Night has fallen over a Chinese lakeside village, with paper lanterns hanging from blossoming branches and pagoda roofs glowing in the distance. In the middle sits a compact reel frame wrapped in jade columns, each one coiled by a golden dragon. The credit meter opens at 100,000.00 and the bet at 2.00, which is the stake all the prizes in this review are measured against.
Theme and Gameplay
Good-luck charms fill the reels. A grinning golden cat waves a paw, a bright koi leaps from a blue wave, a red lantern shows the fortune character and a bundle of firecrackers hangs from a tassel. Rounding it out are a jade disc, a red envelope, a pink peach and a large red seven.
Slot Features
Wild symbols can appear on every reel in the main game, and they stand in for all other symbols apart from the bonus coin. Three wilds on a line pay 100.00 at the 2.00 stake, matching the red seven. Right behind come the gold ingot at 60.00, the cat at 40.00, and the fish and lantern at 32.00 each. The jade disc, envelope and firecrackers pay 8.00, and the peach is the lowest at 2.00.
The bonus symbol is a round coin in copper or gold, and it lands on the second reel only. In the base game these coins pay nothing, so they only matter if you collect three of them in the middle column, which launches the Bonus Game. Those coins stay locked where they fell, and the round begins with 4 respins. All coin values on the board go into a total win field.
Each time a new bonus symbol lands during the respins, the counter jumps back to 4, and the value of every coin on the screen is added again to the total. The bonus goes on until the respins are used up. That reset rule is the heart of the feature.
Now and then a special coin with a green dragon and diamonds can drop in during the bonus game. These pieces are listed as big wins worth between 100 and 500 times your total bet; ordinary coins in the examples show values such as 4.00 and 8.00.
RTP and Win Potential
The paytable states a 96% return. Hits are simple to follow, with a single feature doing most of the work. Judge the potential by the coin values and the 100 to 500 times dragon coins.
My Thoughts On This Slot
It is an old-school format dressed up with lovely festive art. The respin reset keeps the bonus tense, and the rules fit on one short screen. It will feel thin to anyone wanting free spins, a buy feature or cascading wins, and with every coin tied to a single reel, long stretches without any bonus are easy to imagine.