A Case of Riches

Theme and Design

A Case of Riches has a very distinctive atmosphere, invoking the 20^th century London streets of Sherlock Holmes, with a backdrop of a dark alleyway surrounded by looming buildings and a night sky just visible through the gaps. The look is completed by an ornate reel set, with a kind of Victorian styling, and iconic sleuthing symbols on the paytable. The soundtrack wouldn’t sound out of place in an Agatha Christie movie, whilst our Holmes-like hero wears a typical deer hunter hat and smokes the classic pipe. It’s fun but won’t appeal to all slots fans out there.

RTP and Variance

Riddle Reels has 5 available RTP settings – 96.22%, 94.75%, 91.51%, 87.72% or 84.47%. Whilst most slot sites will run the game at the higher settings – usually 96.22% or 94.75% - some will choose lower. I recommend you check the RTP on loading up the game before you spin to make sure you get value for money. For this review I checked the RTP at several sites we use to test games and found it to be running at 96.22% at Barz Casino from White Hat Gaming.

Riddle Reels is also a medium variance slot so it will provide a fairly even distribution of wins, and that is certainly how it played out in testing.

Maximum Win

The maximum payout for Riddle Reels is 5,000x. That is not bad for a mid variance game. If you want a higher payout you could try Raging Rex 2 (30,000x) or any in our list of slots with the highest maximum wins.

Symbols and Paytable

Riddle Reels plays on a 3 reel and 3 row grid with 9 paylines. Whilst the paytable values don’t look that big, keep in mind that you have plenty of multipliers to help increase their value.

There are 8 symbols in total. The low paying ones are the weapons represented by a noose, a hammer, a dagger and a pistol. They are valued at from 0.4x for 3 nooses up to 1x for 3 pistols. The premiums are the characters: a woman in purple, a man in green, a lady with golden hair, and a man with a cane. These are valued at from 2x for 3 of the woman in purple up to 12x for 3 of the man with the cane.

Look out for the Wilds as well – there are 2 of these – the regular wild, and multiplier wilds (2x and 3x). They can substitute for all the other pay symbols to complete paylines. And of course, if a multiplier wild is included, its multiplier value is applied to the total win. If you’re lucky enough to hit more than one multiplier wild, the value is combined for even bigger wins with a maximum 27x multiplier available (3x3x3).

Features and Gameplay

Wilds and Re-Spins make up the features in the base game but where Riddle Reels gets really interesting is in the bonus round where your luck and sleuthing skills combine to help you unlock a potentially huge Mega Spin!

Base Game Re-spins

Re-spins are triggered by landing TWO magnifying glass scatters in the base game. The scatters are held in place while the other reel spins. If you hit another scatter, you’ll trigger the Case of Riches bonus feature, otherwise a separate Mystery Feature will begin. Here, the 2 locked scatters transform into ONE random symbol from the paytable then duplicate on their reels. Depending on what is on the third reel, this may trigger further wins.

Case of Riches Bonus Sleuthing Game – Bring Your Magnifying Glass!

The main event is the Case of Riches bonus. This is activated by hitting 3 scatters in the base game or during a re-spin.

The aim here is to solve a murder mystery! The round is set up like a board game with 14 spaces on it, you roll the dice and Sherlock Holmes moves around the board to solve clues. You get four rolls of the dice and each clue awards a free spin with a modifier.

The modifiers available are:

• All low payer weapons transform into the same weapon type
• All premium suspects transform into the same suspect type
• One reel is GUARANTEED to be wild
• Or … no modifier is awarded

After each clue is solved your free spin plays out with the modifier. Also, there is a clue meter with 4 places on it at top right of the screen. If you fill the clue meter from your trip round the board during your 4 spins then you trigger a Mega Spin.

If you don’t fill up the clue meter you get another crack at it with ONE MORE SPIN. Here, you spin a wheel and if the pointer lands in the right area, then a Mega Spin is granted. If not, then you return to the base game.

Mega Spin Feature

The Mega Spin feature gives you 1 free spin with either a wild reel or multiplier wild reel, while the other reels are filled with a suspect or weapon. This increases your chances of scoring a big win.