Captain More’gain

Captain More'gain: Slot Overview

Welsh privateer Sir Henry Morgan was one of the most infamous figures to sail the Caribbean Sea, and one of his most dastardly moves was giving his followers the slip to make off with most of the booty after sacking Panama. Fortunately for gamblers, they're not having a punt alongside this Captain Morgan, but a cleverly renamed Captain More'gain. This captain plays the titular role in a slot designed by software provider AvatarUX that sails a virtual sea in hopes of collecting Treasure Chest money symbols, while mixing things up with an innovative roam and respin feature.

Captain More'gain has definitely been focusing on his gym gains. Then again, they didn't really have gyms as we know them back then, so maybe it's cutlass work, and swinging from ship to ship on ropes to plunder them that buffed him up. Anyway, if pirating doesn't work out, maybe moonlighting as a personal trainer will help fill the guy's pockets with loot. As for the rest of the visuals, Captain More'gain inhabits the sort of exotic gaming world of beach, palm trees, and inviting blue water that pirate slots are in the habit of providing for gamblers' viewing pleasure.

A 5x4 gaming area is Captain More'gain's private little sea, creating winning combinations with the aid of 1,024 ways to win. Players may stake a minimum of 20 c to a maximum of $/€100 per spin in what is a highly volatile slot. An ante bet may also be activated, which doubles the chance of triggering free spins for an extra 25% added to the stake. When regularly betting, the maximum RTP of the three available models is 96.01%.

Captain More'gain's pay symbols include 10 through Ace card ranks as its low pays, then guns, message bottles, barrels, and parrots as its highs. Hitting combinations of 5 matching low pays awards 0.5x to 0.7x the stake, rising to 5x to 20x the stake for a 5 OAK premium symbol win. Wild symbols land on the reels to help complete winning combinations by substituting any regular paying symbol.

Captain More'gain: Slot Features

Captain More'gain is a money symbol collecting game operating features such as Fortune Arrows, a Fortune Collector symbol, Treasure Chests, free spins, and bonus buys.

Fortune Arrows & Collector

Fortune Arrows appear randomly on the grid to indicate where the Fortune Collector may move. When the Fortune Collector symbol hits, it awards the values of all Treasure Chests on the reels. If the position it landed on has a Fortune Arrow, the Fortune Collector moves in the indicated direction and triggers a respin. This process continues as long as the Fortune Collector is moved by Fortune Arrows.

Treasure Chests

Treasure Chests are money symbols worth 0.5x to 10,000x the bet. They may land anywhere and are collected by the Fortune Collector.

Free Spins

There was little to no info in the demo about free spins, but it would appear that hitting 3, 4, or 5 golden compass scatters awards 8, 10, or 12 free spins, respectively. No mention was made as to whether free spins behave any differently from the base game.

Xpress

Bonus buys on offer at the Xpress menu include Fortune Spins, which guarantee at least one Fortune Arrow and one Fortune Collector for 4x the bet. The bonus round may be bought as well, and the options are 8, 10, or 12 free spins for 60x, 75x, or 100x the bet, respectively.

Captain More'gain: Slot Verdict

Despite the massive popularity of money symbol collection features in the online gambling space, AvatarUX, so far, hasn't gone especially overboard with them. The studio has dabbled in the past, though, via slots like Big Catch Craze and Duck Hunt 500, but it has showered other gaming techniques with far greater love - PopWins being an obvious favourite. However, with AvatarUX being the creative crew they are, Captain More'gain operates a little differently from the bunch. The main way it accomplishes this is by using Fortune Arrows to guide Fortune Collectors around the game board, triggering a respin when it moves, hoovering up treasure in the process, should more rich stuff land. It's an interesting way of blending mechanics with sailing the open sea, if players' imaginations stretch so far.

Treasure Chests dangle a big worm to lure in treasure hunters in the form of potentially large prizes, and the biggest prize actually equals the game's max win, at 10,000x the bet. Even if the big one isn't hit, Captain More'gain's respin element is able to provide exciting repeat win action. It might have been more exciting had extra information been provided about the free spins round. Maybe Treasure Chests and Fortune Arrows land in that phase of play at greater abundance? Hard to say just by eyeballing it.

Credit where it's due, Captain More'gain serves up a measure of innovation as far as cash collecting games go, and certain gamblers may enjoy the way the collector symbol respins the board when it roams. Captain More'gain isn't the most thrilling game AvatarUX has ever produced, however, especially when put next to slots like FloridaMan or CherryPop, for instance, so it may fail to hit unless sailing the seven seas, gathering chests with a ripped buccaneer, is of interest.