Legion Gold and the Sphinx of Dead

Theme and Design

Legion Gold and the Sphinx of Dead is a great-looking game combining two much-loved themes in the online slot world – Ancient Egypt and Ancient Rome. The setting is the Egyptian desert with pyramids and temples forming the backdrop. But there are also Roman soldiers helmets scattered on the ground and on the reels alongside famous Egyptian god symbols and Sphinx sits a Roman soldier as the wild.  Artwork is a high quality and if you enjoy these themes you’ll like the execution here.

RTP and Variance

Legion Gold and the Sphinx of Dead has 5 RTP rates, giving your casino operator ample room to play with the house edge and squeeze more revenue out of your spins. The rates are 96.25%, 94.25%, 91.25%, 87.25% and 84.25%. In our experience, UK slot sites are more than willing to run slots at lower settings, some even as low as 84.25%, so it’s worth checking wherever you play to be sure you get good value.

Perhaps the best option is to play at MrQ from Lindar Media whose policy is to always run slots at the maximum RTP. But wherever you play you can check the RTP yourself by hitting the ? at the bottom of the game screen then scrolling the rules until you see Return to Player.

This is a medium variance slot so the volatility is less harsh that in other Play n Go slots. Expect a relatively even win distribution.

Maximum Win

Perhaps because of the dialled-down variance Legion Gold and the Sphinx of Dead has a rather modest max win of 3,000x. If you find that to be too underwhelming but want to stick with Play n Go, try our list of their highest max wins slots with games topping out at 50,000x.

Symbols and Paytable

Legion Gold and the Sphinx of Dead has a straight-forward 5 reels, 3 rows and 25 paylines set up. Wins are triggered by landing 3 or more identical symbols on a row from left to right, starting at the left most reel.

There are 8 pay symbols to win with. Low values ones are the cards, J, Queen, King and Ace, valued at from 0.2x for 3 Jacks up to 2x for 5 Aces. The premiums are the dog, the crocodile, the tiger and the pharaoh. These are valued at from 0.4x for 3 dogs up to 20x for 5 pharaohs.

Wilds, which substitute for all pay symbols except the scatter to complete paylines, also have a pay value of 1x, 10x or 20x for 3, 4 or 5 on a line.

Features and Gameplay

There are just two features in Legion Gold and the Sphinx of Dead – a Hold and Win round and a free spins round. This is how they work.

Gold Re-Spins Hold and Win Round

You’ll notice gold coin symbols dropping on some spins. If you land SIX on one spin then you’ll trigger the Hold and Win feature which follows the classic format for features of its type.

You start with 3 re-spins. Each time a gold coin lands on a re-spin the counter re-sets to 3. The total value of coins visible on the reels pays out when the round ends. If you fill all the reels you get a 1,000x bonus payout.

Watch out as well for the Gold Coin Chest which collects up all visible coin values on the reels if it lands. This can happen multiple times on a single Hold and Win round. This is a really powerful way to boost your total payout from the feature.

Mega Free Spins With Mega Symbols

The free spins round is called the Mega Free Spins and it’s not complicated.

You need 3 scatters to land to trigger it. Then you get 5 free spins where a Mega 3x3 symbol will be randomly added to the reels, moving with each spin. If you land a Mega Scatter symbol during the round, it extends by 5 spins.

And if you get lucky by landing a Mega Gold Coin watch the coin split into 9 separate coins to trigger the Re-Spins feature.