Towering Pays Excalibur
Welcome to Towering Pays Excalibur, with 6 different features, awarded by a Feature Wheel.
ABOUT THE GAME
Towering Pays Excalibur is a slot game with Towering Pays™ "stage play" system.
HOW TO PLAY
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Spin Button - Places a bet then spins the reels.
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Balance Meter - Display the player's current balance.
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Win Meter - Display the current win amount.
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Total Bet Meter - Display the total wager staked.
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Info Button - Display info pages.
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Autoplay Button (if available) - Opens Autoplay configuration window where the player can select the desired number of autoplay and start autoplay.
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Stop Autoplay Button (if available) - Stops autoplay. Number of autoplays remaining will be shown over the button.
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Stop Button during Spin (if available) - Stops reel animation spin.
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Stop Button during Autoplay (if available) - Stops the autoplay.
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Autoplay Meter (if available) - Display the player's current autoplay remaining. Number of autoplays remaining will be shown over the meter.
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Bet Settings Button - Opens Bet configuration window, where player can select the desired bet amount.
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Game Settings Button - Accesses the game settings, with sub-menu controls for Sound and info button.
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Sound Buttons - turn sound On or Off respectively.
RULES
Wild
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King Arthur is Wild and substitutes for all other symbols except Excalibur, Shield and Feature Wheel.
Symbols Pays
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All symbols pay Left to Right only, except Feature Wheel and Shield, which pay Any.
Excalibur Magic
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Excalibur appears on reels 1, 2 and 3 in normal play, Lancelot and Merlin features.
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Excalibur appears on reels 1, 2, 3 and 4 in Arthur and Camelot features, other than in the Camelot 5x8 game grid.
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Excalibur may appear on all reels in the Camelot feature 5x8 game grid.
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All Excalibur reel positions change to the same random symbol (excluding "Feature Wheel" symbol), if any appear after a spin.
Quest Bet Option
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A Quest Bet of 15 units may be played to enable a Hold & Spin feature.
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Excalibur may change to Shield symbols, if the Quest bet is played.
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The Hold & Spin may be triggered by any Feature Wheel, or from Excalibur Magic, where 6 or more Shield symbols occur.
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The Quest Bet is incrementally multiplied by any incremental increases in the base wager.
Stage Play
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The game begins in a 5 reel, 3 row grid ("5x3"), with 15 paylines.
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Whenever Excalibur appears in at least one position of each reel that has Excalibur symbols (other than in Win Spins), play progresses to the next stage.
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Each stage adds 1 additional row and 10 extra paylines.
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Stage progression continues in this manner until there are 5 reels and 8 rows in play ("5x8 grid").
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Stage Play is reset at the end of the Avalon Feature.
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Symbols on additional rows only become enabled on the next spin of the game reels.
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Each bet level has independent progression through stages.
Prize Multiplier
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A prize multiplier may occur on any winning spin.
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The maximum prize multiplier is x2, x3, x4, x5, x7 or x10, in the 5x3, 5x4, 5x5, 5x6, 5x7 or 5x8 game grids, respectively.
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Prize Multiplier only applies to line wins from the current spin, and is not applied to features triggered from that spin.
Feature Wheel
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A Feature Wheel feature is activated when the Feature Wheel symbol appears in the active grid on reels 1, 3 and 5.
Normal game Feature Wheel
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The first Feature Wheel will award a better feature wheel, the Lancelot free spins, or a number of Win Spins (or a Hold & Spin, if playing the Quest Bet).
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The second Feature Wheel, if activated, will award a better feature wheel, the Merlin free spins, or a number of Win Spins (or a Hold & Spin, if playing the Quest Bet).
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The third Feature Wheel, if activated, will award the best (fourth) feature wheel, the Arthur free spins, or a number of Win Spins (or a Hold & Spin, if playing the Quest Bet).
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The fourth Feature Wheel, if activated, will award Camelot free spins, or a number of Win Spins (or a Hold & Spin, if playing the Quest Bet).
Free Spin Feature Wheel
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All Feature Wheels will only award a number of Win Spins (or a Hold & Spin, if playing the Quest Bet).
Win Spins
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On each Win Spin, Excalibur will cover the reels 1, 2 and 3 in the current grid, while reels 4 and 5 then spin.
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Excalibur Magic then activates to award a guaranteed win per spin.
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Win Spins grids do not increase.
Avalon Feature
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The Avalon Feature is triggered when Excalibur appears in at least one position on each of reels 1, 2 and 3 in the 5x8 grid, in normal play.
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The first Avalon Feature Wheel will award the second feature wheel, or the Lancelot or Merlin free spins (or a Hold & Spin, if playing the Quest Bet).
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The second Avalon Feature Wheel, if activated, will award the third feature wheel, or the Merlin or Arthur free spins (or a Hold & Spin, if playing the Quest Bet).
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The third Avalon Feature Wheel, if activated, will award the best (fourth) feature wheel, or the Arthur or Camelot free spins (or a Hold & Spin, if playing the Quest Bet).
