Roman Chariots Pokie
Bringing the excitement of a chariot race to an online casino pokie, Roman Chariots has plenty of thrills, and the action extends to a couple of fast-paced bonus rounds, where free spins with multipliers and stacked wilds unlock additional sets of reels. Roman Chariots, by WMS Gaming, has already proved to be a hit at land-based casinos and now it’s set to repeat that success online, where the unique features and potential for high payouts should stop players roman around and send them straight to these action-packed reels.
The main section sees a 5-reel, 25 payline game that looks pretty conventional, but sitting above them, we also have 3 additional smaller sets, that also contain 5 reels each. Fortunately, everything is presented in crisp, clear graphics, so we can actually see what’s going on, but it means that it’s not mobile-optimised, as this would make the symbols simply too small to see properly.
Although there’s 20 paylines running across the game, the minimum stake of 0.30, which reflects the value of the special features. Players can raise their stakes to a maximum of 60.00 per spin, although anyone wanting to just test it out should be able to play free Roman Chariots video pokies at most online casinos.
Playing Roman Chariots
Players may also want to review the pay table before spinning the reels, and like all of the game, it’s been designed with a distinctive Roman style, where a background of decorated parchment sets the reels off very effectively. Prizes are paid out when at least 3 matching symbols land across adjacent reels on a line, running from the left side, and the smallest payouts come from the 10, J, Q, K, and A playing card icons.
Bigger wins occur when landing the crossed swords, shield, breastplate, helmet, soldier and horse symbols, with the horse only needing to be on reels 1 and 2 to be worth some coins. The dramatic picture of a chariot with a fierce Roman soldier on board is the wild symbol in this game, able to act as any standard symbol if it can then complete a winning combination.
Roman Chariots
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Supercharged Reels
The wild symbols can be stacked on a reel, and any time it fills one completely, those 3 smaller sets come into play in a Supercharge feature. Filling reel 2 with wilds adds a multiplier to the yellow set, if reel 3 is filled, then the blue mini-set gain a multiplier, and reel 4 effects the red reel set. If the green free spin symbol appears on reel 5, all 3 of the smaller sets will spin up to 5 times, and because the stacked wilds are replicated across them, this can be a very rewarding bonus game to trigger.
Multipliers of 2x, 3x and 5x will be added to any wins during these 5 spins, but of course, with all 3 sets of reels in play, in effect, players are getting 15 extra spins with stacked wilds across each. When the reset symbol appears on reel 5, any multipliers are removed, and players will need to build up from the start again.
Free Spins
A chariot wheel acts as a trigger to the free spins bonus game, which start whenever it lands on reels 1 and 5 of the main set at the same time. Although just 8 spins will play out, any wins during them will be doubled in value, while the round can start all over again if the wheel rolls into place at any point throughout them, adding 8 extra spins to the end of any still left.
There’s no reset symbol here, so players get the full quota of 8 spins, and these games are also played out on the mini-reels, so in effect, there’s 24 extra chances to land a real cash win across the 3 sets.
The Verdict
Roman Chariots video pokie games can be played at the many online casinos that use games from WMS Gaming, and its combination of an exciting theme and unique mini-reels should make it a big success wherever it is featured.
However, the very fact that it’s so unusual could be a problem, as lots of players like nice and simple games that they can just spin without having to think too much about what’s going on, and this definitely isn’t one of those pokies. Players will be wanting to keep an eye on those secondary reels and multipliers, and waiting for the free spin symbol to turn up, hopefully not until the maximum multiplier has been applied to each set.
It’s possible that only a couple of spins will play out though, as that red reset symbol can turn up at any time, so at least the main bonus game guarantees to award 8 additional spins.