Ding Dong Christmas Bells appears to be rather simple, adhering to a portion of the classic Christmas slot concept. That is until you discover that there are five bells suspended above the reels and five identically coloured reels that are linked together and sound a bell every time a spin is made.
When the game loads, we are taken to a quaint little village in the winter, with wooden homes dusted with a deep layer of snow. The cartoonish, colourful visuals are in keeping with the Reel Kingdom aesthetic. The Christmas scene is enhanced by the superb soundtrack, which is complemented by nonstop bell ringing.
There are five different types of bell symbols, which are higher value symbols found in Ding Dong Christmas Bells. They have five different colours: green, bluey white, red, pink, and golden. Each hue corresponds to a character bell that is located above the reels. The values of the 9-A candy caned card royals lie beneath the bell symbols. A five premium symbol win pays off 30 to 200 times the wager, while hitting a line of five card ranks pays out 4 to 16 times the bet. Although there are no wild symbols in the standard game, there are free spins that are added to each round.
When one, two, three, four, or five of the bell pay symbols are changed into wild symbols, the bonus spins start. This is contingent upon the number of bells that rang at random when the feature was engaged. These wilds can replace any symbol during free spins and can be worth up to 30 times the wager for a 5 OAK hit. Every wild in a free spin gets an x2 multiplier, which increases the win of every line in which the wild appears. The multipliers are applied to each other if a win includes multiple wilds.
When musical notes strike bells that were not rung at the beginning of the round, they may sound at random during the round. This results in +5 free spins with the pay symbol changing into a wild for the duration of the feature. There are only five more free spins offered if several bells are triggered during a single spin.