Thai Flower Power Play Slot Review
Gold serpents curl in from the top corners, and behind the reels a slab of peacock-green lacquer darkens to near-black where bronze scrollwork runs beneath the grid, all of it glossy and slightly overdone in the way temple slots tend to be. The honest view of Thai Flower Power Play is that it isn’t really finished until you’re paying more than the base stake: the game sitting under that gilded frame at one-times the bet is a slow ten-liner that was old a decade ago, and everything that justifies its existence costs extra. Blueprint Gaming has effectively put the interesting part of the game behind a paywall of its own design.
It runs on a 5×4 grid with 10 fixed winlines and a 94% RTP, and it sits in a Blueprint catalogue that runs from Ted to The Goonies. The flower now runs on power, and the question is whether it blooms any brighter for it.
Base Game & Features
This is a classic ten-line setup. Wins pay left to right across fixed winlines one to ten, and only the highest win on each line counts. There’s nothing unusual about the structure, and that’s deliberate.
The game’s variety comes from the stake options and the free games, not from the reel mechanics. Everything the base game does, it does plainly.
The wild symbol substitutes for all other symbols and doubles as the bonus scatter, active on reels one, three and five in the base game. It’s the only symbol doing two jobs here, and it’s worth watching for that reason alone.
The paytable is traditional Thai Flower fare, with one premium portrait leading a set of theme symbols and royals filling out the bottom. Values as multiples of line stake:
- Woman (pink flower portrait) – 2: 1x, 3: 5x, 4: 20x, 5: 100x
- White Temple / Elephant – 3: 2x, 4: 10x, 5: 50x
- Longtail Boat / Golden Vase – 3: 1.5x, 4: 5x, 5: 25x
- A / K – 3: 1x, 4: 4x, 5: 15x
- Q / J / 10 – 3: 0.5x, 4: 2x, 5: 10x
The top prize of 100x for five women is modest by modern standards, and nothing in the base paytable suggests big base-game swings. The maths leans on the features to deliver the larger returns.
Wins come in two shapes during ordinary play. Line wins from the paytable above, and Power Play triggers off the back of them, which is where the stake decisions start to matter.
Thai Flower Power Play Bonus Features & Free Spins
Free Games
Landing three bonus scatter symbols anywhere in view awards 12 free games, and four scatters lift that to 16. The round works the way Thai Flower rounds always have. At the start, three symbols are randomly selected, and only those three remain on the reels until every free game has been played.
That symbol restriction is the entire appeal. With the reel set thinned to three symbols, five-of-a-kind lines land far more readily than in the base game, and the premium portrait can stack up serious line wins when it’s one of the chosen three.
Wilds and scatters aren’t active during the feature, so no retriggering. Whatever the selection gives you is what the round plays out with.
Power Play
Power Play is the addition that gives the game its name, and it’s a paid upgrade rather than a triggered feature. Any base game win of 2.5x or more of the base stake spins the Power Play wheel, which can award a win multiplier of up to x5 or between 8 and 20 free spins.
There are three tiers, each a multiplier on the base stake:
- Power Play – costs 2x the base stake
- Super Power Play – costs 3x the base stake
- Ultra Power Play – costs 5x the base stake
Super and Ultra Power Play
Super Power Play keeps the wheel active and restricts every spin to high pay symbols only, which makes the 2.5x trigger considerably easier to reach. It’s the middle option in both price and effect.
Ultra Power Play adds the bonus scatter to every reel, so free games arrive far more often. If the wheel awards free games, the triggering win is carried into the feature with them, so a wheel spin never costs you the win that opened it.
Ultra also changes the wilds. They’re active on all five reels, and consecutive wilds pay directly:
- 2 consecutive wilds – 1x base stake
- 3 consecutive wilds – 5x base stake and 12 free games
- 4 consecutive wilds – 20x base stake and 16 free games
- 5 consecutive wilds – 100x base stake and 20 free games
In Super and Ultra modes the three symbols selected for free games are always picture symbols, never royals. It’s a small touch, but it’s the difference between a thinned reel set that pays and one that limps.
Our Honest Verdict
Overall Rating: 6.4/10
Playing this is really a decision about how much you want to pay per spin, because the game you get at the base stake and the one you get at Ultra barely resemble each other. Strip away the gilding and the peacock lacquer, and the reason to choose it is control: no other Thai Flower has ever let you decide how aggressive the reels should be.
The free games are the strength, and specifically the paid versions of them. Thinning the reels to three picture symbols turns a slow ten-liner into something that can genuinely pay, and it’s where every memorable moment in this game lives. The weakness is the price of admission: five times the base stake to get the full experience, on a game that caps nothing it’s willing to show you.
For players who grew up on the original and want the same round with sharper teeth, it’s an easy choice. Anyone after a rich base game at a standard stake will find the temple doors mostly locked.
Thai Flower Power Play FAQs
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What is the RTP of Thai Flower Power Play?
The RTP is 94%, and that is the total return figure. It is a touch below what most modern online slots offer. -
How many paylines does Thai Flower Power Play have?
There are 10 fixed winlines. Wins pay left to right, and only the highest combination on each line counts. -
What is the grid size of Thai Flower Power Play?
The game uses a 5×4 grid: five reels and four rows, with symbols landing across 10 fixed winlines. -
How do you trigger the free games in Thai Flower Power Play?
Scatters are the key. Three of them anywhere in view start the round at 12 spins, and a fourth lifts it to 16. In Ultra Power Play the scatter is active on every reel, which makes the trigger much easier to hit. -
What does Power Play cost in Thai Flower Power Play?
The three tiers cost 2x, 3x and 5x the base stake: Power Play at 2x, Super Power Play at 3x, and Ultra Power Play at 5x. Each tier increases what is active on the reels. -
Which symbols are active during the free games in Thai Flower Power Play?
Three symbols are randomly selected at the start of the feature, and only those three stay on the reels until all free games are played. In Super and Ultra Power Play the selected symbols are always picture symbols. Wilds and scatters are not active during any feature. -
What do consecutive wilds pay in Thai Flower Power Play?
In Ultra Power Play, wilds are active on all reels and pay for landing consecutively: 2 pays 1x the base stake, 3 pays 5x plus 12 free games, 4 pays 20x plus 16 free games, and 5 pays 100x plus 20 free games. -
What does the Power Play wheel award in Thai Flower Power Play?
Every winning spin worth 2.5x or more of the base stake sets the wheel off. It either multiplies the win by up to x5 or converts it into between 8 and 20 free spins, with the triggering win carried into the feature in Ultra Power Play. -
Who makes Thai Flower Power Play?
Blueprint Gaming. It is part of the studio’s long-running Thai Flower series, with the Power Play stake system also seen in King Kong Splash: Power Play.
