Legacy of Gems Blitzways

Play'n GO built Legacy of Gems Blitzways around its own take on variable-ways mechanics rather than licensing Megaways, continuing a line of bespoke systems that includes earlier games like Prism of Gems. The reel count here shifts between 2 and 7 rows across five reels, which pushes the number of ways to win as high as 16,807 at full height. Blitzways blends a cluster-pay approach with the reel-based system: any three or more matching symbols landing on neighbouring reels form a win from any starting position, and cascades then clear those symbols and drop fresh ones into the gaps.

The setting is a celestial, cloud-drifted backdrop dotted with gemstones rather than anything grounded in a specific culture or era. Low-value symbols are pastel playing-card icons from 9 through to Ace, each paying 0.4x to 0.6x the stake for a full line of five. Above them sit four coloured gems — amethyst, emerald, amber and sapphire — worth 1.5x to 7.5x for a full line. A multicoloured hexagonal diamond acts as the wild, substituting for every paying symbol, while a red gem set inside a golden flower serves as the scatter that opens the bonus round.

Wilds in this game aren't dealt directly onto the reels; instead, one is placed into a random position within a winning cluster whenever a cascade happens, and every extra time a wild takes part in a combination, its multiplier climbs by one. Free spins begin once three scatters land, awarding 8 spins to start and dropping a wild randomly onto the grid before the round gets going. Those wilds stick in place for the rest of the round, and their multipliers keep climbing with every winning combination they help form. Further scatters landing mid-round add more spins, with the round able to stretch to 46 in total.

High volatility here reads as 7 out of 10, hit frequency comes in at 3.87 out of 5, and the maximum win climbs to 20,000x the stake. RTP defaults to 96.2%, with four lower configurations available down to 84.2% depending on the operator. Betting runs from $0.10 to $100 a spin.