Lion's Hoard

Get ready to roar into action with Lion’s Hoard, the new online slot from Red Tiger Gaming that was released on 12 October 2021. Venture into a gilded hall and unscramble ancient mysteries to leave with treasures that are guarded by ferocious beasts. If you can claim the top prize, you’ll leave with a very healthy x8160.

Slots from Red Tiger Gaming often feature a Chinese theme, especially when lions are involved, such as Lion Dance. However, Lion's Hoard is a departure from their norm, with a game design that hints at an ancient civilisation that may be long lost and has considerable riches to offer. If you prefer a more traditional view of lions on the savanna, take a look at titles such as Silver Lion from Williams Interactive instead. 

Once you're ready to begin the gameplay, you'll find a 5x4 grid that includes 20 paylines. The min bet is ideal for low rollers at just 0.10, increasing to 10.00 for a max bet. For high rollers chasing the big payouts, the limits may be a bit disappointing. However, with the top payout of x8160 and a high volatility, there's the chance to collect some big prizes. 

Lion’s Hoard takes place in a dimly lit chamber with gold as far as the eye can see. Towering inscribed pillars, golden statues and piles of golden coins on the floor glitter under the light of the four flaming torches. At the top of the board are four carved lions, teeth bared, providing a frisson of danger to the play.  

To get a payout, you'll need to match a minimum of three symbols across an active payline. The low-value symbols are represented by jewelled card suits: clubs, hearts, diamonds and spades. At the higher end of the paytable, the premium symbols are made up of a collection of precious items, including a ring, sword, shield, helm and crown.  

In addition to all the regular symbols, there's a rather majestic golden wild that can substitute for others to create winning lines more easily. 

There are no progressive jackpots included in Lion’s Hoard, but there are still plenty of other bonuses to bump up your payouts.  

The main features in this slot centre around collecting diamonds. Look closely at the lions above the reels, and you'll notice that each one has diamond-shaped holes. When you land white diamonds on the reels, they are collected by each respective lion. When you have filled all four holes on the lion, the reel transforms into a Diamond Reel. All of the reels can collect white diamonds apart from the centre reel.  

When a reel changes into a Diamond Reel, all of the symbols are replaced by locked Mystery Stones. These change into a random symbol on every spin but won't be revealed until all the other reels have stopped spinning. The Mystery Stones will remain on the board until they have been used in a win, after which time they will reset, and you can begin collecting white diamonds again.  

More than one reel can be transformed into a Diamond Reel at a time. All of the Mystery Stones on every reel will have the same random symbol on each spin.  

As the white diamonds appear over the top of a symbol, they can continue to appear during Mystery Stones. All diamonds on a reel collected over and above the completed set of four create a multiplier that increases with every further diamond collected. This will also reset after a payout.

On the centre reel, the Blue Diamond is the special symbol. You only need to land one, and it will instantly fill all the White Diamond holes in the lions. If they are already full, the multiplier will be increased by x1. 

If the Mystery Stones reveal wilds at any time, they will be replaced by the Super Wild symbol. This is a mega-sized wild which fills the entire reel which remains active until used in a win. 

Lion’s Hoard is exactly the type of slot that Red Tiger excels at creating, and they've pretty literally struck gold with this winner. It may not be crammed with lots of complex features, but the bonuses crop up regularly and provide a sense of growing achievement, even when you're not winning. With high volatility, the potential for big money payouts is real, but why not play online at PartyCasino and find out for yourself? There’s a whole heap of gold just waiting to be won.