Runes of Battle Slot Review

About the Game

Welcome to Runes of Battle slot with growing Wild symbols, free spins with sticky Wild, free spins with multipliers and a trail bonus game!

Runes of Battle is a video slot with 4 reels and 3 rows. The game features 20 paylines arranged from left to right. Winnings are formed from consecutive symbols starting from the first reel. The number of paylines cannot be changed. The game has a growing Wild symbol that expands in any direction on the reels!

Growing Wilds

The Wild symbol can appear on all reels both in the main game and during the Free Spins game. The Wild symbol substitutes for other symbols to complete a winning combination, except for the Free Spins Scatter symbol. The Wild symbol creates its own winning combination. When the Wild symbol appears on the reel, it expands onto neighbouring symbols. Additional Drakkars are sent from the Wild symbol and replace other symbols with new Wild symbols. The direction of growth is determined randomly, and the Wild symbol expands between 1 and 3 symbols. Growing Wild symbols cannot take the place of the Scatter symbol or expand on already present Wild symbols.

Scatter Symbols

When 3 or 4 SCATTER symbols fall anywhere on the grid, a choice of bonus is given: 6 free spins with sticky Wild symbols, 5 free spins with multipliers, a bonus game with a trail. The free spins mode and the stitch bonus game are triggered with the same bet as the spin that triggered it. Winnings in the free spins mode and the trail bonus game are added to the total winnings for the round that triggered it.

Free Spins With Sticky Wilds Feature

The round starts with 6 free spins. During these Free Spins, if Wild symbols appear, first the wins are counted and then the Wild becomes sticky until the end of the Free Spins round. Sticky Wild symbols do not disappear even if they form a winning combination B subsequent spins. There is no reactivation option in Free Spins.

Free Spins With Multipliers Feature

The round starts with 5 free spins. At the start of these free spins, 3 to 8 symbols are randomly covered by multipliers x1, x2, x3, x4, x5. If a winning line goes over a multiplier, that multiplier will be removed and collected. The total winnings of the entire Free Spins game are multiplied by the multipliers collected and paid out as winnings. There is no re-activation option in Free Spins.

Trail Bonus Game

The playing field consists of a ring with several smaller side rings. The player moves clockwise in a sequence of moves. Each node on the ring contains either a Prize, a Feature or a Golden Feature. There are 3 Horns in the Counter, the player starts with 3 moves, each move can be from 1 to 6 steps and starts just before the route barrier.

When all moves are usedi, the game ends. Some Prize nodes and all nodes with a Feature, Gold Feature or where the side ring starts contain a Horn icon.

• If a player completes a move on a node with a Horn icon, the number of moves is restored to the original value of 3 and the Horn icon is removed from the field.
• If a player completes movement on a node with a blocked Horn icon, the number of turns is restored to the initial value of 3, and the blocked Horn icon remains on the field.
• When a player crosses the starting line (completes the ring), 1 additional turn is added and the value of all Prize Nodes is increased by +3x.
• If a player completes a move on a node that is the start of a side ring, the next move will be made on the side ring, not the main ring.

The node indices start at 0, and the starting positions for the small rings are: 13, 19 (only if entered from 18), 34, 37. At the end of the turn, the player collects bonuses on the node. If the total amount of collected prizes exceeds the maximum win value, the game stops and the maximum value is awarded. Prize node values ​​are accumulated; when the game ends, this amount is multiplied by the Total Bet and paid as a win. When a number is hit, it is added to the total. The initial Prize nodes have the following values: x1, x2, x3, x4, x5, x6. Landing on a regular Drakkar triggers any function. Landing on a Golden Drakkar triggers only one of the permanent functions or the Raid on All function. Nodes with functions choose and apply one of the following functions:

• Cash Prize: x15-x30 added to winnings.

• Reward: Multiplies the value of 2-4 Prize Nodes by 2.

• Permanent Reward: Same as Reward, but triggers after each turn.

• Treasure: x3-x5 added to each Prize Node value.

• Permanent Treasure: Same as Treasure, but triggers after each turn.

• Plunder: x75-x125 added to 2-3 Prize Nodes.

• Permanent Plunder: Same as Plunder, but triggers after each turn.

• Re-Supply: A horn icon is added to some Prize Nodes.

• Boost: The value of the collected winnings is added to several Prize Nodes.

• Raid: The value of the next 4 Prize Nodes is added to the collected winnings.

• Raid on All: The value of all Prize Nodes is added to the win.

Buy Bonus

Players can pay x30 to buy the bonus game with the trail by setting the desired bet size. RTP of the Buy Bonus option: 96.0%

RTP

Expected return is the player’s return, which is calculated based on a large number of spins made by many players over a long period of time, this value is not affected by the player’s strategy. The average return to player percentage is 96.0%.

Max Win

The maximum win in the game is x5500 times the bet. When the maximum win exceeds this amount, the free spins end and a win of x5500 times the bet is awarded. The game round ends when the maximum win is reached. This rule applies to any additional free spins or features.

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