Introduction to Penguin Dynasty
Penguin Dynasty is a casino slot from LeoVegas Studios where you need to unite the tribes to survive the cold winter. This game is heavily influenced by the Chinese Dynasty, which lasted for thousands of years, splitting the country into various kingdoms or states under monarchs. The Dynasty era ended in 1912, following the 1911 Revolution, which led to the establishment of the Republic of China. This long and slightly complicated history has then been taken by LeoVegas Studios and turned into a theme, but replaced with, well, penguins, as they just seem not to get enough of animals in their games, as seen with Where Pigeons Dare, Capybara Carnival, and more. Even so, to survive these cold winters, the tribes have to unite, and the only way is to do what we do best, hit wins, as thanks to the Cascading Reels, we can fill out the Tribe Meters to get Modifiers such as Transforming Symbols, Wilds, and Multipliers, and this is what the gameplay loop mostly follows. There is also a bonus game in the form of Free Spins, but to be honest, it doesn’t do a whole lot more than just help you keep Multipliers up so you can reach the max win of 5,000X the bet.
Learn how to unite and survive in a Penguin Kingdom, with non-stop Cascades and many Modifiers to help you hit bigger wins. If you want to have a few spins for yourself, then don’t miss out on the Penguin Dynasty demo.
Theme, Gameplay & Payouts
Penguin Dynasty is a video slot by LeoVegas Studios with 7 Reels, 7 Rows, and uses Scatter Pay mechanics, needing 8 or more of the same symbols anywhere on the reels to form a win. You can choose between making a Min.bet of 0.1 and a Max.bet of 100. Penguin Dynasty comes with a lower-than-average RTP of 95.46% and high volatility, where big spikes of wins can happen and help you hit the max win of 5,000X the bet.
The game is set at a castle deep in the snow-covered mountains, which is where the three generals have gathered to discuss strategy and unify for survival in the harsh winter. These three generals sit to the side of the playing grid and will help you trigger the Tribe Modifiers as you hit wins. You can play the game on most notepads, mobiles, and desktops.
The lower-paying symbols are three colored gems, ranging from yellow, red, to blue. Landing a win with 15 or more of the same symbols will pay out 2X the bet. The lower- to medium-paying symbols are the blue fan, the red drum, and the yellow horn. Creating a win with 15 or more of the same symbols pays out 5X the bet. The medium- to higher-paying symbols are the blue sword, the red medallion, and the yellow bow. Landing a win with 15 or more of the same symbols will pay out 10X the bet. The highest-paying symbols are the blue general, the red general, and the yellow general. Creating a win with 15 or more of the same symbols will pay out 100X the bet. There are also two types of Special Symbols, those being the Wild and Scatter Symbols.
Special Features & Mechanics
What is the max win in the slot Penguin Dynasty?
You can win up to 5,000X the bet.
What features are available in the slot Penguin Dynasty?
The features are Wild Symbols, Cascades, Tribe Modifiers, Free Spins, Feature Buy, and Ante Bet.
Wild Symbols
Wild Symbols help form winning combinations by being able to substitute for all symbols except Scatter Symbols, however, Wilds can only show up by the Blue Tribe Modifiers.
Cascades
When a winning combination happens, the symbols part of the win will get removed from the playing grid, with additional symbols falling down from above, with the chances of forming new wins. This will continue until no more wins are made, thus ending the spin.
Tribe Modifiers
During each spin, after a win occurs, the number of symbols that took part in the winning combination will be collected in their associated Tribe Color Collection. After collecting a total of 20 of the same colored symbols in the same spin, you will trigger a Tribe Modifier, and they are as follows.
Yellow Tribe Modifier = After triggering, the Yellow General will appear and highlight all symbols of a certain color, transforming them all into random symbols of another color.
Blue Tribe Modifier = After triggering, the Blue General will appear and add up to 3 Wild Symbols onto the reels.
Red Tribe Modifier = After triggering, the Red General will appear and slash the reels, revealing a Multiplier between 2X and 500X. If the Red Tribe Modifier is triggering again on the same spin, the next Multiplier will be added onto the existing one.
Free Spins
Triggered by landing 4, 5, 6, or 7 Scatter Symbols, you will be awarded 10, 12, 15, or 18 Free Spins. During the bonus game, the Red Tribe Collection Meter does not reset between spins, and you can retrigger the feature by landing 4, 5, 6, or 7 Scatter Symbols, again awarding you with 10, 12, 15, or 18 spins.
Feature Buy
You can instantly enter the Free Spins bonus game by using the Feature Buy, but at a price based on the current bet.
80X = Triggers the Free Spins.
Ante Bet
By turning on the Ante Bet, you increase your chances of landing Scatter Symbols, but at the price of increasing your current bet by 20%.
Final Thoughts on Penguin Dynasty
LeoVegas Studios has yet again delivered on an animal twist on a rather common theme, this time being Chinese History, and we can’t really fault them, as it always somehow works out, as seen in the previously mentioned Where Pigeons Dare. Why we bring this game up again is that, if you’ve played it before, you can kind of see how there’s a surprising amount of similarity in these games; however, we have to preface that they’re not copies of each other. Both games are themes from history, specifically military history, but replaced with birds, and both games are centered around their Cascades and Win Bonuses, where we previously saw the Pigeon Modifiers, and now the Tribe Modifiers. Both of them surprisingly work well and are fun little twists on most games, even though gameplay-wise, we’ve seen similar concepts. But let us move over to the gameplay section to really dive into the features.
As usual, we start with the stats, and also, as usual, we have another LeoVegas Studios release with a lower-than-average RTP of 95.47%, which we wish was a bit better, and coupled with this, we have a max win of 5,000X the bet. Here, the gameplay loop is basically the same in the base game as it is in the bonus game, that being, all about chaining wins through the Cascades and getting Tribe Modifiers to keep the streak going or make bigger and better wins. We have to say that these Tribe Modifiers can sadly be a bit hit or miss, as sometimes they don’t really lead into much, but whenever you hit that lucky spin with multiple triggers, they can really help a win grow. Then we have the Free Spins feature, which, apart from being able to give quite a lot of spins, will only keep the Red Tribe Collection from resetting between spins, which isn’t anything crazy, but can give some solid multipliers. All in all, Penguin Dynasty is a fun and simple game that plays smoothly, but it can be hard to start up cascading streaks with big wins, hence making the game quite volatile. If you want to try out the game for yourself, then be sure to check out the Penguin Dynasty demo.
Penguin Dynasty is a slot about birds and Chinese history, coming with Cascading Reels and Tribe Modifiers to keep the wins flowing.
