Scourge of Rome

Ancient Rome, the glorious powerhouse of antiquity, often appears as the setting for online slots. With Scourge of Rome, Play’n GO takes players into the Punic Wars that featured Carthage’s most feared commander Hannibal Barca. You get to play the 6-reels lot with 4 rows and 4096 ways to win and try to score a big win.

Wins in the slot go up to 40,000x which is a very high payout potential. All interested players can play the slot for only $0.10 per spin. Game features are slim, with only Wilds and Free Spins as gameplay boosters. There’s no Buy Bonus options, but Free Spins can be easily retriggered (up to 125 Spins per round).

There’s nothing special to talk about Scourge of Rome. It’s a 6×4 grid slot with 4096 ways to win, which means you have 4096 winning opportunities if the icons land right. However, that might not be the easiest case, as the slot also relies on the 96.20% RTP, which happens to the be the industry standard.

If you want to play Scourge of Rome, you will play with the $0.10-$100 betting range. Placing bets is easy. Just adjust the bet to your liking and click on spin. As soon as you click Spin, the 6 reels will begin moving, using 4096 ways to create a winning combination on the grid. Wilds appear on the grid as the main ‘special’ icon, supported by Scatters that unlock Free Spins.

The game is very elegant in terms of gameplay. It’s clear Play’n GO opted not to overstuff the game with elements and features and instead focus on the theme. The theme is ancient Rome, or more specifically, Rome’s epic wars against Carthage and Hannibal Barca. In that sense, it’s a Roman slot that’s not following the traditional route other Roman-themed slots do which is the Colosseum-oriented games full of Roman landscapes.

The game is playable on any device both in real money mode and for free. Check out our casino recommendations to see where you can play the game.

Placing a bet in Scourge of Rome will cost you between $0.10 and $100, as per usual. If you want to place a bet and play for more than one round, feel free to turn on Autoplay. The game does not have a Buy Bonus option.

Game symbols include 11 icons, with card royals 10, J, Q, K, and A as low-rank, and some artefacts and items as high-rank. Low icons pay from 1x to 1.40x for 5 matching icons. On the other hand, weapons, amphoras, rings, and warriors and the elephant pay 4x to 20x for the same number of tiles.

The highest game payout possible is 40,000x.

The game comes with Wilds and Free Spins. The Wilds appear as Hannibal or Hannibal & Sirius Wilds, the latter being the upgraded version of the former.

Wilds & Wild Flip

Hannibal Wilds appear on the grid, and like the other type of Wilds, replaces all icons on the grid except the Scatters. If you happen to land 2+ Hannibal Wilds on a single spin (they land on all reels except Reel 1 and 6), you will activate the Wild Flip.

In the Wild Flip, all Wilds that participate in wins have a 50% chance of transforming into Hannibal & Sirius Wilds, or their upgraded versions. Hannibal & Sirius Wilds appear in Free Spins, but regular Hannibal Wilds do not.

Free Spins

Scatters unlock Free Spins. You need 3, 4, 5, or 6 Scatters to gain 10, 15, 20, or 25 Free Spins, respectively. You can retrigger the feature, which means you can get up to 125 Free Spins in a single round.

During Free Spins, Elephants are sticky. However, at the start of the rounds, some icons in the lower section of the grid become frozen. Once the round ends, they fall of the grid, decreasing the size of the grid. However, at the same time, on each round a new row is added atop the grid, which keeps the grid from shrinking too much.

Warhorn icons boost the position of Elephant symbols by moving them up by 1 position. Moreover, Warhorns also add extra Elephants to the grid so that there are always at least 3 Elephants on the reels.