And the award for weirdest named slot goes to….Gucha Trumpet by Booming Games. The software developer have elected to go ultra-niche with this one, dedicating an entire game to Guča Trumpet Festival, an annual brass band music festival hosted in a small city in western Serbia. The country has produced its share of slots developers, so it’s safe to assume that this festival was a theme close to home.

If you’re expecting Gucha Trumpet to have a brass band soundtrack, you’re absolutely right. And hey, if you’re not a big fan of parping brass, you can mute the audio. Though if you suffer an aversion to all things brass, what are you even doing playing a slot named Gucha Trumpet? Brace yourself for bizarre, because this slot is pretty far out.

Parp Parp

The theme may be esoteric and zany, but that doesn’t necessarily diminish the enjoyment and the riches to be derived from playing it. After all, since when was an innate understanding of a source required to appreciate its pop culture spin-off, be it a movie or a slot? A pair of golden trumpets flank the reels, while the game controls have been stylised as the buttons on a trumpet. Props to Booming Games for really making an effort to integrate the theme.

They’ve even appended the šajkača, Serbia’s traditional green cap, to the tops of the playing card symbols. It’s also worn by the game’s primary character, trumpet pressed to his mouth. To the right of the reels, a typically Serbian woman stands attentively watching the scene unfold. Dark-haired and long-legged, she provides a distraction from the game itself. Another addition sees a Serbian man pop up from time to time to take a swig of beer before disappearing from view once more.

Brassed Off

Gucha Trumpet is a 15-payline slot with a bet that can be set between 0.45 and 45. The controls for setting the bet levels are at the top of the screen, while autoplay and max bet are below. Click on the gear wheel icon to enter the settings menu and you’ll be taken to an interior scene, set inside the traditional Serbian tavern that is little more than a glorified shed. Bottles of rakia, the national fruit brandy drink, are lined up above buttons that control the audio and enable quick spin.

Aside from the green-capped playing card symbols, Gucha Trumpet features a rakia bottle and two glasses which are worth 1,500 for five and a drum which is worth 1,200 for five. There’s also a roast boar on a spit and two brass instrument-playing men. One of these, clutching a trumpet, is the game’s wild symbol and will substitute for all other symbols except for scatter. Scatter is played by a man clutching a different brass instrument and will trigger 10 free spins with three or more symbols anywhere in view.

Anything Similar?

If you’re looking for alternative slots with a similar theme to Gucha Trumpet, the short answer is that there isn’t one. This might come as a shock, but competition for Serbian brass band festival-themed slots isn’t particularly high. Put it this way, it’s going to be a while before Guča Trumpet Festival surpass Egyptians as the most overdone slots concept. The closest thing you’ll find is Fugaso’s Trump It or Forest Band, a 20-payline outdoorsman game from EGT. Up to 10 free spins can be won in this medium variance game.

Worth Trumpeting?

It’s fair to say that Gucha Trumpet is destined never to become a mainstream success, but there’s something about this game that lends it cult appeal. Serbians in particular will appreciate the niche nature of this slot. It’s possibly that Booming Games created it as some kind of in-joke, but whatever their reasons for commissioning it, they’ve done a good job with it nonetheless.

Gucha Trumpet is charming and engaging, with well-designed symbols and an oddball vibe that belies a conventional slot which behaves just as a game of this nature should. Use wild and scatter symbols to rack up mega wins worth trumpeting about.