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The frog missed the treasure.
A glowing Prize symbol worth 12x landed on the middle reel while the little green Collector was nowhere to be found.
The Princess watched from above.
The frog arrived on the next spin.
No Prize symbols.
That was the relationship.
€58.80 gave me enough room to watch the courtship at €0.60 a spin, although “courtship” became increasingly generous once the same two objects repeatedly demonstrated an inability to appear at the same time.
The reels were only three across but stretched five symbols high, dressed in soft gold, green and pink like somebody had converted a palace corridor into a jewellery box.
Crowns.
Teacups.
Ribbons.
Hearts.
Little suit symbols.
The Princess remained above all of it with the serene expression of someone who had not yet realised the frog was terrible with appointments.
A regular crown combination paid first.
Nothing dramatic.
Then came another Prize symbol.
A modest 2x.
This time the frog Collector landed with it.
x1.
Finally.
The frog opened his mouth, the values gathered, and €1.20 arrived.
He looked extremely pleased with himself.
He had collected one small prize after previously missing twelve times the stake entirely.
Confidence was not the issue.
Three spins later, a x5 Collector landed.
No Prize.
The frog sat there carrying five times absolutely nothing.
That was when the session found its argument.
Treasure without frog.
Frog without treasure.
The Princess above the reels apparently waiting for true love while the two necessary components kept using different calendars.
A heart combination brought back a little money.
The next Prize symbol showed 0.5x.
No frog.
Fine.
Nobody was crossing the kingdom for thirty cents.
Then a much larger Prize landed near the bottom.
50x.
I stopped looking at everything else.
Fifty times the stake was sitting on the reels in a glowing frame.
No Collector.
Reel one held a ribbon.
Reel two had the Prize.
Reel three supplied a teacup.
The frog had apparently gone for refreshments at exactly the wrong time.
The Prize disappeared with the spin.
Next round.
Frog.
x2.
No treasure.
I started blaming him personally.
The Princess could keep looking dreamy.
The frog had missed fifty times the stake and returned one spin later carrying a multiplier like a man arriving at a wedding after everybody had gone home.
Another ordinary line paid.
A ribbon combination.
Then crowns.
The reels were doing just enough around the feud to keep the balance from dropping quickly.
I barely cared.
A Prize symbol landing instantly sent my eyes looking for green.
Frog?
No.
A frog landing sent me hunting for glowing numbers.
Prize?
No.
The fairy-tale romance had been reduced to cross-referencing amphibians and cash.
Then they finally met properly.
One Prize showed 3x.
The frog landed with x1.
Collection.
€1.80.
He celebrated.
I did not grant forgiveness.
The 50x was still dead.
Several spins later, the frog appeared with x10.
Largest Collector I had seen.
The reels around him contained crowns, a heart and two low symbols.
No Prize.
Ten times nothing.
This frog could arrive carrying enormous romantic potential and still forget why he came.
The Princess remained above the reels, apparently prepared to wait through all of it.
I was beginning to understand the curse.
It probably had nothing to do with witches.
The man was simply unreliable.
The Scatters started appearing during the second half of the session.
One royal couple.
Gone.
Two later.
Still nothing.
The third attempt produced three Scatters.
That would have been enough for eight Free Spins.
Then a fourth landed.
Ten.
Grimms’ Bounty: Princess & the Frog finally put the relationship somewhere neither of them could leave early.
The first Free Spin produced a Collector.
x2.
No Prize.
Of course.
The number moved to the top of the reels.
The frog had entered the feature exactly as he had lived the base game: prepared for money that had not shown up.
Second spin.
A small Prize appeared.
The existing multiplier finally had something to do.
A little payment.
Not much.
But the frog and the treasure had survived being separated by an entire spin and still managed to complete a transaction.
Progress.
The third Free Spin brought another Collector.
x5.
The total multiplier above the reels climbed.
Then two Prize symbols appeared with it.
One showed 1x.
The other 0.5x.
One and a half times the stake in raw treasure.
The accumulated multiplier turned that into €6.30.
Now we had a fairy tale.
Not a particularly lavish one.
But at least the frog had stopped arriving after the carriage left.
The Princess looked exactly the same.
She had probably seen worse suitors.
The fourth Free Spin produced a few ordinary symbols and nothing worth collecting.
Fifth spin.
A crown combination.
Small return.
No Collector.
No glowing Prize.
The multiplier remained above everything, waiting.
That number had become dangerous.
Not because it was huge yet.
Because I had already seen what the reels did whenever the frog became powerful.
They removed the treasure.
Sixth Free Spin.
Another Collector.
x2.
The total multiplier climbed to x9.
A Prize worth 0.5x landed beside him.
Tiny treasure.
Large amount of ceremony.
The frog gathered it.
€2.70.
Nine times thirty cents.
The reels lit around him as if he had recovered a lost royal fortune.
He had collected the cash equivalent of a modest pastry.
The Princess remained enchanted.
Love is patient.
Apparently love is also very easily impressed.
Seventh Free Spin.
Nothing.
Eighth.
A heart combination produced a small win.
The feature was running out of time while the multiplier sat at x9.
I wanted one proper Prize.
Not 0.5x.
Not 1x.
One of the ridiculous values from the base game.
The 12x.
The 50x.
Anything that would justify the frog finally learning to arrive early.
Ninth Free Spin.
No Collector.
One Prize.
2x.
The frog missed it.
Again.
The treasure disappeared.
I looked at the Princess.
She was still smiling.
That woman had extraordinary emotional reserves.
Final Free Spin.
Collector.
The frog arrived carrying x10.
The number above the reels jumped to x19.
There it was.
Nineteen times.
The strongest multiplier of the entire feature.
One spin left.
All we needed was a Prize.
The reels stopped.
Crown.
Ribbon.
Heart.
Teacup.
Low symbol.
No Prize.
The frog had finally reached x19 and the treasure had gone home.
Perfect.
The complete feature returned €11.40.
After thirty-four paid spins, several small line wins, a 50x Prize that appeared without the frog, a x10 frog that appeared without treasure, four Scatters, ten Free Spins and a final x19 Collector multiplier that had absolutely nothing to collect, the balance showed €58.20.
I had started with €58.80.
One stake.
That was the total cost of watching an entire fairy tale fail to organise a meeting.
The next Spin button was waiting.
The Princess was still leaning over the reels.
The frog had disappeared again.
I left them sixty cents short of happily ever after.
I sneezed during the bonus. Fortune Horse punished me for it.