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Understanding The Two Game Of Thrones Online Slots

Understanding The Two Game Of Thrones Online Slots

Added: May 4, 2017

This month Microgaming is releasing a new online slot game titled Forbidden Throne, which has undertones of the branded video slot Game of Thrones. Though Game of Thrones did not exploit the value of the brand to the fullest, it remains very popular at Microgaming online casinos like Royal Vegas, Spin Palace and Golden Riviera. One of the reasons for its popularity is that the slot game has been released in two different reel structures catering two a wider range of players. The first version of Game of Thrones has 243 ways to win, which leads to a lower variance and is suited to the conservative online casino players. The second version has 15 paylines on a 5x3 format. This has higher variance and is liked by the more aggressive players. Both versions are available on desktops and mobile devices.

The same set of symbols is used in both versions of Game of Thrones. The high paying symbols are the emblems of four noble families, Baratheon, Lannister, Stark and Targarten that are vying for the Iron Throne. The Game of Thrones logo is the wild symbol that appears stacked on the reels. The Iron Throne is the scatter symbol. It awards scatter payouts that are multiplied by the total bet. This symbol also triggers the free spins feature. Each noble family offers a set of free games and you can pick the one that you want. The set with the higher number of free games will have a lower payout multiplier. The emblem of each family appears stacked in its own free games.

The betting structure and payouts are different in each version of Game of Thrones. In the 15 paylines version the coin size can be varied from $0.01 to $0.10 and the number of coins per payline from 1 to 10. The total bet is the 15 times the line bet as usual. The maximum line payout is 1000 coins for five Game of Thrones logo symbols in an active payline. In the 243 ways to win format the coin size and number of coins options are the same. The total bet is 30 times the line bet, which is the practice in 243 ways to win online slots. The top payout is again awarded by five Game of Thrones logo symbols but it is only 500 coins. In the 243 ways to win format the win combinations occur more frequently and therefore the payouts are lower.