Dwarf & Dragon: Slot Overview
Thanks to books like The Hobbit, dwarves and dragons don't typically get along overly well with each other. One finds and hoards riches within the bowels of the earth; the other takes it by force, then has a good long nap on top of it. Not always, though, if Dwarf & Dragon by Pragmatic Play is any guide. In this online slot, the two entities appear to get on quite well with each other, as they front a slot delivering split symbols, wilds with multipliers, and a free spins round, which can be bought.
In this fantasy world of make-believe, players are joined by a dwarven character on one side of the screen, happily holding a precious gem, while a dragon resides on the other. Technically, the dragon sits on both sides of the screen as its tail wraps around one edge of the gaming grid, his head on the other. At first glance, Dwarf & Dragon produced quite an amiable atmosphere. Nothing spectacular, but, you know, kind of fun-minded. Indeed, as the review unfolded, fun and well-crafted but sort of unspectacular felt like an apt way of summing Dwarf & Dragon up on the whole.
That game grid wrapped between the dragon of the tale contains 5 reels, each reel holding 4 rows and providing 1,024 ways to win. Winning combinations start on the leftmost reel and carry on across at least 3 adjacent reels. Pragmatic Play has rated Dwarf & Dragon's volatility 5 out of 5, making it highly volatile, while its default RTP comes in at 96.59% when betting 20 cents to $/€240 per spin.
Dwarf & Dragon has nine regular pay symbols available in single or split states. From low to high, they are green, blue, purple, yellow, and red gems, followed by maps, picks, dynamite, and lanterns. Landing 5 OAK winning combinations pays 1.25 to 25 times the bet, and whenever a split symbol appears in a winning line, it multiplies the total win by x2. Also present on reels 2, 3, and 4 is Dwarf & Dragon's wild symbol which substitute for all symbols except the scatter.
Dwarf & Dragon: Slot Features
Dwarf & Dragon's features are wilds with multipliers, a bonus buy, and free spins where nothing special apparently occurs. At least, nothing is mentioned in the paytable.
Wild with Multiplier
On any spin, all wild symbols that land may carry a random multiplier of x2, x3, x5, or x10. The split wild symbols can have a random multiplier on each side. Multipliers apply to all winning combinations they are part of. Multiple multipliers in the same win add their values together.
Free Spins
Landing 3, 4, or 5+ scatter symbols triggers the bonus round, awarding 10, 15, or 20 free spins, respectively. During free spins, landing 2, 3, 4, or 5+ scatters awards a further 3, 10, 15, or 25 free spins, respectively. Oddly enough, there was nothing mentioned in the payable that anything new or special occurs during free spins.
Buy Free Spins
Players may buy the free spins feature for the cost of 100x the bet, causing 3, 4, or 5 scatter to land and trigger it. The RTP when buying free spins is 96.55%.
Dwarf & Dragon: Slot Verdict
Dwarf & Dragon provided an enjoyable time, boasting more ticks in the pro column than the con, but it wasn't a Pragmatic Play slot that blew doors off. It felt like there was something lacking in order to really do so. What's here is well balanced, however; can't fault it too highly, yet the knockout blow, which might have pushed Dwarf & Dragon over the edge into wow territory, was lacking. Or at least, the one-two combos Dwarf & Dragon does pack lacked the full power to really do so. The main head-scratcher was how nothing was mentioned in the game info about free spins offering anything special or anything not already found in the base game. Perhaps a higher frequency of split symbols or wilds with multipliers appear during the feature; it's anyone's guess at this point? The ambiguity makes buying free spins a ponderous proposal.
In saying all that, Dwarf & Dragon is capable of knocking out wins as high as 14,000x the bet using the tools it has. So, the game's split x2 symbols, 1,024 ways, and wilds with multipliers can step up in the right situation. It looks nice as it steps, too, Dwarf & Dragon oozing the Pragmatic Play sheeny outer coating we've come to expect. In addition, the unlikely duo of dragon and dwarf make for amiable companions while the reels spin. These are small things, perhaps, yet little touches are part of the reason why Pragmatic Play slots get so much affection from a wide swathe of the online gambling community.
In the end, after bashing away beneath the ground in search of precious materials, Dwarf & Dragon turned out a fairly respectable performance. It didn't seem like an instant Pragmatic Play classic, but players who like the studio's trademarked glossy appearance and clever, if not razor-sharp, features should be able to get a kick out of Dwarf & Dragon.
It might not come across as an instant Pragmatic Play classic, but players who like the studio's trademarked glossy appearance and clever, if not razor-sharp, features should be able to get a kick out of Dwarf & Dragon.
