Introduction to Dynasty of Death
Dynasty of Death is a casino slot from Hacksaw Gaming, depicting an alternative story of the relationship between Hades and Persephone, which takes the form of a divine game of chess. If you're familiar with the Greek myth, Persephone was kidnapped by the king of the underworld and forced to rule over the dead along with him. But it seems like she was not too keen on spending eternity in the darkness, hence she came up with a plan to outsmart her captor and wager her freedom in a game of chess. With the power of DuelReels, she battles Hades on expanding symbols for multipliers up to x100, which can boost any combination running through them. This time, the feature additionally comes equipped with cash prizes, which can even award the max win of 12,500x the bet for a single hit. Descend to the underworld and find out who checks whom.
Should you prefer to watch the game from a safe distance, you can try the risk-free demo mode available at the top of the page.
Theme, Gameplay & Payouts
Dynasty of Death is a video slot from Hacksaw Gaming with 5 reels, 4 rows, and 14 paylines. You can choose your stake from a range of options, starting from a Min.bet of 0.1, which makes the spins particularly affordable, up to a Max.bet of 75. The math profile runs on a default RTP of 96.27%, which is in line with the industry standards, although several alternative variants of 94.29%, 92.37%, and 86.28% are also released, so make sure to check the version you're playing. You can expect more value to be distributed into big wins at the cost of their slightly lowered frequency due to medium-high volatility, while the max win available on any single round is 12,500x the bet. The base hit frequency sits at the rate of 29.1%.
Through a cluster of bricks removed from a grey wall, you enter the darkness and find yourself before the king and queen of the underworld occupying their thrones. Hades sits on the left, clad in his skull-adorned armour, while Persephone gazes at you intensely from the right, both figures engulfed in a blazing blue aura. Between them, a playing panel fitted between two lonely columns, lined with grey stone in two different shades, forming a checkered pattern. An intense, foreboding soundtrack charges the air with morbid vibes as the royal couple awaits your performance on the reels. The game's coarse, cartoony design adapts seamlessly to any modern device, so you can launch it on all desktops, smartphones, and tablets.
Winning combinations must contain between 3 and 5 matching symbols running through adjacent reels, starting from the leftmost one on any of the active paylines. The paytable hierarchy contains two groups of paying icons, with the low-paying ones represented by playing card ranks, 10, J, Q, K, and A, all awarding 1.5x the bet for a combination of 5 on a payline. High-paying symbols comprise images of a column, and four statues depicting a blindfolded woman, Cerberus, Persephona, and Hades. They bring payouts of between 3x and 15x the bet when scoring 5 of a kind. Wilds are represented by a glowing chalice, which substitutes for all paying symbols mentioned above and awards up to 15x the bet for independent combinations. VS symbols appear as a red seal adorned with 'VS' letters, while FS Scatters are depicted by a golden emblem with 'FS' letters.
Special Features & Slot Mechanics
What is the max win in the slot Dynasty of Death?
You can win up to 12,500x the bet.
What features are available in the slot Dynasty of Death?
The features are DuelReels, King’s Defence Bonus, Queen’s Dominion Bonus, Immortal Made Hidden Epic Bonus, and Feature Buy.
DuelReels
Any VS symbol that lands and can become a part of a winning combination will expand to cover the entire reel and act as a Wild. Additionally, it will display two multipliers at the top and bottom, each up to x100, which will battle each other. The winning multiplier will apply to any payline wins crossing through the DuelReel. If more than one DuelReel is part of a winning sequence, the multipliers are added together before being applied to the payout.
Each multiplier can also appear with a gold coin attached, indicating a cash prize that will be revealed if that multiplier wins the battle. The revealed prize is awarded instantly and can be worth between 2x and 500x the bet, or show max win, which will trigger the top payout of 12,500x the bet.
King's Defence Bonus
Landing 3 FS Scatters anywhere on the grid during a single spin awards 10 free spins, where DuelReels have an increased chance of landing.
Queen's Dominion Bonus
If 4 FS Scatters appear simultaneously in view, you receive 10 free spins with an increased DuelReel frequency and at least one Cash Prize on each one.
Immortal Mate Hidden Epic Bonus
With 5 FS Scatters ending up on the grid at the end of a base game spin, you win 10 free spins with two VS symbols guaranteed on every spin. Each DuelReel is also guaranteed to have two Cash Prizes attached with a minimum value of 10x the bet.
In all three modes, landing 2 or 3 FS symbols at the same time awards 2 or 4 extra spins, respectively.
Feature Buy
If you don't wish to chase after specific symbol combinations in the base game, you can make use of the Buy Bonus menu, where certain functions of the game can be triggered instantly for a fixed price that scales with your current bet.
5x = Bonushunt Featurespins with a 10 times better chance to activate a bonus game.
75x = Soulmate Featurespins, guaranteeing at least 2 VS symbols to land.
100x = King's Defence Bonus with 10 free spins.
200x = Queen's Dominion Bonus with 10 free spins.
Final Thoughts on Dynasty of Death
Death and the afterlife, regardless of the religion, seem to be subjects close to Hacksaw Gaming's heart, seeing how the studio has released multiple morbid titles over the last few years. The team has also tried a variety of angles to depict such narratives, from humorous, retro comic-style in Pray for Six to emotional and philosophical in Circle of Life. This time, you get a bit of a mixed bag, where a dark mythological story meets deliberately rough comic book graphics to depict an intense yet somewhat classy confrontation of two divine beings. In a way, this design style reminded us of Gods Go Pew Pew by Sneaky Slots, just without all the lasers whizzing around. As usual, the studio made an effort to make each of the game stages unique, from the base game where two characters await the ultimate showdown, to two separate bonus rounds, each devoted to one of the gods, and the hidden epic bonus, where... well, you'll find out once you trigger it. All in all, it's a unique mythological setting with large doses of intensity and quality visuals.
From the technical standpoint, Dynasty of Death is a textbook Hacksaw slot in its core, fueled by the power of DuelReels. However, the studio has spruced up its signature feature this time around, adding potential cash prizes to the multipliers popping up on both ends of the expanded symbol. Given the popularity of all kinds of coins with instant rewards in recent years, it may come as a surprise that we weren't served this type of fusion much earlier. Nevertheless, it adds another layer of excitement to the already attractive mechanism that has been around since the legendary Wanted Dead or a Wild release. From there, the setup pretty much follows the standard formula, with three bonus rounds that gradually increase the core feature's frequency and eventually make it guaranteed. Nothing too out of the box for Hacksaw's capabilities, but a solid and somewhat logical variation of the fan-favourite playstyle.
Dynasty of Death applies a subtle twist to its proven formula, creating an enhanced DuelReels variant that competently fortifies the familiar gameplay.
