Rich Wilde and the Wandering City Slot Review

Rich Wilde and the Wandering City: Slot Overview

When I first fired up Rich Wilde and the Wandering City, the Patagonian setting hit me straight away. The reels sit between two giant stone guardians in a snowy valley said to hide a mythical city wedged between a mountain of gold and a mountain of diamond. Rich himself looks older and a bit more weathered than in the early outings, which fits the idea of this being one of his toughest expeditions.

Rich Wilde and the Wandering City runs on a 5 reel, 3 row layout with 243 ways to win, which gives it a different flavour to the usual book style slots. Wins land whenever matching symbols fall on adjacent reels from the left, no paylines to worry about. Visually it is classic Play'n GO work, slick animations and a cold, almost harsh colour palette that suits the frozen wilderness.

Rich Wilde and the Wandering City Slot Information

From a numbers point of view, Rich Wilde and the Wandering City sticks to the modern Play'n GO template. You get 5 reels, 3 rows and 243 ways to win, with stakes running from 0.10 up to 100 per spin, so it suits low and high rollers alike. Default RTP sits at 96.20 percent, though casinos can lower that, and volatility is rated 9 out of 10 with wins capped at 10000 times stake.

The paytable in Rich Wilde and the Wandering City follows the usual split between card ranks and theme icons. At the bottom end you have 9, 10, J, Q, K and A, paying up to around 0.8 to 1 times the bet for five of a kind. Premiums are a dagger, a golden statue, a skull and Rich himself, where a full way of Rich across all reels returns 4 times the stake.

The giant diamond in Rich Wilde and the Wandering City pulls double duty as both wild and scatter. In the base game it substitutes for any pay symbol to complete ways wins, while three, four or five diamonds in view award 10 free spins plus a cash prize of 0.8, 1.6 or 4 times your bet. Because it acts as wild and trigger, you often see it carrying quite a lot of weight in the game.

Symbols and Paytable

Symbol	Quantity	Payout
	Scatter, Wild
	5	x4
	4	x1.6
	3	x0.8
	2	x0.4
	5	x4
	4	x1.6
	3	x0.8
	2	x0.4
	5	x3
	4	x1.2
	3	x0.6
	2	x0.3
	5	x2.5
	4	x1
	3	x0.5
	2	x0.2
	5	x2.5
	4	x1
	3	x0.5
	2	x0.2
	5	x1
	4	x0.5
	3	x0.3
	5	x1
	4	x0.5
	3	x0.3
	5	x1
	4	x0.5
	3	x0.3
	5	x0.8
	4	x0.4
	3	x0.2
	5	x0.8
	4	x0.4
	3	x0.2
	5	x0.8
	4	x0.4
	3	x0.2

Rich Wilde and the Wandering City: Slot Features

Feature wise, Rich Wilde and the Wandering City keeps the base game fairly quiet, with the occasional x2 multiplier landing above reels two, three or four and applying to any win that runs through those reels, with values combined if more than one shows at once. The real action turns up when three or more diamonds drop, giving 10 free spins and a randomly chosen regular symbol that can expand, cover full reels and pay in any position whenever enough land.

Rich Wilde and the Wandering City Slot Features

For me the standout in Rich Wilde and the Wandering City is how the features hook into each other. The diamond wild keeps the base game ticking, patching up ways that would otherwise fall short, while those reel multipliers hovering above the middle three reels can swing a modest hit into something worth noticing. They are not active on every spin, but when they light up together and connect with premiums the screen suddenly feels alive.

Free spins in Rich Wilde and the Wandering City follow the book style pattern I have played to death over the years, yet the 243 ways and multipliers freshen it up. That special expanding symbol only grows when it forms a win, then fills its reels and pays like a scatter, so you do not need them lined up. Land a couple of active multipliers with a screen full of the chosen symbol and the slot shows why it carries that 10000x ceiling.

Rich Wilde and the Wandering City: Slot Verdict

After plenty of sessions on Rich Wilde and the Wandering City, I see it as a well judged twist on the familiar expanding symbol formula. The 243 ways structure and reel multipliers mean individual symbol values are on the low side, so small wins do stack up slowly, but when the features line up it has enough punch to feel worthy of the Rich Wilde name, especially for players who like high volatility and chasing big single hits.

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