Johnan Legendarian Slot Review

Johnan Legendarian Slot Overview

Johnan Legendarian is a 5 reel, 10 payline video slot from Peter & Sons, released through the YGS Masters programme with Yggdrasil. I fire it up and straight away it feels like a quirky take on the familiar Book style mechanic, only without the standard Egypt backdrop. The story circles around barbarian hero Johnan, mythical beasts and the book of Algroth, promising an epic hunt for lost cities and treasure.

Stakes range from 10 pence to 50 pounds per spin, which suits the way Johnan Legendarian plays as a high volatility slot. Official RTP sits around 96.03 percent and the hit frequency of 34.68 percent keeps smaller line wins drifting in while you grind for features. I treat it as a patience game, since the scatter collection for Super Free Spins builds slowly in the background over long sessions.

Design and Atmosphere in Johnan Legendarian

Visually, Johnan Legendarian carries the trademark Peter & Sons cartoony style, with chunky characters and rich, creamy artwork. Johnan stands beside the 5x3 grid, all muscles and attitude, while the reels are filled with creatures and weapons that reinforce the heroic fantasy setting. The sound design matches the look, with punchy effects and dramatic music giving spins a nice sense of momentum without becoming tiring during longer grinds.

Symbols and Paytable in Johnan Legendarian

On the paytable in Johnan Legendarian, low paying symbols are classic 10 to A royals, needing at least three on a line from the left. Premiums are themed around Johnan’s adventures, so you get bow and arrows, swords, a warthog and a dragon. Wins start from two of a kind on these higher symbols and can climb to between fifty and two hundred times your bet for a full screen of five.

One thing I like about the symbol set in Johnan Legendarian is that Johnan himself never drops onto the reels, even though he dominates the background art. The scarecrow style character acts as the scatter that triggers free spins, while a separate wild helps stitch together regular line wins. It is a lean paytable, but it keeps the focus on the expanding symbol action during bonus rounds.

Symbols and Paytable

Symbol	Quantity	Payout
	Scatter, Wild
	5	x500
	4	x100
	3	x10
	2	x1
	5	x200
	4	x30
	3	x3
	2	x0.5
	5	x120
	4	x20
	3	x2
	2	x0.5
	5	x50
	4	x7
	3	x1.5
	2	x0.5
	5	x50
	4	x7
	3	x1.5
	2	x0.5
	5	x10
	4	x2
	3	x0.5
	5	x10
	4	x2
	3	x0.5
	5	x7
	4	x1.5
	3	x0.5
	5	x7
	4	x1.5
	3	x0.5
	5	x7
	4	x1.5
	3	x0.5

RTP, Volatility and Max Win in Johnan Legendarian

From a numbers angle, Johnan Legendarian runs on a 96.03 percent RTP with volatility rated very high on the Yggdrasil sheet. The game official max win is 250,000 EUR, which equates to more than five thousand times the stake when you are spinning at the top 50 pound bet. In practice I see long swings, but the relatively high hit rate softens the ride while you chase those big expanding symbol setups.

Bonus Features in Johnan Legendarian

The core bonus in Johnan Legendarian is the classic Book style free spins round. Land three of the scarecrow scatters and you get ten free games, with one regular pay symbol picked at random as a special expander. When enough of that symbol hit during the feature, they stretch to cover their reels after standard wins are paid and then pay from any position, so the usual adjacency rules no longer apply.

When free spins retrigger in Johnan Legendarian, another symbol is chosen to join the expanding crew, which means it is technically possible to end up with several different expanders active in the same bonus. The catch is that the spin counter resets back to ten each time rather than simply adding ten more. I have had some nice moments here, though the reset mechanic can feel a bit stingy at times.

The extra long term target in Johnan Legendarian is the Super Free Spins mode. Whenever exactly two scatters land in the base game, they bank as a pair on a meter under the reels and once you have stacked 385 pairs, ten Super Free Spins launch. The hit rate is officially around one in 2,115 spins, so I treat it as a marathon feature where retriggers finally give full extra sets of ten spins.

Johnan Legendarian Slot Verdict

After plenty of sessions on Johnan Legendarian, I see it as a stylish spin on the Ra style formula rather than a radical rework. Symbol values on premiums are not huge on their own, topping out at two hundred times the stake for five of a kind, but the whole game is built around stacking those expanding wins in free spins, especially once you have collected extra special symbols.

What keeps me coming back to Johnan Legendarian is the combination of polished presentation and the slow burn chase towards Super Free Spins. The reset mechanic in regular free spins can feel harsh compared with some other Book titles, and Super Free Spins take serious commitment to hit, yet when the game lines up expanding dragons across the reels, the slot shows why its barbarian hero has built such a legend.

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