen device - Android, iOS, and Windows users will find all the gameplay and features intact.