This is a 5-reel video slot that is released by Microgaming and is themed around indigenous inhabitants of Alaska, the northernmost U.S. state. Snow-covered ground and mountains, cone-shaped tipis and bonfires make the background for the five reels of the slot that is based on a no-payline design. Instead of using a traditional payline structure, the developer has put in place its in-house 243 Ways To Win model that is far more flexible than a standard payline-based layout. Players make winning combinations by matching symbols that need to appear on adjacent reels, beginning with reel 1, and these matching symbols can be in any row, whether at the top, middle or bottom.

The minimum bet is $0.30, while the maximum bet reaches $30 by changing a coin value and the number of coins. As with other slots of the same Win-Ways format, the paytable is not very impressive but small and moderate-sized winnings occur quite often, so Mystic Dreams can be categorized as a low-volatility slot. Playing card pics award up to $200, and 9s and 10s start paying when you get two of them on neighboring reels. Themed symbols are more generous, with Eagles or Wolves paying $1000, White Buffalos paying $2000 and Native Alaskans paying $2500, all for five of each kind. These prizes will not make you a millionaire but the coin balance shown in the user interface will go up and down within a small range, which makes your gaming more controllable and fun.

Bonus features

The Tipi is a wild that substitutes for all symbols without exception, and this is an excellent skill for the wild since scatter symbols are rarely substituted in many other video slots. However, the bad news is that the wild cannot create its own winning combinations.

The scatter is represented by the Totem Pole. It pays the maximum of $1500 for five of a kind and triggers 10, 15 or 20 free spins that can be re-activated from within the feature itself. During free spins, the wild symbol that lands on the second, third or fourth reel multiplies payouts by x2, x3 or x4, accordingly. These values are not summed but multiplied when two or three wilds are involved in a combination. For example, you get Tipis on reels 3 and 4 at a time, thus a total multiplier applied to your winnings would be x12.