Canny the Can and the Book of Time (Hacksaw Gaming) – Review & Demo Play

Canny the Can and the Book of Time - Slot Overview

I went back to Canny the Can and the Book of Time and it feels like a throwback stitched with modern quirks. The 5 reel, 4 row layout runs across 20 paylines, with stakes from 10p to 100 quid a spin. Volatility sits at four out of five, and the headline RTP model is 96.13 percent. Base play is simple, no random extras, so the session becomes a hunt for the two bonuses. The scenery flips outdoors to indoor halls once the features arrive.

Symbols and Paytable in Canny the Can and the Book of Time

Low pay symbols are 10, J, Q, K and A, worth five to fifteen times the stake for five of a kind. High pays show a magic wand, a magician’s hat, a stabbed bird, a chopped snake head, and Mona the Mouse, paying fifty to two hundred and fifty times the bet for five. The Book works as wild and scatter, standing in for regulars and paying two hundred and fifty times stake when five land across a line.

In It’s a Classic! one or more pay icons are picked as special symbols and marked with a gold frame for the round. When these land on at least three separate reels, they expand to cover each reel after any normal wins pay, then they count on all lines from any position. The values carry weight, and a matrix filled with the mouse symbol during expansion play is flagged as a 5,000 times stake moment in the paytable notes.

Canny the Can and the Book of Time Symbols and Paytable

Symbol	Quantity	Payout
	Scatter, Special
	5	x250
	5	x250
	4	x20
	3	x3
	5	x75
	4	x10
	3	x2
	5	x75
	4	x10
	3	x2
	5	x50
	4	x5
	3	x1
	5	x50
	4	x5
	3	x1
	5	x15
	4	x2.5
	3	x0.5
	5	x12.5
	4	x1.5
	3	x0.2
	5	x12.5
	4	x1.5
	3	x0.2
	5	x5
	4	x1
	3	x0.1
	5	x5
	4	x1
	3	x0.1
	Multiplier
	Scatter

Bonus Features in Canny the Can and the Book of Time

It’s a Classic! starts when three or more Books land. Three Books award ten free spins with one special symbol, four Books give fifteen spins with two specials, and five Books grant twenty spins with three. Only low or high pays can be chosen. If the special symbols hit on at least three reels, they expand after line wins and then pay anywhere. Another set of three Books adds five spins and one extra special, until the selection bar is full.

Where allowed, Bonus Buy provides straight access. Bonus Hunt Featurespins lifts bonus frequency by over four times at three times the bet, with a 96.27 percent RTP. It’s a Classic! costs one hundred times stake and shows 96.39 percent. Even More Classic! costs two hundred times stake and shows 96.35 percent. The Most Classic! costs four hundred times stake and shows 96.37 percent. What Time Is It? costs two hundred times stake and shows 96.25 percent.

The package keeps the classic book play and adds a second path, which gives the release broad appeal for sessions that swing between expanding lines and multiplier builds. The top win is ten thousand times stake, reachable in both features. My sessions leaned towards the clocks for punchy hits, though the expanding set can spike fast when two or three specials land together. The buy menu ranges from high to very high, with the twenty spin option sitting moderate.

What Time Is It? in Canny the Can and the Book of Time

What Time Is It? triggers when three Clock Man scatters appear in base play, awarding ten free spins. Above reels two, three and four, a clock shows a fresh time on each spin. If a Clock Activator symbol lands on those reels, wild Multiplier Clock symbols drop from the top and replace all symbols down to the activator. The multiplier shown comes from the clock that sits above the reel and ranges from x2 to x12.

When more than one Multiplier Clock is used in a payline, the values are added together before the line is paid. I like how the reels can chain when two clocks meet an activator on adjacent reels, as the stacked wilds clear space and feed strong connections. The feature runs for ten spins, but it can feel tense, since you are looking for the X to land under the right clocks, rather than waiting for random wilds.

RTP, Volatility and Bets in Canny the Can and the Book of Time

Stakes start at 10p and cap at 100 pounds per spin, with wins paid for three or more matching symbols from the leftmost reel across twenty lines. The RTP headline is 96.13 percent, though lower profiles exist at 94.34, 92.33 and 88.25 percent, so I always check the info panel on load. Volatility is tagged four out of five by the studio. The maximum hit reaches ten thousand times stake and the base game carries no random boosts.

Design and Audio in Canny the Can and the Book of Time

The art leans into a classic cartoon look, with a bright outdoor scene and a bunch of odd, slightly witchy symbols on the grid. When bonuses trigger, the stage swaps to indoor galleries and libraries, and the audio shifts into a jolly oompah tune. I find the mix quite charming, almost old school animation in tone, yet the mishmash works. It feels like parts thrown in a hat and shaken, but it has character and flow.

Final Verdict on Canny the Can and the Book of Time

Canny the Can and the Book of Time stitches a classic book feature to a clean second bonus, and that pairing gives it mass appeal. The base game is lean by design, so the chase feels focused. Fans of expanding symbols will find the format faithful, with the added twist of two or three specials at once. Being able to buy into ten, fifteen or twenty spin sets from the menu adds control when I fancy testing a setup.

My better results came from What Time Is It? during tests, with two clocks adding up across a tidy line giving proper moments. The book round can still hit hard, and a full screen during expansion play drives the bigger paytable outcomes. Sessions can sway, since the maths leans brisk, but that is the ride I expect here. With the ten thousand times stake ceiling on both sides, I keep coming back when I want punchy, slightly odd entertainment.