Rings & Roses Pokie
Microgaming are one of the top developers of 3-reel online pokies and among their extensive range we find Rings & Roses, a colourful game that sticks firmly to tradition by offering players familiar symbols and the potential for some nice jackpot wins.
Old fashioned it may be, but it is certainly colourful, with bright red roses against a contrasting blue background, hints of gold and nice, clear graphics. Couple this with a good bet range and some decent features for this type of game, such as wild substitutions and enhanced payouts and it’s easy to see why this is a popular addition to Microgamings’ collection.
Playing Rings & Roses
This pokie is laid out in the same way as many others from the same developer, with the left side given over to the 3 reels and their 5 paylines and the game title below them. To add some visual appeal, there’s a nice picture of some roses and a bit of information about how the game logo symbol acts as a wild.
To the right is a payout schedule which details how many coins will be won each time a line of 3 matching symbols lands across an active line, topped off with a graphic that shows how each of the lines runs across the reels from left to right and what jackpots are paid out when the logo symbol lands across each one.
Keeping up with the standard format we see the same set of control buttons used in many other Microgaming pokies below it all. Here is where players get to decide how much they want to stake on each spin.
Rings & Roses
Unable to connect to MySQL: SQLSTATE[HY000] [2002] No such file or directory
They can adjust the value of a coin from 0.25, to 0.50, 1.00, 2.00, 5.00, 10.00 or 20.00, and can play any number of lines from just a single one to all 5 for overall minimum and maximum stakes of 0.25 and 100.00. The jackpot for landing the right symbol across the 5th payline is boosted however, so unless all lines are active, players won’t qualify for it.
Players can also use Expert mode which lets them set the reels running automatically for a pre-determined number of spins, stopping when chosen win or loss limits are reached.
Symbols are all typical stuff, starting with any combination of the single, double or triple bars stopping across a line being worth 5 coins. The single on its own will pay 10 coins while the double is valued at 40 coins.
Stepping up a notch we see the triple bar icon will pay out 100 coins and then next up is the bell and that’s worth 200 coins when it fills an active line. The 7, which comes complete with a gold ring around it, is valued at 300 coins and then we get to the Rings & Roses logo symbol which has a couple of special features.
Firstly, it’s a wild symbol, meaning that it will act as any other to help complete winning combinations, so landing 2 bells and the wild for example, will count as a winning spin. Secondly, it doubles up as the jackpot symbol, with full lines of 3 wilds paying out the major prizes and the amount won depending on which payline it stops across.
The first payline that runs through the centre of the reels is worth a prize of 1000 coins, while landing it across the second line along the top part of the reels pays 2000.
The third line runs along the bottom part and getting a full line of this symbol will result in a win of 3000 coins. The fourth payline runs diagonally from the top left to the bottom right and is worth 4000 coins, however, rather than 5000x payout that would be expected if this pattern continued, players will instead get a 6000-coin win if the fifth line is filled with the Rings & Roses logo symbol.
At maximum bet that equals a win of 120,000.00.
The Verdict
Rings & Roses is a fairly typical 3-reeler from Microgaming. People are attracted to these games by their ease of play and the potential for some big wins, not by any side games or bonus rounds.
Once someone has decided that this is the format of game that they want to play, the overall design and theme can become the biggest factor in choosing which one to try out. Ring and Roses delivers pretty well and while it may not have the most macho theme, at least it’s colourful and maybe even a little relaxing to look at.