El Paso Gunfight xNudge

Theme and Design

NLC love their Wild West slots as we know from the Deadwood and Tombstone series. There is plenty of legend to mine here and lots of dark tales to tell too. The El Paso gunfight is an infamous event in outlaw history, a gun battle from 1881 which saw four men slain, earning it the title, ‘Four Dead in Five Seconds’!

In true NLC style, the crackling atmosphere of the wild west has been recreated with sharp illustrations, against the backdrop of a soundtrack that includes gunshots sound and shattering liquor bottles. In fact, one of the most exciting aspects of this slot is the soundtrack, which is reminiscent of the music from the iconic spaghetti Western ‘The Good, The Bad and The Ugly’ written by Ennio Morricone’. In short, the atmosphere here is top level and more than a match for the high stakes action that unfolds on the reels.

RTP and Variance

There are two RTP rates available for El Paso Gunfight – 96.06% and 94.24%. For the best chance of a positive return on your wagering you want to play at the higher rate. However, many casino operators will run the game at 94.24% to improve their house edge. You can check the rate wherever you play by opening the game rules page from within the game then scrolling down until you see RTP. We recommend playing at MrQ from Lindar Media which consistently runs NLC slots at optimum RTP rates.

You can play this game at either of TWO volatility settings – High or Extreme. Use the bar above the reels to make your choice. Either way, be ready for a rough ride. This one can burn your balance fast. It actually has a pretty decent win rate – 28.48% according to the game page on the fan site – but we can assume that most will be small in size, with a lot of RTP saved back for big moments in the bonus rounds.

Maximum Win

The top win from a single spin here is 44,440x. By any other studios standards that would be high, but for NLC that’s mid-range. It’s still a very decent potential but you can find much bigger in our list of NLC slots with highest max wins.

The max win here has a name – 6 Feet Under. If you hit that number you’ll see a graphic with a gravestone to let you know before returning to the base game.

Symbols and Paytable

There are two reel configurations for El Paso Gunfight. It’s up to you which you play on. The first, a high volatility configuration – is 4-3-3-3-2. The second, the extreme volatility setting is 2-3-3-3-4.

This is a win ways game – so wins are triggered by landing identical symbols on adjacent reels from left to right starting at the left most reel. It doesn’t matter which row they land on.

That gives you 216 win ways.

However, when landing Deputy and Marshall badges at the same time the reels open up to. 4-3-3-3-4 configuration to create 432 win ways (4x3x3x3x4).

There are 9 symbols in the pay table. The low value ones are the cards, 10 through to Ace, valued at from 0.08x for 3 10s up to 1x for 5 Aces. Premiums are the 4 gunfighters - Marshall George Campbell, John Hale, Constable Krempkau and an unnamed Mexican bystander. These are valued at from 0.28x for 3 bystanders up to 6x for 5 Campbells.

Lawmaker, Dallas Stoudenmire features as Wild symbol which substitutes for all pay symbols to complete win ways.

Features and Gameplay

Wilds and xNudge Wilds light up the base game in El Paso Gunfight but it’s really the free spins round that you want to trigger. Here is how it all works.

Stoudenmire xNudge Wilds

xNudge Wilds are a trademark NLC feature. In this case they are represented by the Stoudenmire Wild, stacked 3 rows high on the middle 3 reels. When they land they always nudge up or down until they are completely visible. Each nudge increases their win multiplier by 1x

If more than 1 xNudge Wild forms part of a win then the multipliers are added together before being applied.

Deputy and Marshall Raids

When Deputy Badges appear on the reels, ALL instances of the lower value pay symbols are transformed into one single low value symbol chosen at random.

And when Marshall Badges appear on the reels, so ALL instances of high value icons on the reels are transformed into ONE high value icon chosen at random.

At the same time, when BOTH badges appear, the reel set transforms to a 4-3-3-3-4 layout and all low value symbols transform into the same low value symbol and all high value symbols transform into the same high value symbol. AND both badges turn wild.

NOTE: The difference between the two volatility levels in this game is because in the high setting the Deputy appears on reel 1 and the Marshall on reel 5. In the extreme setting the Marshall appears on reel 1 and the Deputy on reel 5.

4 Dead in 5 Seconds

This neat feature only triggers if you land all 4 premium character symbols AND Stoudenmire on one spin in the base game. Then, a re-spin is granted in which Stoudenmire expands to cover ALL THREE middle reels with his multiplier active for any wins.

THREE Free Spins Rounds

There are 3 free spins rounds in El Paso Gunfight, triggered by landing combinations of skull scatters and badges.

Gunfight Spins

Landing 3 scatters will trigger 8 Gunfight Spins. You can choose which reel configuration you want to play on again at this point for high or extreme volatility.

When the round begins then the scatters that triggered it transform into Jumping Wilds, which move across the screen on each spin landing on a different position each time. If these Wilds land on a Stoudenmire Wild, his multiplier is doubled.

NLC say it takes 245 spins on average to trigger the free spins rounds. So be ready for a long wait!

Deputy or Marshall Gunfight Spins

If you land 3 scatters plus a badge in the base game, OR a badge in the Gunfight Spins, then you’ll get 9 Deputy or Marshall Gunfight Spins.

Now, the same rules apply with Jumping Wilds. However, in this case, badges that land are sticky for the rest of the round.

Drunken Gundfiguth&r Spins

Finally, this free spins round is triggered by landing 3 scatters AND BOTH badges in the base game, OR by landing both badges during Gunfighter Spins.

Now, the game opens up to the 4-3-3-3-4 layout and each scatter AND badge that triggered the round (5 in total) become Jumping Wilds. And if a Jumping Wild lands on a Stoudenmire Wild then the Stoudenmire Wild multiplier will double and it will become sticky for the rest of the round.