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Links of Glory Slot Review

You may find it with the Games Global slots, but Links of Glory was made in partnership with Slingshot Studios. Aimed at players who also like movies like the recent Gladiator 2, it portrays the battles of the Roman Colosseum in video slot form. That means a familiar 5 reels, this time with 4 rows, along with 40 fixed paylines and a series of bonus features including a Link&Win round, a free spins round and 4 tiers of jackpot prize.

Enter the Colosseum

Casinos can be competitive places, but they’re nothing compared to the Colosseum. You can’t call for a timeout or institute self-exclusion when you’re a slave being forced to battle for the Emperor’s entertainment. In the towering amphitheatre at the heart of Rome, the quest for glory can be a bloody business. In the Links of Glory slot, the reels are almost overshadowed by the massive structure surrounding them and the tiny dots of the enormous crowd of spectators lining the tiers.

A Place of Warriors

We’re far above the sand of the arena floor, so we’re not in the heart of the action, but the symbols on the reels, other than the low-paying gems, make it clear that this is about gladiatorial combat. Each chiselled warrior has his own design and personality. They’re not the only characters here, with the Emperor and a beautiful woman (a gladiator’s wife? The Empress?) both also taking dominant roles. Orchestral music plays and banners flap to try to increase the drama.

Links of Glory RTP and Variance

The RTP of the Links of Glory slot is 96.05%. The variance is high.

How to Play Links of Glory

1. Budgeting should always come first when playing slots. Don’t make a wager until you know what you can afford to lose.


2. Betting starts at 0.2, but head to the menu to tweak it.


3. Make sure you check out the paytable. It doesn’t just explain payout potential but all the rules we couldn’t fit in our Links of Glory slot review.


4. Finish adjusting your settings before you hit spin. Once the reels are turning, you can’t do much.


5. Enjoy the anticipation, but don’t get carried away. If you hit your limits, make sure you take a break.


6. Have fun and be responsible.

How to Win Links of Glory

It may have 4 rows rather than the more standard 3, but Links of Glory doesn’t vary too much from countless other 5-reel slots. It has a perfectly ordinary 40 paylines, which means 40 ways to try to combine 3 or more matching symbols to award you a payout. If you’re lucky, you may also trigger one or more of the Links of Glory bonus features.

Top Wins

• Finding 5-of-a-kind of the gem symbols with their lower payout potential means a win multiplier of between x1.8 and x2 your stake.


• For higher-value themed winning symbols, the win multiplier may go as high as x8.


• The wild symbol, scatter symbol, coin symbol and jackpot token symbol all have special functions, so they don’t work in the same way, although scatters can pay up to x100.


• Overall, the max win available is x11,623.

Links of Glory Bonuses

The “Links” in Links of Glory refer to the Link&Win feature, but like many modern slots, there’s more than one bonus on offer. Free spins rounds are usually popular, and keep a look out for power stacks, hot mode and the collect pot.

Power Stacks

Available at random on any base game or free spin, this is when a reel becomes “stacked” with the same symbol, increasing the chances that some will become winning symbols in a matching sequence.

Hot Mode

Hot mode is another random base game feature, and it awards you a free coin that goes into the meter and reduces your coin collection requirements for triggering Link&Win.

Link&Win

This is what some slots call hold and win or hold and spin. If hot mode isn’t active, it requires 6 coins to be triggered. The coins become sticky and remain in place for a minimum of 3 re-spins, played without regular symbols. Find more coins and the re-spin count returns to 3.

At the end of the round, either when you run out of re-spins or the grid is filled, you can collect any prizes displayed on the reels. Complete the grid to win the grand jackpot. Multipliers, boosts and other modes and features are also available to improve your chances.

Collect Pot

Any jackpot token can be added to the collect pot. Once it’s full, you can spin a wheel to try to win one of four jackpots:

• Mini: x15


• Minor: x50


• Major: x500


• Grand: x5000

Free Spins

It doesn’t matter whether you find the scatter symbol 3, 4 or 5 times; you’ll be awarded 10 free spins, unlike Thunderstruck Gold Blitz Extreme, where the number increases with the scatter. All wilds and coins will be power stacked. There are no retriggers.

Max-win 5,000x

Volatility High

Top RTP 96.05%

Links of Glory Review - Summary

If you have an interest in Roman history or the spectacle of gladiatorial combat, the idea of the Links of Glory slot may appeal. Whether you enjoy it or not will depend on the gameplay. There are quite a few bonus features, which can lead to confusion when you’re trying to interpret the different rules, but Link&Win, free spins and the collect pot do offer opportunities to see your total win increase. Of course, there are never any guarantees.

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