Wizard’s Wizard

Wizard’s Wizard Slot Review

A bearded wizard in a plum robe leans over the top of the reels, one bare hand raised beneath a floating green orb that throws sparks, and for most of a session on Wizard’s Wizard he’s the only thing in the room doing any magic. CQ9 Gaming have built a game that hoards nearly everything interesting inside its free spins, dressing the wait in a lush purple-and-gold stone study with a glowing hourglass on one shelf and a crystal ball blazing above a carved gold plaque on the other.

It runs on a 6×5 grid where any eight or more matching symbols anywhere on the reels form a win, and its reviewed stablemates at the studio are Fa Cai Shen 2 and Watah Master 2. Beneath the ornament, though, this is a patient builder of a game, and it saves its best ideas for the free spins. Whether that build rewards the wait is the question.

Base Game & Features

Wins form in clusters of eight or more. When a cluster lands, the eliminating feature kicks in: every winning symbol is removed, new symbols drop into the gaps, and the chain keeps running until no winning combination remains. It’s the standard scatter-pays loop, done cleanly.

Scatters and multiplier symbols are exempt from the elimination itself, so they sit out the cascades and hold their positions while the chain works itself out. Once the chain stops, any multiplier symbols still on the reels apply to the round’s total win in one go, which is where the base game’s bigger moments come from.

One wrinkle worth knowing: the top symbol starts paying from just three symbols on screen, while everything below it needs the full eight. The paytable carries nine symbols, and the values below are multiples of stake:

• Purple Hat – 9.6x for three, 20x for 10-11, 40x for 12-30
• Book – 2.4x for 8-9, 9.6x for 10-11, 20x for 12-30
• Ring – 2x for 8-9, 4.8x for 10-11, 14x for 12-30
• Hourglass – 1.4x for 8-9, 2x for 10-11, 12x for 12-30
• Gold Star – 0.96x for 8-9, 1.4x for 10-11, 9.6x for 12-30
• Red Heart – 0.8x for 8-9, 1.2x for 10-11, 8x for 12-30
• Pink Spade – 0.48x for 8-9, 1x for 10-11, 4.8x for 12-30
• Blue Diamond – 0.4x for 8-9, 0.8x for 10-11, 4x for 12-30
• Green Clover – 0.24x for 8-9, 0.72x for 10-11, 2x for 12-30

The symbols split neatly between the wizard’s regalia and card-suit royals. Purple Hat and Book lead the table, with the themed items sitting a clear step above the Heart, Spade, Diamond and Clover that fill out the lower end. The royal cluster tiers also cap at 12-30 symbols, so a screen-filling clover chain tops out at 2x rather than scaling past it.

Multiplier Symbols

Multiplier orbs land on the reels carrying a random value from a fifteen-step pool:

• 2x
• 3x, 4x, 5x, 6x, 8x
• 10x, 12x, 15x, 20x, 25x
• 50x, 100x, 250x, 500x

Once on the reels, an orb stays put until no winning combinations remain. When the elimination chain finally stops, any multiplier symbols still sitting there apply to the round’s total win. A single 500x orb riding a decent chain is where the base game’s real potential sits.

Wizard’s Wizard Free Spins & Bonus Features

Free Spins Trigger

Land 4, 5 or 6 Scatter symbols anywhere on the reels and the bonus awards 15 free spins. The scatters pay on the way in:

• 4 scatters – 3x total bet
• 5 scatters – 5x total bet
• 6 or more scatters – 100x total bet

The Total Multiplier

This is the feature that defines the round. When a multiplier symbol appears on a winning spin during free games, its value is added to a running Total Multiplier. If a later spin produces a win with another multiplier on the reels, that spin’s total win is multiplied by the sum of the on-reel multipliers and the accumulated Total Multiplier together.

Two things follow from that. First, an orb never wastes itself: land it on a winning spin and it keeps paying for the rest of the round. Second, the sums are additive before they’re applied, so an orb collected early keeps stacking its value onto every later winning spin that carries one.

Retriggers

3 or more scatters during the free games award 5 extra spins, and there’s no limit on how often that can happen until the round reaches its ceiling of 100 free spins. The stake that triggered the bonus carries through every retrigger, so the round never quietly changes price.

Buy Feature

The Buy Free Games button in the base game triggers the free spins round instantly. There’s a mechanical sweetener: in purchased free spins, the 2x multiplier is removed from the pool, so every orb that lands carries 3x or better for the duration of the round.

On a pool that runs all the way to 500x, shaving off the floor value is a meaningful upgrade rather than a token one. The buy doesn’t change anything else about the round.

Our Honest Verdict

Overall Rating: 7.1/10

Most of a session here is spent in the wizard’s study watching chains fizzle while you wait on the scatters. The reason to sit through it is the one round where his magic actually works, because a free-spins game that remembers every orb you’ve caught is worth the dry stretch that precedes it.

That Total Multiplier is the best idea in the game. An orb landed on spin two is still earning on spin forty, and with retriggers stacking up to a hundred spins the sums can genuinely run away. The weakness is everything around it: the base game pays in small multiples, four scatters return just 3x, and there’s no published ceiling to aim at, so the potential is a promise rather than a number.

This one belongs to players who like a bonus that builds and don’t need the base game to entertain them on the way. Players who want steady returns and frequent feature hits will find the study quiet. For the patient, the spell does eventually land.

Wizard’s Wizard FAQs

• How many paylines does Wizard’s Wizard have?

  Wizard’s Wizard doesn’t use fixed paylines. Wins form when any eight or more of the same symbol appear anywhere on the reels, cluster style.
• What is the grid size of Wizard’s Wizard?

  The game runs on a 6×5 grid, with symbols paying in clusters of eight or more rather than on fixed lines.
• Can you buy the bonus on Wizard’s Wizard?

  Yes. A Buy Free Games button in the base game triggers the free spins round instantly, and in purchased free spins the 2x multiplier is removed from the pool so only higher values appear.
• Who makes Wizard’s Wizard?

  Wizard’s Wizard is made by CQ9 Gaming.
• How do you trigger free spins in Wizard’s Wizard?

  4, 5 or 6 Scatter symbols anywhere on the reels award 15 free spins, plus an instant payout of 3x, 5x or 100x your total bet respectively.
• Can free spins retrigger in Wizard’s Wizard?

  Yes. Landing 3 or more scatters inside the feature adds 5 spins each time, with no cap on the number of retriggers until the round holds 100 free spins.
• How do the multipliers work in Wizard’s Wizard?

  Multiplier orbs land with values from 2x up to 500x and stay on the reels until no winning combinations remain. During free spins, each orb on a winning spin adds its value to a Total Multiplier, and later winning spins multiply by the sum of the on-reel orbs plus that running total.
• What does the eliminating feature do in Wizard’s Wizard?

  When eight or more matching symbols land, the winning symbols are removed and new ones drop in. The chain continues until no winning combinations remain, after which any multiplier symbols left on the reels apply to the round’s total win.