Book of Time Slot by Hacksaw Gaming

Canny's Third Outing Gets a Book Mechanic

Hacksaw Gaming's tin can mascot has been around since the early days. Stick 'Em introduced Canny, Stack 'Em brought him back, and Book of Time is the third chapter - this time dropping the little guy into a time-travel adventure with a proper dual-bonus setup. The full title is actually "Canny the Can and the Book of Time," though most casinos just list it as Book of Time.

The 5x4 grid runs on 20 fixed paylines. Art style is cartoon storybook - green meadows, a big oak tree, hand-drawn animal characters on the reels. It looks like a children's picture book, which is a deliberate contrast to the high volatility math underneath. Canny himself stands beside the grid in his top hat.

Two Bonuses, Two Different Engines

This is the main draw: Book of Time packs two completely separate bonus games into one slot.

It's a Classic! (Book Bonus)

Land 3, 4, or 5 Book scatters for 10, 15, or 20 free spins. Before the spins start, 1 to 3 symbols get selected as "special." When a special symbol lands on three or more reels, it spreads to fill those reels entirely and pays in scatter-like fashion - position doesn't matter. The mechanic is straight out of the Book of Dead playbook, and Hacksaw doesn't pretend otherwise (the bonus is literally called "It's a Classic!").

Retriggers add +5 spins and one more special symbol to the pool. The premium symbol (HIGH_5) pays 250x bet for five of a kind, so a full-screen fill of that symbol during the Book bonus gets serious fast.

What Time Is It? (Clock Bonus)

Three Clock Man scatters trigger 10 free spins with a completely different mechanic. Clocks sit above reels 2, 3, and 4, each showing a random time. When a Clock Activator lands on one of those reels, wild multiplier clocks spread downward from the top of the reel to the activator's position.

The multiplier values follow the clock face: 2x through 12x. Multiple clocks on the same winning line have their multipliers added together before applying to the win. So two 12x clocks on the same line means a 24x multiplier hitting that payline. That's where the 10,000x max win potential lives.

The Honest Take

Book of Time tries something genuinely interesting by mashing together two unrelated bonus engines. The Book bonus is a known quantity - players who've touched any "Book of" game know exactly what to expect. The Clock bonus is the wild card, and it's also where the bigger wins tend to cluster thanks to those additive multipliers.

The catch? Base game is sparse. Book symbols double as wilds, but without either bonus firing, the 20-payline grid doesn't generate much excitement. Some players find the base game slow enough to get restless, which is fair criticism for a high-volatility game where you'll spend most of your time there.

BonusHunt FeatureSpins bump the bonus trigger chance by 4x at a cost. Useful if the wait bothers you, though it obviously increases your average bet per spin. There's no direct "buy the bonus for X amount" option - just the enhanced trigger rate.

Among the Canny the Can games, Book of Time feels like the most ambitious. Stick 'Em and Stack 'Em were simpler affairs. Adding a proper book mechanic alongside the clock multipliers gives this one more replay variety than either predecessor had.