Jason and the Golden Fleece Pokies
Based on the Greek myth of Jason and the Argonauts, this pokie comes from the famed Microgamiing developer and features an amazing array of bonus games that are related to the story, as well as some generous payouts in the base game.
The myth says that Jason went on a quest to take the Golden Fleece from a dragon, encountering various nasty characters such as ship-wrecking sirens and bronze baddie Talos along the way. Jason would re-claim the throne of Iolcus if he was successful, while players of the Jason And The Golden Fleece pokie can claim loads of bonus wins if they are successful in lining up the right symbols and making the right choices on this 5-reel 25-payline game.
Sailing to the Reels
This game has a style that’s fairly typical of Microgaming pokies, with comic book graphics that fall somewhere between cartoons and realistic drawings. It’s probably suitable for the subject matter, as it’s a reasonably dramatic story, with a soundtrack to match the theme.
Behind the reels is an animated ocean scene, with the deck of Jason’s ship, the Argo in the foreground. A stylised series of control buttons are below the reels, and players use these to adjust their wagers from as 0.25 to as much as 1.00 per coin and 10 coins per line. As all 25 lines are automatically in play, this makes the maximum that can be staked per spin 250.00, for a pretty good bet range that should suit most players.
Symbols are all related to the theme, with the lowest value being the city of Iolcus. When 3 examples land across a line, running from the left reel, players get a prize equal to 8x the coin value per line, while 4 of them pays 15x and if it lands right across all 5 reels, the prize is 50x.
Jason and the Golden Fleece
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Other symbols at the lower end of the scale include the castle of Mysia, the treacherous cliffs of Symplegades, the Sirens who drive sailors mad with their singing and the dragon Colchis who is worth 15x, 50x and 150x the coin per line amount when 3, 4 or 5 land across a line.
Higher value symbols are the ship, the crew of Argonauts, friendly centaur Chiron, the love-interest of Medea and Jason himself who is worth 50x, 500x and 2000x when landing in the right places.
Added to the basic symbols, we have the Jason And The Golden Fleece logo which is a wild, substituting for others to help make winning lines, while also doubling the value of any prizes it creates this way. On top of that, it works as a scatter symbol, triggering a free spins round whenever it lands in 3 or more positions on the reels after a spin.
10 free spins will then play out, during which any wins will be tripled in value. That would be all for many pokies, but Jason And The Golden Fleece is just getting started, as the fleece itself is a second scatter symbol that sets sail on Jason’s Quest whenever 3 or more land at once. Once it has paid out a scatter win, the Quest begins with players shown a map that has 6 different games along the path.
The more times the Quest is triggered, the further along the map players will travel, unlocking new bonus rounds as they do so. At stage 1, players are shown 12 shield symbols, from which they need to pick 6, revealing mystery bounties that can add up to 15,000 coins.
The next stage sees 4 elements that players can pick, including a win multiplier which will boost the value of any found so far, while at stage 3 they can pick an item and then decide to keep it or gamble it for a new one that may or may not be worth more.
Stage 4 takes place on the Wheel of Talos, which players spin for a guaranteed prize. Extra spins can be awarded for even more bonuses. Next up is the Sirenum Card Bonus, which is a hi/lo card game with the fourth card having an extra bonus with it.
Lastly, players get to the dragon itself. This bad guy never sleeps as it guards the fleece, so players have to select ingredients for a sleeping potion and the longer it’s knocked out for, the more they will win.
A Hit or a Myth?
This is an action-packed pokie that’s just right for a story of adventure and legend. The bonus games can be a little tricky to trigger, so getting to the end of the quest could take a while, but even so, Jason And The Golden Fleece has enough free spins and multipliers to make this a high quality game.