Asgardian Stones: Colossal Crush, Bonus Wheel and Free Spins

Asgardian Stones combines twenty paylines with Avalanche wins, oversized stone symbols and a separate bonus wheel. Colossal Crush changes the board after an Avalanche, while colossal wilds split into individual positions during free spins. This guide explains that sequence and compares other Norse games without treating their different bonuses as copies.

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Reviewed by Paul Stone
Published: June 2019

Compare the Avalanche mechanic

Gonzo’s Quest is a useful starting point if you want another NetEnt game with wins followed by falling replacement symbols. Its defining feature is the multiplier ladder, while Asgardian Stones centres on Colossal Symbols and its Bonus Wheel. Both use 20 fixed paylines, so this comparison keeps the basic layout familiar while changing how the bonus develops. Compare those rules first; the existing Norse-themed recommendations below are a separate way to choose a game.

Game rules and maximum payout: NetEnt’s Asgardian Stones guide. Related game: NetEnt’s Gonzo’s Quest guide.

Games like Asgardian Stones

Asgardian Stones builds its Norse setting around falling stone symbols. A winning line starts an Avalanche: the winning symbols disappear and the gaps fill again. During free spins, a winning Colossal Wild splits into individual wilds. Those used in a win disappear; unused wilds remain for the next Avalanche until the sequence ends. That distinction matters when comparing the game with slots where every wild stays locked throughout a bonus.

What happens between a win and Colossal Crush?

Follow the board in stages. A normal result is evaluated on its twenty lines first. An Avalanche then removes winning symbols and fills the gaps. A Colossal Symbol occupies several adjacent spaces as a single block; it is not a separate set of extra paylines. NetEnt describes two-by-two and three-by-three blocks, including blocks only partly visible at the edge of the screen.

Crush comes after the first Avalanche. A block can crush an additional row beneath it, or drop into an available gap and continue crushing downwards. Where the block is sitting therefore matters: seeing an oversized face alone does not tell you that every position below it will disappear. Watch the settled board and the spaces underneath before treating a Crush as the start of another ordinary paid spin.

Consider an illustrative two-by-two stone near the top of the grid. A paying line disappears elsewhere and replacement symbols settle. If Crush now removes a row beneath the block, the block and surrounding symbols can move to different positions before the next evaluation. That can change which of the twenty routes connects. It does not convert the game into an all-ways slot: matches still need to satisfy its payline rules.

This is the useful contrast with a full-reel expanding wild. Expansion changes what occupies a reel. A colossal block changes several neighbouring positions, while Crush and Avalanche change the arrangement around it. The familiar stone artwork can hide those differences unless you follow the order of events.

The four linked reviews offer different comparisons. Asgard and Age of Asgard keep the Norse setting; Penguin Splash changes the setting to animals; Glutters uses a different cast and a conventional free-spin structure. For falling-symbol mechanics, the Gonzo’s Quest comparison above is more direct. A shared theme does not establish the same Crush or wheel behaviour.

Asgardian Stones has 4 closely related games including Asgard, Penguin Splash, Age Of Asgard and Glutters.

Asgard keeps the Norse gods while changing the feature sequence. Pragmatic Play describes a five-by-three, twenty-five-line game in which Thor transforms card symbols, Loki supplies mystery stacks, Freyja adds random wilds and Odin introduces expanding wilds. These are character interventions on the reel result, rather than Asgardian Stones’ oversized-block Crush. The useful choice is whether you want to follow a particular god’s transformation or the physical movement of stone blocks after a win. Both use fixed paylines, but the twenty-five routes are not Asgardian Stones’ twenty. Himalayas Roof Of The World is another linked setting suggestion, rather than another mode of Asgard.

Penguin Splash is a broader animal-setting suggestion from the historical Microgaming catalogue. Its linked review covers a five-by-three, fifteen-line game with a free-spin feature. That format is different from following twenty-line Avalanches and the stone wheel. Do not use its catalogue volatility label as evidence that it offers a steadier or lower-risk session. If a casino offers a jackpot-branded version, identify that exact edition and its own eligibility rules before comparing a headline prize. Divine Showdown is another separate catalogue destination. Choose this link for a change of setting and line layout, rather than expecting the Norse gate or colossal-stone behaviour.

