Trojan Treasure Pokie
Ancient Greece is a fascinating subject and pokie developers have often themed their games around the exploits and adventures of those times.
Trojan Treasure, from Australian supplier Ainsworth Gaming, has all the classic images of helmets, chests of gold, sailing ships and the famous horse that helped to create the legend of Troy. For those who want to know the backstory, Helen of Troy ran off with a Greek prince and it all winds up with an armada of 1,000 ships attacking the city, led by Achilles, (played by Brad Pitt in the 2004 movie Troy.)
Back to the game however, and we have a 5 reel pokie where the symbols are laid out in 3 rows and there’s 50 or 100 lines running across the game, depending on where it’s being played.
We will stick to the 100-line pokie that’s found online and available by mobile app, but whichever version is activated, it’s a nice-looking game with an image of the city behind the reels to give it that classical appearance.
Playing For Trojan Treasure
Ainsworth have something of a set format for their pokies and Trojan Treasure doesn’t stray far from it, which isn’t really a bad thing, as it’s tried and tested to give players a decent selection of winning spins along with entry to a couple of fun bonus features.
With the exception of a colourful shield symbol that pays multiples of the total stake per spin when landing in any 3, 4 or 5 positions at once, wins come from lines of matching symbols stopping on adjacent reels running left to right, while a picture of the horse will act as all except the shield to complete those lines if possible.
The classic playing card symbols 9, 10, J, Q, K and A might not have anything to do with the theme, but as they will tend to create the majority of winning lines they are very welcome additions to the reels.
Symbols 9 to Q will return wins of 5x, 10x or 100x the line bet when 3, 4 or 5 appear on a line, while the K and A win 5x, 40x, or 100x for the same combinations.
The ship, warrior’s helmet, silver coin and temple are all worth more, with the most rewarding standard symbol being the treasure chest that pays 50x, 100x or 1000x the line bet.
Trojan Treasure
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Bonus Features
Although the Trojan Horse isn’t worth anything on its own, players will find they can get extra winning lines when it substitutes for other symbols, which becomes even easier to do during the bonus feature that’s triggered by any 3 or more shield scatter symbols turning up at once.
Because it’s a scatter symbol, the shield doesn’t need to be across a payline, plus it pays out multiples of the total staked on the spin, not just the amount per line. Getting 3 scatters at once equals a win of 2x the stake, while 4 of them are worth 10x and should 5 or more scatters land at any time, players win 100x the stake back.
Although just 8 free games are triggered, the wild takes on some special attributes which can make this a highly rewarding round. If it lands on reel 3, the wild will stay in place for any remaining free spins, but there’s a special wild multiplier symbol that can land on reels 2 and 4, which will also stay in position for the rest of the free round.
If the multiplier substitutes for any other symbol and becomes part of a winning combination, the value will be randomly boosted several times over, and as the spins play out with the potential for more and more of them to stick in place, it gets even easier to land win after win.
Should any 3 or more scatters appear, 5 more free spins are added on, during which it’s possible to get even more wilds and multipliers on the reels.
The Verdict
While Trojan Treasure is without doubt a nice-looking pokie, with the potential for some decent wins in both normal play and during the free spins, it’s not without a couple of faults.
The main one is that symbols are worth slightly less in the bonus games, so while it’s a case of looking a gift (Trojan) horse in the mouth, and we shouldn’t grumble about smallerpayouts during free spins, players will find that winnings will be reduced a little. Also, it doesn’t matter if players get 5 scatters or 15 at once, the maximum reward for scatter payouts is capped at 100x the stake.
Other than these fairly minor issues, Trojan Treasure is another high-quality game from one of the top developers in the business.