Redbeards Rum Runners DoubleMax Slot Review
A galleon sits behind the reels in a sunset cove, skull flag at the mast, a brass cannon and a half-buried cart wheel holding the beach. Redbeards Rum Runners DoubleMax pays almost nothing for its symbols and everything for its multiplier: the best the base paytable manages is 5x for a full line of Gold Coins, so the real money only exists in a chain of cascades, and Reflex have built the whole game around making you wait for it.
The numbers follow that logic: 94.0% RTP, Super High volatility and a 5×4 grid whose 20 winlines pay left to right. It sits in the same DoubleMax family as Candy Crazed Pandas DoubleMax, Dublin Up Pots O’ Gold DoubleMax and Fat Cats DoubleMax.
Base Game & Features
Wins land on roughly one spin in four, at a stated hit rate of 25.83%. The payline count is listed as Infinity, though in practice 20 winlines pay left to right, shown on the grid as patterns one to 20. It’s a conventional setup wearing an unconventional label.
Symbols & Pays
The paytable is pirate through and through, topped by a Gold Coin and a Pirate Flag, with Crossed Swords and a Parrot in the middle tier and the four royals propping up the bottom. Values are multiples of your stake for three, four and five of a kind:
- Gold Coin – 0.4x, 1x, 5x
- Pirate Flag – 0.3x, 0.6x, 3x
- Crossed Swords / Parrot – 0.2x, 0.4x, 2x
- A, K, Q, J – 0.1x, 0.2x, 1x
Only the highest combination on a winline pays, so a five-of-a-kind doesn’t also collect the four and three-of-a-kind values beneath it. The top symbol returning 5x for a full line tells you most of what you need to know about where this game keeps its real money: not in the base pays.
The Wilds
The wild substitutes for everything except the Bonus symbol, and it comes in four flavours, each with its own trick:
- Wild – substitutes for all symbols except the Bonus symbol
- Super Wild – stacks to fill every available gap on its reel after a symbol elimination
- Boat Wild – boosts the multiplier trail by 1 to 5 positions in the base game, or 1 position in Free Spins
- Each Way Wild – when it’s involved in a win, that win pays both left to right and right to left
The four types pull in different directions. Super Wilds are at their best mid-cascade, arriving after an elimination to plug the gaps a fresh drop might otherwise waste.
Boat Wilds are the long-game play, nudging the trail up even when the win they’re part of is small. An Each Way Wild can turn a three-reel near-miss into a paying line simply by facing the other way.
Cascades & the Multiplier Trail
Every win triggers a cascade. Winning symbols are removed, one or more extra wilds are dropped in, and fresh symbols fill the gaps for another chance to win. Each Way Wilds aside, wins pay left to right only.
The multiplier does the doubling that gives the DoubleMax name its meaning. Every win doubles it – x1, x2, x4 and onward – and it only resets after a losing cascade. A chain of connected wins can push that trail a long way from where it started, which is the entire engine of the base game.
Redbeards Rum Runners DoubleMax Free Spins & Bonuses
Free Spins
Land three or more Bonus symbols anywhere in view and the free spins round begins. The awards step up with the trigger:
- 3 Bonus symbols – 7 Free Spins
- 4 Bonus symbols – 10 Free Spins
- 5 Bonus symbols – 13 Free Spins
The crucial difference from the base game is the multiplier’s memory. It starts at x1 and builds throughout the entire session, clearing down only when the round ends. There’s no reset on a losing cascade, so every win anywhere in the bonus feeds the same growing number.
Cascades keep running inside the bonus, and the wilds keep their roles: Super Wilds still stack into eliminated gaps, and Boat Wilds still step the trail forward, though only by a single position rather than the one-to-five range they enjoy in the base game. The slower boosts matter less here, because nothing ever resets.
The Free Spins Gamble
Trigger with three or four Bonus symbols and there’s a choice: take the spins you’ve earned or spin a dial. If the pointer lands in the green you progress a level, from 7 spins towards 10, or 10 towards 13.
Land in the red and the gamble ends with no free spins at all. It’s a genuine all-or-nothing step on a Super High volatility game, and the ceiling it offers is a handful of extra spins.
Bonus Buy & Golden Bet
Two shortcuts sit alongside the normal game. The Golden Bet toggle doubles your chance of hitting free spins and costs 50% extra per spin.
The Bonus Buy lets you purchase 7 free spins outright, at a price that scales with whatever stake you’ve chosen, from 0.10 up to 100. The buy hands you the 7-spin tier, not the 10 or 13-spin versions, and there’s no gamble step after a purchase. The dial only appears on organic triggers of three or four Bonus symbols.
Our Honest Verdict
Overall Rating: 6.9/10
Sunset cove, four wilds and a multiplier doing the heavy lifting: most of a session here is patience with pretty scenery, waiting on three Bonus symbols to drop in. The reason to choose it over any other pirate slot is that bonus, and the moment the multiplier stops resetting and just keeps climbing.
That reset-free multiplier is the best thing in the game, and the four wild types feed it from more angles than most DoubleMax builds bother with. The worst thing is the gamble dial: it can strip a triggered bonus to nothing, on a game already expensive to sit through.
For players who like a long build and don’t flinch at a hard reset, it’s a rewarding cove to drop into. Anyone who wants steady wins from the base game should sail past; the gold here is buried, not handed out.
Redbeards Rum Runners DoubleMax FAQs
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What is the RTP of Redbeards Rum Runners DoubleMax?
The RTP is 94.0%, and that’s the total expected return including every feature. It sits below the 96% you’ll see quoted on some supplier listings for this game, which reflects the base return only. -
Is Redbeards Rum Runners DoubleMax high volatility?
Yes, and then some. It carries a Super High volatility rating, the top of the scale, so wins cluster irregularly and the free spins multiplier is where the serious money lives. -
How do you trigger Free Spins in Redbeards Rum Runners DoubleMax?
Land three or more Bonus symbols anywhere in view. Three awards 7 free spins, four awards 10, and five awards 13. -
What does the Free Spins Gamble do?
After a trigger with three or four Bonus symbols, you can spin a dial instead of taking your spins. Green moves you up a level – 7 to 10 spins, or 10 to 13 – while red ends the gamble with no free spins awarded at all. -
What does the Golden Bet do in Redbeards Rum Runners DoubleMax?
Turning the Golden Bet on doubles your chance of triggering free spins. It costs 50% extra on every spin while it’s active. -
Can you buy the bonus on Redbeards Rum Runners DoubleMax?
Yes. You can buy 7 free spins at any stake you’ve chosen, with the price scaling from the 0.10 minimum up to the 100 maximum bet. The buy awards the 7-spin tier directly, with no gamble step. -
What are the bet limits on Redbeards Rum Runners DoubleMax?
Stakes run from 0.10 to 100 per spin. The Golden Bet adds 50% to whichever stake you’ve set. -
What does the Infinity paylines label mean?
It’s marketing dressing over a fixed layout: the 5×4 grid runs 20 winlines that pay left to right, displayed as patterns one to 20. Each Way Wilds are the one exception, paying wins in both directions.
