Wildest Gambit

Wildest Gambit: Slot Overview

One of the most adventurous families you're ever likely to come across while utilising the services of an online slot are those intrepid Wildes. Rich Wilde has been around for years, his daughter Cat has hopped around the place, and even the black sheep of the family, Gerard, has racked up a few stamps in his passport. Here today, the trio of intrepid explorers have banded together to star in Wildest Gambit, an online slot that sees players visiting 4 exotic world destinations, with various combinations of features active in each, primarily revolving around wild symbol use and a 'book of' expansion symbol free spins bonus.

Play'n GO starts the game off with a neat little animated intro to whet players' appetites - both for gambling and for adventure. Rich and Cat dangle from an aeroplane Gerard is piloting while the engines blaze dangerously, giving Wildest Gambit a fun B-movie vibe from the outset. The background visuals depend on which location the action is currently situated in, displaying anything from a step pyramid of Peru, the snowy desolation of southern Chile, to the temple surroundings of India. Players can nip between spots by clicking on the map icon at the top right of the screen. Egypt is locked at first, but how to stumble into the land of the pharaohs is covered in more detail below.

At the beginning of their game (or during), players select a stake of 10 c to $/€100 to set the adventure in motion. Hitting the spin button activates a 5-reel, 3-row gaming grid, where 10 paylines are used for evaluating winning combinations. With a maximum RTP of 96.2% (be on the lookout for lower return values), Wildest Gambit is a medium-high volatile game.

Rock cut 10 to A royals are Wildest Gambit's lower value lot, paying players 2 to 3 times their bet for a 5 matching symbol combination. 7.5x to 25x is paid for hitting 5 books, bags, or compasses, while a 5 OAK combination made up of the Gerard, Rich, and Cat symbols pay 100 times the bet. Wilds are Wildest Gambit's main features, so they get their own special spot in the next section.

Wildest Gambit: Slot Features

Wildest Gambit starts with access to 3 locations - Chile, Peru, and India. Players can choose to move between locations, and each one has its own lead feature and support feature. Once free spins have been triggered in all 3 locations, the 4th location of Egypt is unlocked and may be selected.

Wilds

Wilds substitute for all symbols except the scatter and have unique features that can be upgraded. They appear on reels 2, 3, and 4. Multiplier wilds may land with values of x2, x4, or x8 when part of a win. Expanding wilds expand to cover the entire reel, while sticky wilds become sticky and grant a respin. If additional sticky wilds land on a respin, an extra respin is awarded.

Locations

• Chile - In this location, Rich leads with the multiplier wild feature, bringing values of x2, x4, or x8. Cat is in support with a chance to upgrade these to expanding wilds. If Cat triggers an upgrade, multipliers are counted after expansion.
• Peru - Cat leads this destination with the expanding wild feature. Gerard upgrades with a chance to make the wilds sticky with a respin. When an Expanding Wild lands, it expands to cover the whole reel. If Gerard's upgrade feature activates, the expanded wild becomes sticky, and a respin is granted. New wilds on a respin expand, become sticky, and extra respins are awarded.
• India - In this location, Gerard leads with the sticky wild feature. Rich by upgrades with a chance to apply multipliers to the wilds. Sticky wilds trigger respins, as covered above, and if Rich's feature activates, multipliers are applied to wilds for the duration of the respins.
• Egypt - This destination is unlocked when free spins have triggered in all of the other 3 locations. Here, Rich leads with the multiplier wild feature, supported by Cat's expansion feature and Gerard's sticky feature.

Free Spins

The Phylactery of Ra symbol is the scatter. Landing 3, 4, or 5 scatters triggers 8 free spins, as well as a cash payment of 5x, 25x, or 125x the bet, respectively. One pay symbol is randomly chosen to be the special expanding symbol, which expands after regular wins have been awarded and pays from all positions, if by expanding it will create extra wins. The special expanding symbol pays from adjacent and nonadjacent reels. Hitting 3 or more scatters retriggers the feature. Depending on which destination the feature is triggered from, the relevant lead and support wild features are always active.

Wildest Gambit: Slot Verdict

Family reunions have the potential to trigger all sorts of emotions and reactions. Buried grievances come to the fore, friendships are reignited, bonds strengthened. The last time we bumped into Gerard Wild, he was regarded as the black sheep of the family and, as such, had set off to reclaim honour for the Wilde family name. Gerard's Gambit, like Wildest Gambit, was a travel slot boasting a ton of different levels to visit. Ten, to be precise, though levels did crossover, using the same locations at times. While the travel list was large, the modest winning potential took some of the wind out of the game, which by the end had started to fizzle.

No such case with Wildest Gambit's 20,000x the bet winning potential, though, providing a sizable pot of gold at the end of the journey for the luckiest of participants. Not bad features to sample along the way, though nothing amazing either when viewed individually. Wilds, wild multipliers, expanding wilds, 'book of' chosen symbols, that sort of thing. Nothing to complain about for sure, but nothing that dazzles like a Phylactery of Ra would. Just to be clear about this leading and supporting feature thing. None of the three characters actually do anything. As in, you don't have expanding wilds symbols in view, then land a Rich symbol who then adds multipliers to them. Basically, random wilds hit, and wild upgrades may or may not trigger, that's it. Takes some of the magic out, perhaps, but this system can work pretty dramatically.

So, those Wildes ay, they end up in all sorts of planetary places. Some of the places they explore in Wildest Gambit are spots that don't often show up in slots. Well, Chile is pretty new. The same can't exactly be said for a lot of Wildest Gambit's features, but it's hard to argue with their theoretical potency should they choose to pop in combination with each other.