Merlin: Journey of Flame

Merlin: Journey of Flame is a fantasy slot where the young wizard Merlin searches an enchanted swamp lake for a dragon egg, wakes it, and faces a trial by fire. It was released on July 13, 2023, and you can play the free demo with no sign-up.

What is the story of Merlin: Journey of Flame?

It’s the story of Merlin setting out to find a huge dragon egg and getting swept into a trial by fire the moment he wakes it with a spell book. Opening Merlin’s spellbook reveals a structure where matching 3 or more colored rune symbols pays out. The mood ties in with the King Arthur legend lineup from Play’n GO slots. The mysterious setting of a swamp lake and dragon egg is also worth a look.

What are the wild and scatter symbols?

Merlin is a high-paying symbol, and the dragon egg acts as the wild. The cracked version of that egg, the scaled hatched dragon egg, is the scatter. Since the same egg splits into wild and scatter depending on its state, it’s important to tell the two shapes apart on screen. To avoid mixing them up with the wild egg, it helps to learn both shapes in the first few spins.

A sixth reel gets added in free spins?

When Merlin collects 3 or more hatched dragon egg scatters, you get up to 8 free spins, and a sixth reel is added. With one more reel, there’s more room for expanding symbols to fill winning conditions. With the extra reel, special expanding symbols cover multiple reels, raising the chance of big wins. The number of spins isn’t large, so every single spin carries more weight.

How do the special expanding symbol conditions differ?

Before free spins start, one special expanding symbol is chosen at random, and when it wins, that symbol expands. High-paying symbols like Merlin, the staff, the potion and the spell book expand with two or more reels, while the low-paying rune symbols need three or more reels. So landing a high-paying symbol builds real anticipation. The moment you find out which symbol was chosen is the most thrilling part.

What should I look at first in the free demo?

RTP is 96.29% and the max win is 7,500x. There is no official volatility figure, so get a feel for it in the demo. It’s worth comparing which special expanding symbol is chosen in free spins, and how different the results are with high-paying versus rune symbols. Take a look at the Gamble Spell feature too. Bonus buy isn’t available, so free spins only open through scatters.

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