King Arthur Pokie Machine
While the legend of King Arthur may or may not be true, the King Arthur pokie from Ash Gaming is definitely real and although there’s no Holy Grail at the end of it, players will be able to seek out some bonus wins and multipliers, along with the potential for a 10,000x jackpot.
Mythology is a popular subject for pokie players, so it’s surprising that there are not more games themed around the adventures of Arthur and his Knight of the Round Table. This 5-reel, 20-payline pokie features Guinivere, the castle of Camelot, Merlin the magician, as well as the Grail itself and the sword Excalibur which is hanging above the reels.
Excellent graphics bring the characters to life, with images of Arthur and Guinivere to the sides of the reels and a backdrop of the castle completing the picture. Under the reels is the control panel which is used to set a bet size, with players able to activate just a single line for a 0.05 wager, or all 20 for as little as 1.00 per spin.
Line bet values can then be adjusted up to a maximum of 10.00 which gives players the option to wager 200.00 per spin, making it a good pokie for just about any bankrolls.
The colourful paytable takes players to information about how much they will win whenever 3 or more identical symbols land across an active payline, running from the left side reel. All wins are multiplied by the stake per line, with the traditional 10, J, Q, K and A symbols having the lower values.
King Arthur
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These are all richly decorated in a suitably medieval pattern, with the 10 being worth 2x, 15x or 50x the line bet when 3, 4 or 5 come to rest on an active line and the A valued at 5x, 35x and 150x for the same combinations.
Higher paying icons start with the Lady of the Lake holding Excalibur, and she pays 10x, 50x and 200x the line bet while the Grail pays 15x, 100x and 300x for lines of 3, 4 or 5.
There are 2 wild symbols in this game, both will substitute for others to help make winning combinations, doubling the value of the subsequent payouts when doing so, while also paying out some huge prizes when they make up lines on their own. Merlin is worth up to 5000x credits and Arthur pays the biggest jackpot of 10,000x when landing right across an active line.
The sword in the stone is a scatter symbol, so it doesn’t have to land on a payline to treat players to a prize, and those prizes are multiples of the total bet per spin, not just the line bet. When the scatters land, a random number of swords will be pulled from the stones and the more get pulled, the higher a multiplier win will be.
It’s a cumulative win multiplier of 2x, so no swords equals a 2x win, 1 sword pays 4x, 2 swords is worth 8x, 3 is 16x and if 5 scatters landed and all 5 swords are pulled, players win 32x the total bet per spin.
Another rewarding feature is the Camelot Bonus, which starts when 3, 4 or 5 castle symbols land across an active payline. Players will see a map with several pathways to Camelot and they start the game by deciding if Arthur should take the left or right paths for the first 2 junctions. Then, he makes random choices, picking up win multipliers along the way, with players able to gamble or collect their winnings.
The Camelot symbol will also pay out from 480x to 1600x the line bet, so even if Arthur fails in his quest, players are still given a handsome reward.
Finally, we have the Reverse Play option, which allows a small win even if no line or scatter wins occur with a spin.
Hit or Myth?
King Arthur has some interesting bonus features that can bring in some decent rewards. The basic design of the game is pretty good as well, with some well-presented images from the legend, but this pokie is more about the big potential wins from wilds, the multipliers that substitutions will bring in, and the sword in the stone scatter payouts.
The main bonus game isn’t actually a particularly high-paying round, and players will probably win more from the Camelot symbol than the bonus round itself, while gambling the wins made along the way is pretty risky and the odds of getting several correct guesses in a row are slim at best.
But anyone looking for a quality game should certainly give this one a try.