Age Of Pirates Expanded Edition Slot Review
Rain streaks a moonlit sea, a lantern-lit galleon rides the swell, and a tattered skull-and-crossbones sail hangs either side of reels framed in gilded, scrolled wood. Age Of Pirates Expanded Edition asks more patience of you than almost any slot in Spinomenal’s catalogue: it holds back its best material until you’ve triggered the bonus four separate times. What waits underneath is a 5×3 grid with 50 fixed lines, a 93.1% RTP that sits well below the modern benchmark, and a four-stage free spins journey that eventually lets you pick a favourite mode rather than take whatever comes next.
The studio’s catalogue runs deep, from Spinomenal staples like Majestic King to the Book Of Rebirth Extreme line, and this pirate outing shares their fondness for stringing features into a sequence rather than dumping them all into one round. Four modes, four triggers, and only then a choice of your own.
The Base Game on the High Seas
All symbols pay left to right on the 50 fixed lines, and only the highest win on each line is paid. Wins are multiplied by the bet per line, which you set with the plus and minus buttons before spinning; during free spins those buttons are disabled. Autoplay is on hand for continuous play, and a Turbo toggle shortens each round.
The wild counts as any symbol except the Free Spins scatter, and a full line of six wilds is worth 200x the line bet. The crew fills out the rest of the reel set, with characters and royals split across two tiers of value.
Here’s what each symbol pays as a multiple of the total bet:
- Ship: 36x, 140x, 280x, 400x for three, four, five, six of a kind
- Woman with hat / Man at wheel: 32x, 120x, 240x, 360x
- Green-haired woman / Red bandana man: 24x, 90x, 180x, 280x
- A: 20x, 60x, 140x, 240x
- K: 16x, 40x, 120x, 220x
- Q: 16x, 32x, 100x, 200x
- J: 12x, 28x, 90x, 180x
- 10: 12x, 24x, 80x, 160x
Every symbol in the game pays from three of a kind upward, so the 50 lines get plenty of small work even when the big combinations don’t arrive. Six of a kind is the ceiling for each, with stacking and expanding wilds reserved for the free spins modes rather than the base game.
Pairs of characters share a pay tier too, so the woman with the hat and the man at the wheel are effectively one symbol in two costumes. It keeps the premium end of the reel tight, and it means a mixed crew across a line still pays the same as a matching one.
Win Multiplier
While the reels spin, a win multiplier can appear. When it does, any win in that round is multiplied by x2 or x3. It only happens in the base game, and it’s a small lift rather than a centrepiece.
Because it lands mid-spin rather than being attached to a feature, there’s no way to plan around it. It simply turns a decent round into a better one when it shows, and the multiplier applies to everything the round pays, not just the top line.
The Free Spins Journey
Three or more scattered Free Spins symbols trigger the feature, and this is where the game earns its Expanded Edition tag. Rather than one bonus round, there are four consecutive free spins modes, and each time you trigger the feature you get the next one in the sequence.
Bet per line stays the same as the game that triggered it, so there’s no re-betting between modes. Play all four and you unlock the locations; after that, the next trigger lets you choose which mode to play rather than taking the next in line.
The order is fixed on the way up: Moving Reels first, then Moving Wild, Expanding Wild, and finally Extra Wild. Each mode runs on the same grid and the same lines, so the difference is entirely in how the wilds behave and what the reels do after a win.
Moving Reels
After each win, the game triggers a free re-spin in which all reels shift one position to the right and a new reel is revealed on the far left. The re-spin can re-trigger, so a winning streak keeps the reels marching for as long as the wins keep coming. Each shift brings fresh symbols onto the grid at no cost, which is where the mode’s value sits.
Moving Wild
Starting from the far right reel, each spin moves a stacked wild one reel to the left. The march across the grid gives every spin a different wild position to work around, and by the time it reaches the leftmost reel, every payline has had a stacked substitute sitting on its most valuable position.
Expanding Wild
When a wild lands here, it expands to fill the entire reel, putting substitutes across all three rows. Every position on that reel is then working for your lines, and two or three expansions in a single spin can lock most of the grid into substitute duty.
Extra Wild
While the reels spin in this mode, four to seven wilds appear on the grid, magnifying the chance to win. Only the low symbols appear during this mode, so the wilds aren’t competing with premium icons for space on the reels.
There’s no bonus buy, so the journey is the only way in, and the four-trigger commitment before you get to pick a favourite mode is a long build. The ship’s 400x six-of-a-kind remains the top stated payout on the board.
Our Honest Verdict
Overall Rating: 6.4/10
This is a game you play for the build. Most of a session is a steady 50-line grind, and the reason to sit through it is the promise that each bonus gets you one mode closer to choosing your own, which is a rarer reward than any single payout here.
The journey structure is the best thing about it: four genuinely different rounds, with Extra Wild the pick, and a final unlock that respects your time. The weakness is the price of the voyage. At 93.1% the RTP is low by any standard, the base multiplier is too small to matter, and nothing outside the bonus pays enough to justify the wait on its own.
It’s a good fit for players who like a feature that grows with them across sessions rather than repeating on day one, and the storm-lit artwork carries the quiet stretches well. Value hunters will want a richer harbour than this one; for everyone else, there’s a decent voyage in it if the tide of that RTP doesn’t put them off.
Age Of Pirates Expanded Edition FAQs
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What is the RTP of Age Of Pirates Expanded Edition?
The RTP is 93.1%, which sits well below the typical range for modern online slots. -
How many paylines does Age Of Pirates Expanded Edition have?
The game runs on 50 fixed paylines, and all symbols pay left to right on them. -
What is the grid size of Age Of Pirates Expanded Edition?
It plays on a 5×3 grid, meaning five reels and three rows. -
When is Age Of Pirates Expanded Edition released?
Age Of Pirates Expanded Edition’s release date is 10 January 2022. -
Who makes Age Of Pirates Expanded Edition?
Spinomenal, a studio with a large catalogue of slots including the Majestic King and Story Of series. -
How do you trigger the Free Spins Journey?
Three or more scattered Free Spins symbols trigger the feature. Each time you trigger it, you get the next of the four consecutive free spins modes. -
What does the Free Spins Journey unlock?
Once you’ve played all four free spins modes and unlocked the locations, the next time you win free spins you get to choose which mode to play. -
Can the Moving Reels re-spin be retriggered?
Yes. During the Moving Reels free spins mode, the re-spin after a win can be re-triggered, shifting the reels right again. -
Which symbols can the wild not replace?
The only symbol the wild won’t stand in for is the Free Spins scatter. Everything else on the grid is fair game for substitution. -
Where does the Win Multiplier apply?
The Win Multiplier only appears in the base game, while the reels are spinning, and multiplies any win in that round by x2 or x3. -
Does your bet change during the free spins modes?
No. Bet per line stays the same as the game that triggered the feature, and the bet buttons are disabled while free spins run.
