Andvari the Fortune Chill

Andvari the Fortune Chill: Foxium Sends Its Dwarf Skyward

Third time's evidently the charm for Foxium's recurring Norse character, because Andvari the Fortune Chill takes the shapeshifting dwarf - previously seen underwater and on dry land in the studio's earlier entries - and puts him up among sun-drenched clouds instead. It's a lighter, breezier setting than you might expect from Norse mythology, built around upbeat music and a 5x4 reel grid that sits beneath four visible jackpot values and a trio of bonus round icons, so the screen itself gives a fair preview of what's coming once the features kick in.

Where the earlier Andvari games leaned on scrolls, potions and rings, Fortune Chill swaps some of that in favour of coin collection, Jackpot payouts, and a Link&Win-style bonus structure, all polished off with a Wheel of Odds mechanic that appears to sweeten the bigger rounds. It's a cheerful game with a likeable lead character, continuing the tone the previous two Andvari titles established.

Landing wins requires 3-to-5-of-a-kind combinations starting from the leftmost reel across the game's 40 paylines. The card-rank royals (J through A) are the low-value fillers, paying 1.5x-2x the bet for a full line of five, while the picture symbols - anchors, maps, carved wood and rings - climb to 2.5x-10x for the same result. Wilds can land on any reel, substitute for all paying symbols, and pay out 25x the stake if you somehow fill a whole line with them.

Of the three RTP settings in circulation, the top one runs at 96.36% (96.4% rounded), paired with medium volatility and a hit frequency of 22.93% - so just under a quarter of spins return something, which is a reasonable balance for a game that also carries a 10,000x max win on the table. Stakes span 20p/c to £/€25 per spin, keeping it accessible for smaller bankrolls while still leaving headroom for bigger sessions.

The headline mechanic is the Collect feature: land a collect symbol on the rightmost reel and every coin currently sitting on the grid gets swept up, with individual coin values reportedly ranging from 0.5x to 50x the bet. Layer in the promised Jackpots, the three separate bonus rounds, and the Wheel of Odds enhancers, and there's clearly more depth here than the base game alone lets on.

For players who've already worked through Andvari The Magic Ring or The Golden Fish, Fortune Chill is an easy next stop - same character, fresh sky-high backdrop, and a coin-collecting structure that plays quite differently to its siblings. It's worth loading the free demo at johnessyslots to see how the Jackpot values and Wheel of Odds interact before committing real stakes to the medium-volatility swings.