Book Of Champions Reloaded Slot Review
Floodlights blaze in from both edges of a gold reel case, silver scarves trail down its sides, and the faint centre-circle of a pitch shows through the dark below the reels. Book Of Champions Reloaded takes the Book formula and cuts it to the bone, and Spinomenal have done it on purpose: five lines on a 5×3 grid, a 96.11% RTP, and a bonus wheel stocked only with medium symbols.
That wheel quietly rules out both the worst rounds and the best ones. It shares its stadium with Book Of Champions World Glory, and the Reloaded formula also runs through Book Of Rampage Reloaded and Book Of Diamonds Reloaded. Five lines, mind, is five lines.
Five Lines and a Golden Book
The base game is a classic five-line Book setup. All symbols pay left to right from the leftmost reel, only the highest win on each line is paid, and wins are multiplied by the line bet. That’s the whole apparatus: no random modifiers, no second feature lurking in the base spin.
Between triggers, the game is the Book and nothing else. The Book itself, a golden volume with a trophy on the cover, does double duty: it substitutes for every symbol, and it’s the scatter too.
Three or more scattered Books anywhere on the reels pay as a scatter and trigger ten free spins. The line bet carries over from the triggering spin.
The scatter pays are worth knowing, because they’re the only route into the bonus and they pay regardless of position:
- 3 scattered Books – 2x the bet and 10 free spins
- 4 scattered Books – 25x the bet and 10 free spins
- 5 scattered Books – 250x the bet and 10 free spins
The Paytable
Symbol values are multiples of the total bet, and the top end is steep for a five-liner. The gap between the top symbol and the royals is enormous, which is standard Book behaviour: everything funnels towards one or two premium symbols.
- Red cards – from 200x for two up to 200,000x for five
- Soccer ball – pays 100x, 1,000x, 10,000x and 100,000x for two through five
- Boot and whistle – a two-of-a-kind is worth 100x, and five climb to 20,000x
- A and K – three, four and five pay 100x, 800x and 3,000x
- Q, J and 10 – 100x, 500x and 2,000x for three, four and five respectively
With only five lines, a full screen of the top symbol is the whole dream, and the paytable prices it accordingly.
Five lines also means the Book is doing a lot of quiet work on every spin, filling gaps in combinations that would otherwise die on the second reel. A wild that substitutes for everything is worth more when there are fewer routes to a win in the first place.
A Buy Feature button sits under the reels for players who’d rather skip the queue. The purchase price varies with the stake, and it’s shown on the button itself at the point of play.
Free Spins: The Wheel and the Expanding Symbol
Triggering the bonus starts with a wheel rather than a pick. The wheel is stocked with medium symbols only, and one spin of it decides which of those symbols expands for the whole free spins round. A wheel landing on the boot is a very different ten spins from one landing on the lowlier royals.
You can never draw a royal as your expanding symbol, so the floor of a round is higher than it would be on a full wheel. The corollary is that you can’t draw the top-paying red cards either, which caps how good a round can get before it even starts.
Ten free spins are awarded on trigger, and the round can retrigger. Landing the scatters again during the bonus adds another ten spins on top of what’s left, with the same expanding symbol carried forward. A long round with the right symbol is where this game pays.
How the Expanding Symbol Pays
The expanding symbol works after the regular spin result is settled. Once the base result is determined, every instance of the chosen symbol expands to form new paylines on top of the existing five. It only expands when the expansion produces a win, so you never watch it stretch for nothing.
The payout rule is the generous part. An expanding symbol pays across all active lines at its paytable rate, and the symbols in the winning combination don’t need to sit on consecutive reels.
Expanded wins also count separately from the original spin result, so a single free spin can pay twice: once for the base line wins, once for the expansion. On a five-line grid, that’s where the real money in this game lives.
Our Honest Verdict
Overall Rating: 7/10
Most of a session here is spent waiting under the floodlights. Five lines and a single Book make for long quiet spells, and the reason anyone picks this over a ten-line Book slot is the stadium it’s all staged in, plus the promise that the bonus round will never be a dud.
The expanding symbol’s payout rule is the best thing in the game: it pays across all lines without needing consecutive reels and stacks on top of the base result, so one free spin can pay twice. The wheel is also the worst thing, because stocking it with medium symbols only cuts off the game’s own top end. No round here can ever be a great one.
Book-slot regulars who’d take a dependable round over a shot at a jackpot pick will settle in happily, and football fans get a genuinely attractive place to wait. Anyone who wants busy base game action will find five lines far too patient. This is a solid mid-table side in a very pretty ground: reliable, well lit, and never quite in the title race.
Book Of Champions Reloaded FAQs
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What is the RTP of Book Of Champions Reloaded?
The RTP is 96.11%. -
How does the free spins feature trigger in Book Of Champions Reloaded?
Landing three or more scattered Book symbols anywhere on the reels triggers 10 free spins. The scatter combination also pays 2x for three, 25x for four and 250x for five, with the line bet carried over from the triggering spin. -
How does the expanding symbol work in Book Of Champions Reloaded?
Before the free spins begin, a wheel stocked with medium symbols selects one expanding symbol for the round. During free spins, that symbol expands after the spin result is determined, but only when the expansion creates a win. It pays across all active lines without needing consecutive reels, and expanded wins count separately from the base result. -
Can free spins retrigger in Book Of Champions Reloaded?
Yes. Landing three or more scattered Books during the free spins round awards an additional 10 free spins, with the same expanding symbol continuing through the extended round. -
Why does the wheel only offer medium symbols in Book Of Champions Reloaded?
The free spins wheel is stocked with medium symbols only, so the expanding symbol for the round is always drawn from that tier. That rules out both the weakest royal picks and the top-paying red cards, keeping every round somewhere in the middle of the range. -
How many paylines does Book Of Champions Reloaded have?
It has 5 paylines on a 5×3 grid. All symbols pay left to right starting from the leftmost reel, and only the highest win on each line is paid. -
Can you buy the bonus on Book Of Champions Reloaded?
Yes, a Buy Feature button sits under the reels, letting you purchase the free spins round directly rather than waiting for scattered Books to land. The price is shown on the button and scales with your stake. -
Who makes Book Of Champions Reloaded?
Book Of Champions Reloaded is made by Spinomenal, the studio behind a long run of Book titles including Book Of Rampage Reloaded and Book Of Diamonds Reloaded. Its release date is 5 July 2021.
