Novomatic’s Book of Ra is a slot that has inspired much devotion and many big win videos from high risk slots fanatics over the years. It is a simple slot played both online and on casino floors from Vegas to Macau with gamblers chasing down full screens of special expanding symbols that can drive huge payouts. Following the 2018 sequel called Book of Ra Magic, Novomatic have returned to the source to create another in the series, this time featuring a female adventurer seeking out ancient riches in the jungles of South America. 

The beautifully simple gameplay of the original Book of Ra once more drives the action, and without an abundance of features, slotters can just get down to super-fast reel spinning as they chase down scatters to unlock the bonus round and those expanding symbols. If you’re new to the Ra series, just beware that this game is high on the variance scale and will burn holes in your balance in no time.

On with the show …

The backdrop to Temple of Gold is the jungles and lost city or Eldorado. The reel set here is a 5 by 3 with up to 10 pay lines in play at any time. It is possible to choose how many lines you want to bet on before each spins, from one up to ten. The low value symbols in the game are the 10 through to Ace, whilst the premium symbols are the statues, dials and masks. Our beautiful explorer is the most valuable of all the symbols, triggering a whopping 500x payout if she lands five on a payline after one spin.

The most important symbols of all however is the Book itself, bestowing it’s magical properties on the reels when it lands as both a Scatter AND a Wild. The book also has a value of 200x when it lands five on a payline after a spin.

Free Spins and Expanding Symbols

 We said Book or Ra was simple and we meant it. The base game is all about chasing down those explorer wins and the spins come thick and fast. After that you’re looking to land the Book. Three of more will give you 10 free spins with the additional benefits of Special Expanding Symbols. Three scatters get you 1 expanding symbol, four gets you 2, and five gets you 3.

The expanding symbols are revealed by the opening of the books that land before the free spins round starts. Each book has its own symbol chosen at random from those on the paytable.  The higher their value, the better your chances of big wins. Ideally you want the explorer to be one of your expanders, and to land simultaneously on all reels to give a full screen of the highest value symbol.

And …

The free spins round can be re-triggered and unlimited number of times by landing more Book Scatters.

Novomatic have been making slots for many years now and they know just what makes us tick. That is abundantly clear in this update to the original Book of Ra Slot. No need for frills here, just classic slots play with the constant tease of an enormous win just around the corner. The speed of the gameplay and the thrill of landing those books will make this one of the great games of 2019, and a great follow-up to get the teeth clenching the pulse racing. Go on .. .we dare you.