Rich Wilde and the Shield of Athena is a new online slot with 5 reels and 10 paylines powered by Play’n GO. This is a fifth installation in the Rich Wilde series, and it invites you to join everyone’s favorite archeologist and his daughter on this new, mythical adventure that is taking you to take on the vicious Medusa. The dreaded and fearsome adventure starts right here for fun, or at any Play’n GO Casino for real.
How to Play Rich Wilde and the Shield of Athena Slot
If you want to minimize the chances that the venomous Medusa turns you to stone, you need to set your bets.
- Quick Betting Panel will help you to increase and decrease your bets.
- Hit Spin and get the reels moving once the bets have been chosen.
- Choose the number of automated spins with no interruptions by hitting the Au¬top¬lay¬.
Slot Features
Rich Wilde is the Wild symbol in the game that can substitute for all the symbols in the game, except for the Scatter. Cat Wilde, Rich’s daughter, is the Scatter symbol that can trigger the Free Spins bonus round if you land at least 3 of them anywhere on the reels.
Shield of Athena & Medusa Respins
The Shield is a powerful symbol that can turn Wild on any spin, and it can also trigger the Medusa Respins feature.
When the Shield turns Wild and locks in place with any wins, you will get awarded with 1 respin. Wilds and winning symbols will award additional respins. Rich Wilde turns into a Shield during the feature, and Cat Wilde cannot appear during Respins.
Meduza’s Gaze Free Spins
Landing at least 3 Cat Scatters on the reels will trigger the feature. The number of spins will depend on the number of triggering symbols. Consequently, you can win 10, 12 or 15 spins. Medusa Respin can be triggered during the Free Spins round, and the feature itself can be retriggered if 3 or more Scatters land on the reels during the Free Spins. There is no limit to the number of retriggers.
Summary
Rich Wilde and the Shield of Athena looks amazing, but none of the games from this series ever looked bad. The gameplay has nothing special nor groundbreaking to offer, but it still well-though out and nicely crafted. It is a highly volatile slot with 96.25% RTP and maximum payout capped at x10000. It’s time to meet the family! Join Rich and help him and his daughter in this mission.
Shield of Athena is another new release from Play'n Go with 10 paylines and 5 reels. Rich Wilde is always in the mix somehow when it comes to Play'n Go and when you hear that name, you should know it is a highly volatile slot, with a lot of dead spins. I am sure you guys felt the wrath of Book of Dead, where you can go 400 spins without a bonus feature.
This slot has a mythical adventure theme. Symbols on the reels include the royal card deck symbols and you will find Owls, Coins, Helmet which are the higher paying symbol. Rich Wilde and Shield Athena both act as wild symbols, however, the Shield of Athena symbol activating randomly and substitute. Getting 5 of a kind active Shield or Rich Wilde symbols will award x1000 your total bet.
Shield of Athena feature kicks in randomly on any spin when landing on the reels provided it creates a win. The winning combination holds still on the reels and searches for more of the same symbols. The respin feature continues until no more extra symbols creating a different winning line combination lands on the reels.
The lady coming in similar form like the Wild symbol act as scatters and 3 of them will award 10 free spins. During free spins Shield of Athena respins is active on any spin once the Athena symbol lands on the reels and creates a winning combination. Note that different symbols can substitute on the same re-spin, and you aim to get many wilds for bigger wins.
I am a big fan of Play'n Go, however, this slot is highly volatile for me. Too many empty dead spins and triggering the free spins feature takes forever just to pay x5 or less your total bet. I guess you need a lot of luck in this, however, I will rather take my chances with Book of Dead instead.