Merlin's Magic Respins Introduction
Merlin's Magic Respins is a quirky new pokie from Next Gen Gaming starring everyone's favourite fictional wizard. With its wide range of prizes and unique gameplay features, this is definitely one of our more novel free pokies, and there's also a mobile version available. Layout This game has five reels and four rows which are arranged in a 5x4 configuration, and there are 50 fixed paylines.
There are a total of eight symbols, consisting of magical objects along with playing card values such as 'A', 'K' and 'Q'. Six of these are regular sorts that award prizes to players for successful three-, four- and five-of-a-kind adjacent symbol matches from left to right. The remaining two are special - wilds and scatters - that provide additional bonuses.
Prize Table
The most valuable regular symbol in the game is the mysterious-looking chalice. Finding five of these will award a top prize of 500 coins. Next up is that staple of all respectable wizards, the book of spells. This magical book is worth a slightly smaller amount, with a maximum prize of 300 coins available for instances of five of them appearing on the reels.
At the other end of the spectrum are the playing-card symbols, which represent the lower-value prizes. The least valuable of these is the humble '10' symbol, which is only worth a total of 50 coins for a five-reel match. Not to worry, though, as with 50 paylines always in play and a host of bonus features, these smaller wins may well add up in a very big way.
Bonus Symbols
True to its name, Merlin himself appears in this game as a special wild symbol. This means that it can be used to substitute for any other symbol except for the scatter as part of a winning combination. Finding the famous wizard also comes with a reward as well, with prizes ranging from 25 for matching three to a massive 1000 coins for matching five.
However, it's worth noting that although Merlin symbols only appear on reels two, three and four in the regular game, during the wild re-spins feature it instead appears on all reels. The second special symbol is the golden cauldron, which appears only on reels two, three and four. This is a scatter, and as such gives prizes for appearing on the reels in any configuration, regardless of paylines and orientation.
Finding the maximum three symbols will award two coins, which are then multiplied by the main total bet. In addition to awarding coins, the scatter symbol can also be used to unlock this pokie's bonus free spins round. Finding all three scatters on the reels will trigger the round, where players get seven free spins. This feature can also be re-triggered by finding additional scatters for even more chances to win.
All free spins are played using the total bet of the game that initially triggered them.
Re-spins
A meter at the side of the game adjusts the optional superbet. This unlocks a number of the titular re-spins, during which Merlin appears to turn various symbols wild, alongside stacked wilds.
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