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John Grochowski
Behold the Troll King and his hall of great treasures in the 5-reel, 20-payline Hall of the Mountain King video slot from Quickspin. You can take a spin on this medieval-themed game from any device and enjoy win-boosting features such as stacked wilds, multipliers and a lucrative free spins round where symbols and wilds are amped up with whirling wilds added to the reels.
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The Multiplier Meter feature is triggered as soon as you land a winning combination. For every win you are assigned a multiplier value (indicated in the multiplier meter on the left) which is determined by the number of wilds that are involved in your win. For 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 wilds, you will get 1x, 2x, 3x, 4x or 5x multipliers respectively. In addition, the wilds appear stacked, so bigger multipliers can be applied to your winnings!
You enter the free spins round when you land 3 or more Troll King Hammer scatter symbols on the 3 middle reels. Free spins are awarded in 3 different stages, each with its own unique feature:
Stage 1 - Symbol Upgrade feature
Whenever you hit a winning combo, the Troll King proceeds to break one of the blocks in the upgrade meter shown to the right of the screen. The low value royal symbol is then removed from the reels and replaced with stacks of high value troll symbols for bigger payouts. The Troll King can also break the bottom of the multiplier meter, so upgrading ALL multipliers – pushing their potential to 15x.
Stage 2 - Whirling Wild Collection feature
During stage 1 when a Whirling Wild block in the top block has been smashed, the Whirling Wilds inside the block are collected above the reels. You can collect up to 6 of these in total. As in stage 1, multipliers can be enhanced to 15x,
Stage 3 - Whirling Wild Drop feature
The final leg of the free spins round is accessed once the top block has been smashed in stage 2. Now all the Whirling Wilds you have collected are randomly dropped onto the reels for 3 free spins.
Hall of the Mountain King is visually pleasing and highly entertaining. We particularly like the Multiplier Meter feature as it can give you big wins in the base game as well as in the bonus rounds. The hero of the game is definitely Stage 3 of the Free Spins feature as the wilds really magnify your winning potential - especially if you're lucky enough to get the 15x multiplier! This high-volatility slot carries an RTP of 96.29% and offers max wins of 7326x your stake on each spin / free spin that involves the top multiplier.
John Grochowski has been one of the world's most prolific casino writers since launching a weekly Gaming column in the Chicago Sun-Times in 1994. He writes about all casino games, but is widely recognized as a top slot machine expert through his work in Strictly Slots magazine and his "Slot Machine Answer Book." John is a career journalist who spent 29 years on staff at the Sun-Times after stops in the Chicago suburbs and in Colorado Springs, CO. As a gambling writer, he has written both for players and for casino industry professionals in magazine and online articles that number in the thousands.
John has had six books on gambling published, including the four-book Casino Answer Book series. Personal note: In 2000, John made it to the hot seat opposite Regis Philbin and won $125,000 on ABC's "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?"
