Aztec Wilds

Iron Dog Studios leans on three separate wild types to carry Aztec Wilds across a 5x4 grid running tumbling reels in the mould of Gonzo's Quest, where matching symbols landing on consecutive reels from the first form a win over 1,024 ways. Low-value symbols are 9-A card ranks in tribal decoration, three coloured masks sit in the middle of the paytable, and three golden icons take the top spots — the highest, a diamond-shaped symbol, pays 8x the stake for five of a kind. Stakes run from 0.50 to 100 per spin against a medium-volatility model returning 96.2%.

The standard golden wild substitutes for any paying symbol and clears from the grid once it forms part of a win. A multi-coloured sticky wild lands only on reel three, stays in place through wins that include it, and drops with the tumble if a new winning combination forms beneath it. The third, an expanding gold "W" wild, can land on reels two through five and takes over the entire reel when it does. A meter beside the grid tracks consecutive tumbling wins, and reaching four of them in a row opens the free spins round at 14 spins; that climbs to 16 spins for five in a row, 16 spins plus a x3 starting multiplier for six, 20 spins with the same x3 start for seven, and 20 spins with the multiplier beginning at x6 once eight tumbles chain together.

Inside the free spins round, every tumble adds x1 to the running multiplier and applies it to that spin's win, though neither the sticky nor the expanding wild appear during the bonus itself. The maximum win is 6,000x the stake, with hit frequency not published for this title.