Dragon Reborn Pokies
Mythical beasts, magic potions and warriors are all featured on the Dragon Reborn video pokie by EGT, that lines these symbols up for some of the top wins in the game and comes with bonuses like free spins, wild substitutions and the Jackpot Cards progressive round that’s carried across all games from this popular developer.
Set against a backdrop that looks straight out of Lord of the Rings, the symbols spin down 5 reels and are arranged in 3 rows, while 20 paylines run across the game from the left side. It’s a conventional layout, but the high quality of the images makes it compare very favourably with similar games, although EGT have chosen to fill much of the reels with the usual playing card symbols.
In the base game, winning lines are created whenever matching symbols stop across any payline in an unbroken row from the left side, and the more reels filled by the line, the bigger the payouts, and when wilds and scatter symbols turn up, gamblers can get treated to extra rewards.
Playing Dragon Reborn
Because all 20 lines are permanently active, the low limit stake has been set at 0.20, so anyone feeling cautious may want to test the game before playing for real money, and most online casinos offer free Dragon Reborn video pokies for just that reason.
A pay table gives prospective players a chance to review the features and what they can expect to win. Although playing card symbols are used to fill out the lower-value end of the table, they have been designed to look vaguely draggony, and fit in with the overall design quite well. The J pays out the smallest wins, returning 5, 15 or 50 coins when landing on 3, 4 or 5 connected reels across a line, and the A is the most valuable card symbol, being worth 10, 25 or 150 coins for the same combinations.
A green jewel and the potion are both worth 15, 40 or 200 coins and then we move up in value to an elaborately sculpted horn, sword and shield and what we can only guess is a witch, but a very attractive one, who pays out 25, 75 or 1000 coins. The warrior in his armour is the most rewarding standard symbol and only has to be on reels 1 and 2 to pay out 10 coins, while a full run of 5 is worth 2000.
Dragon Reborn
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Bonus Features
We haven’t seen a dragon yet, so here he is, well a close-up view of his eye anyway, which is a wild symbol. Although it only appears on the middle 3 reels, and therefore isn’t worth anything on its own, this symbol has the power to act as any other if it can then complete a winning line, or stretch a line of 3 matching symbols across to the fourth reel as well.
It won’t be able to replace the scatter symbol, which looks like a dragon encased in an amber egg, as this is there to trigger a free spins bonus game that comes with a unique way starting. If 3 or more scatters appear in any places at once, players are taken to a second screen where they need to click on a series of egg symbols, revealing a playing card symbol within each.
These fill up counters to one side, and the number of spins, plus a bonus wild that will be in play during them, depends on which symbol counter gets completed first. If 2 of the J symbol were found, players get 10 spins, and the J is an extra wild, while 15, 20 or 25 spins begin if the Q, K or A counters are first to be filled up, and the respective symbols are additional wilds in the round.
Other Features
EGT pokies all give players the option to gamble any win below a certain value, and if taken, they need to correctly pick if a playing card will be red or black, while the Jackpot Cards progressive round is another universal feature that can be triggered at any time.
In this round, players need to click on 12 face-down playing cards and once they have found 3 of the same suit, they win the progressive prize shown above the reels that corresponds to it, from the small Club award to the much bigger Spades jackpot.
The Verdict
It’s a shame there aren’t more dragons in this pokie, as any online gambling players looking for big scaly beasties is just going to see an eye and their eggs, but looking beyond this, it’s a decent enough game, particularly when the free spins bonus begins, as those extra wilds can really heat up the reels.