Age Of Asgard makes its paired boards the central comparison. Yggdrasil describes two five-by-three machines in ordinary play, with forty lines, which combine into one five-by-six machine with fifty lines during free spins. Wilds can nudge to fill a reel, remain sticky through respins and clash with opposing wilds. This is not a permanent five-by-six base screen. The supplier also rates it high volatility on its own scale, which describes variation on its own scale rather than a prediction for a session. Compare board merging and held respin wilds with Asgardian Stones’ block movement. Ragnarok and Ragnarok Fall Of Odin remain separate Norse recommendations.

Glutters changes the cast from carved Norse stones to cartoon creatures. The linked Leander review uses a five-reel, twenty-line format and describes a free-spin feature. That shared route count is a closer format comparison than a shared mythology label, but it does not establish the same Avalanche or wheel sequence. The catalogue’s 1-to-20,000 stake numbers do not establish a universal pound menu; read the coin and total-bet units in a playable version. Glow and Ice Run are broader links within the existing catalogue. Use Glutters for a different illustrated setting, with its own special-symbol rules rather than a promised copy of Crush.

Read the wheel separately from the falling stones

The wheel occupies a three-by-three area on the last three reels. Its result is evaluated once the Avalanche sequence finishes. Coins, free spins or a combination can be awarded; the wheel itself is not then removed to begin another Avalanche. The block’s location and the timing of its award are both part of the trigger, rather than a generic count of scattered bonus icons.

Keep a cash award and a free-spin allocation in separate columns when following a round. A wheel result that awards both adds money and future spins. It does not mean that the displayed number of spins is a cash multiplier. Similarly, a Crush multiplier shown during the preceding sequence should be read with the wheel’s coin values, rather than applied indiscriminately to unrelated paytable awards.

During free spins, a winning colossal wild breaks into individual wild positions. Imagine four such positions, of which two are used by paying lines. The used positions disappear with the win; the unused positions can help the next Avalanche. Once that Avalanche sequence ends, they are not automatically carried into the next free spin. Retention within one sequence and sticky wilds held across a whole bonus are different rules.

The original screenshot below shows the five-reel, three-row stone board. It is an illustration of the ordinary layout, rather than proof that a wheel or colossal block will land next. Use the in-game help alongside the animation if you want to identify exactly which positions were removed, retained or replaced.

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The Bonus Wheel can award coins, free spins or both. It occupies a 3-by-3 block on the last three reels and is evaluated after the Avalanches finish; its own award does not start another Avalanche. NetEnt gives Asgardian Stones a maximum payout of 1,000 times the bet. The wheel and crushing stone blocks are the main reasons to choose this particular Norse game. A shared Viking theme alone will not reproduce those features in the alternatives below.

Best Norse themed slots

Asgardian Stones is a Norse themed slot game. Other Norse themed slot games include Icy Wonders, Divine Showdown, Agent Valkyrie and Ice Wolf.

Other NetEnt slots to try

Here are the best similar Net Ent slot games to play, these games are all created by the same game provider as Asgardian Stones, the slot games are Guns N Roses, Boom Brothers, Trolls and Drive Multiplier Mayhem.

NetEnt developed Asgardian Stones. The linked catalogue also includes Reef Raider, Starburst, Dead or Alive and Divine Fortune, which have different scoring and bonus systems. For a direct Avalanche comparison, use the Gonzo’s Quest rules above; for a Norse setting with a different board, use the specific Asgard and Age of Asgard comparisons.

Asgard is the Norse home of the gods. The carved faces, rune-covered pillars and stone gate belong to that setting, rather than Greek Mount Olympus. The oversized stone symbols also have a practical role in the game: follow their footprint and movement when Crush changes the board.

Asgardian Stones stats, RTP and features

Rule sources for the explanations and edition comparisons: games asgardian stones, games gonzos quest, Yggdrasil age asgard, Pragmatic Play.

Here is a table of key information about Asgardian Stones.

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Asgardian Stones Pros and Cons

A quick look at the main pros and cons of Asgardian Stones, based on its RTP, volatility, features, ranking and gameplay.

Pros

• A healthy 96.31% RTP, a touch above the norm
• Includes cascading reels that chain wins together
• The wheel can award cash, free spins or both
• Avalanches and Colossal Wilds offer distinct bonus mechanics

Cons

• The mythology and norse theme won’t be for everyone
• No progressive jackpot on offer
• Visuals are starting to show their age