Twenty of the world's biggest Rugby playing nations have convened in England this autumn to contest the 2015 Rugby World Cup.
Holders New Zealand, hosts England, Australia, Ireland, South Africa and Wales are among the favourites to take the Webb-Ellis Cup and Rugby lovers across the globe are readying themselves for six weeks of Rugby mania.
The great news is however, if you are a slots fan, you don't have to miss out on all the Rugby themed fun thanks to Microgaming's perfectly timed release of Rugby Star slot.
The basics of the slot are that it is one of the in-vogue 243-ways to win slots containing 5x3 reels and players can get the reels in action for as little as 0.50 per spin. Set against the backdrop of a huge, fan-packed and floodlit stadium, Rugby Star Slot certainly helps bring the ‘game for hooligans, played by Gentlemen' into the spotlight.
Of course, the stadium backdrop is not the sole reference to the game of Rugby on the slot. The reels are packed with a large number of rugby symbols and its pleasing to note that for once, the traditional playing card low symbols have been booted into touch and instead, all symbols on the reels refer to the game itself.
So what are represented across the reels? Well teams from countries that have traditionally been the hotbed of Rugby Union are well represented on the reels with players from the three Southern Hemisphere teams to win the competition, New Zealand, South Africa and Australia well represented. There's also an English player, what appears to be a Wales player tackling what appears to be an Argentine opponent.
These are not the only symbols on the reels however as some of the most iconic pieces of equipment are also found on the reels. That includes a rugby skull-cap, a stadium, a pair of rugby boots and perhaps most appropriately of all, the Webb-Ellis Cup itself.
So now we know what is on the reels, how does the slot play?
Well the first thing to note is that you can play for as little as 0.50 a spin up to a maximum of 50.00 per spin, which means that players of all bankroll sizes can afford to play. There's nothing groundbreaking in that of course, but it is always good to see a slot where the wager can be scaled significantly based on the individual needs of the player.
When the reels are spinning, the first thing you'll notice is that there are a number of features in operation on the slot from the base game. The first of these is that the in game Wild symbol, the Rugby Star logo is stacked across reels 3, 4 and 5 which will help you achieve a winning payline when landed.
It won't take you too long to hit a winning payline on the slot and when you do, you'll then notice the second feature in operation on Rugby Star and that is the Rolling Reels feature. This feature means that when a winning payline involving any number of symbols is achieved, including Wild symbols, the winning symbols will disappear and new symbols will ‘roll' down the screen from above.
Of course, this means that you can then trigger additional winning paylines when these new symbols appear and once again, if this happens, the winning paylines will disappear and new symbols will replace them. This keeps happening until no more winning paylines are present on screen.
This is a particularly great feature when you hit a line of Wild symbols on reels 3,4 or 5 and if you can land several stacked Wilds, even when the three wilds on screen disappear, more will drop down to replace them giving you the potential for many more big money wins, especially if you have multiple wilds on screen at the same time.
Another great base game feature is the brand new Wild Pass feature. When this randomly triggered bonus occurs, up to two reels in the game will turn completely wild from reels 2, 3 or 4. Not only that, but this bonus also guarantees you a win and if you land the right symbols on the non-wild reels, that could be a very large win indeed.
Of course, no modern Microgaming slot is complete without a free spins round nowadays and that is certainly the case with the Rugby Star slot. Land three, four or five of the rugby ball scatter symbols and you will trigger 15, 20 or 25 free spins.
During free spins the Rolling Reels feature is still in operation, which means that a winning free spin can award multiple wins as the new symbols drop into place. As this happens, you can increase the size of the multiplier available for the win from 1x the win up to a maximum of 10x the win.
Land the right symbols at the right time and you could be taking home a jackpot of 120,000 coins, that's not too shabby a prize for even the most high profile of rugby's superstars.
The base game wins are generally more modest, but the good news is that with this being a generally low variance slot, players do tend to win relatively frequently and that ensures that even with a smaller bankroll, you can still play for a good number of spins in a session and not eat into your bankroll too much.
There's lots to like about the Rugby Star slot and it certainly plays very well. If I have one niggling complaint it is that reels 3 and 4 always seem to turn Wild immediately after you click the button, only to then run out and be replaced with three other symbols. It's a small niggle but it can be frustrating to see this on every spin.
Other than that Rugby Star certainly tries its best to succeed and it certainly achieves that goal. So what are you waiting for?
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