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The fourth Avalon Feature Wheel, if activated, will award Camelot free spins or a Hold & Spin feature, if playing the Quest Bet.
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The fourth Avalon Feature Wheel, if activated, will award Camelot free spins or Camelot free spins and a 200x Bet bonus, if not playing the Quest Bet.
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Stage Play is reset at the end of the Avalon Feature.
Free Spin Feature Play
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The feature awarded commences after any Excalibur Magic.
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All features award 6 free spins and start play in the 5x3 grid.
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All features are played at the bet of the triggering game.
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1 extra free spin is awarded whenever Excalibur appears in at least one position of the active grid on each reel that has Excalibur symbols.
Lancelot Free Spins
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6 Free Spins, during which a prize multiplier may occur on any win.
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1 extra free spin is awarded whenever Excalibur appears in at least one position of the active grid on each of reels 1, 2 and 3.
Merlin Free Spins
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6 Free Spins, during which a prize multiplier is guaranteed to occur on any win.
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1 extra free spin is awarded whenever Excalibur appears in at least one position of the active grid on each of reels 1, 2 and 3.
Arthur Free Spins
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6 Free Spins, during which a prize multiplier may occur on any win.
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Excalibur may appear on reels 1, 2, 3 and 4.
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1 extra free spin is awarded whenever Excalibur appears in at least one position of the active grid on each of reels 1, 2, 3 and 4.
Camelot Free Spins
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6 Free Spins, during which a prize multiplier may occur on any win.
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Excalibur may appear on reels 1, 2, 3 and 4, except in the 5x8 grid.
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1 extra free spin is awarded whenever Excalibur appears in at least one position of the active grid on each of reels 1, 2, 3 and 4, except in the 5x8 grid.
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Excalibur may appear on all reels, in the 5x8 grid.
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1 extra free spin is awarded whenever Excalibur appears in at least one position on each reel in the 5x8 grid.
Hold & Spin
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The Hold & Spin is triggered when 6 or more Shields appear anywhere from Excalibur Magic.
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The Hold & Spin may be triggered from Feature Wheel features, when playing the Quest Bet.
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3 re-spins are awarded, with any triggering Shields held in position.
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Only Shield symbols are active symbols on the game grid during re-spins.
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Re-spins are played in the current grid, if triggered from a Feature Wheel or from 6 Shields in Excalibur Magic.
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Triggering more than 6 Shields from Excalibur Magic increases the re-spin grid by 1 row for every Shield over 6, to a maximum of the 5x8 grid.
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All additional rows start with no Shield symbols in place.
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The grid returns to the current stage progression at the end of the Hold & Spin Feature.
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Shields appear on 6 random positions in the current grid before re-spins commence, if triggered from a Feature Wheel.
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Feature Wheel, awarded from a Hold & Spin feature plays any Hold & Spin then awarded in the 5x8 grid.
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If a new Shield appears in a spinning position, it is held for the remainder of the feature and the number of remaining re-spins resets to 3.
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At the end of the re-spins, all prize values displayed on the Shields are awarded.
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Shield symbols may show a Feature Wheel, which will spin and award a feature after the end of the Hold & Spin Feature.
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A Bonus of 1000x Bet is awarded if all active grid positions have been filled by Shields during re-spins.
Other Rules
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A Bet of 25 units buys the paylines in each given stage, with prizes x1.
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Incremental increases in bet proportionately increase the prizes.
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Prizes are multiplied by Bet increment only (Quest Bet is not applied to any prize).
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If multiple features trigger simultaneously, Hold & Spin features are played first, followed by Feature Wheel features, then any grid expansion.
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Feature Wheel features triggering after a Hold & Spin use the original stage grid.
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All features occur after normal wins are paid.
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Wins on different lines are added.
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Highest win only on each line.
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Malfunction voids all pays and plays.
RETURN TO PLAYER
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The Theoretical Return to Player across all stages is: 95.6% when not playing the Ante Bet.
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The Theoretical Return to Player across all stages is: 95.6% when playing the Ante Bet.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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Pressing the Space bar will initiate Spin.
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If your game is interrupted during play, you may replay the game round after restarting the game within hour/hours after interruption. After that time, any winnings from an interrupted game will be added to your account. If you choose to skip the replay, your win will be added to your balance immediately.
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In any situation where the replay functionality is not sufficient, please contact the support team of your gaming website.
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In the event of malfunction of the gaming hardware/software, all affected games, bets and payouts are rendered void and all affected bets are refunded.
RANDOMISATION
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The reels are spun with a fair and equal chance for each stop position by a certified random number generator. For more information, visit http://www.yggdrasilgaming.com/en/about-us
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This is game rules version 6, dated January 17, 2022. To make available any previous version, please use the contact form at http://www.yggdrasilgaming.com/contact
The maximum win from a single game is £250,000 or 10,000xBet - whichever is reached first (or currency equivalent. Other Operator limits may apply).
Last modification date: 7/14/2022