The Lord of the Rings

The Lord of the Rings is a Microgaming online pokie based on the popular Lord of the Rings books and films. The game uses the 243 Ways format and has a 4,860,000 coin jackpot on the base game as well as four random progressive jackpots where the top prize is always at least $1,000,000.

Microgaming has done a great job with the theme. You have Cinematic Spins where scenes from the film appear in the background of the reels. You also have scenes from the move for each of the character symbols. These details make the game really impressive to look at.

To get in on the action you have a minimum bet of 30 credits with credit sizes ranging from one cent to five cents. You can also choose to bet between one and twenty coins per way which gives a maximum bet of 600 credits per spin.

The Lord of the Rings logos are wild and appear stacked on the reels. The idea of stacked wilds is what made games like 50 Lions so popular and this is what gives you such huge jackpot chances. Get a whole screen of wilds and you win the top jackpot on all 243 ways.

Each way of five wild wins pays 400 coins multiplied by your line bet of up to ten. So the top jackpot during normal play is 972,000 coins or $9,720 if you are playing the one cent version. This jackpot increases to a huge 4,860,000 coins if you hit the jackpot with either the X5 Gollum feature one on the free spins feature with the highest multiplier.

The Lord of the Rings has several features. The first of which is the Gollum Feature which triggers randomly and awards a variety of bonuses including wild reels, random wilds, instant prizes, free spins and random multipliers. We like the fact that at any time the Gollum can appear which adds to the excitement.

To win the free spins feature you need to get three or more of the scattered rings. You then win 15 free spins with a starting multiplier of X2. The Gollum feature can be won during the free games and is the key to getting the games highest possible reel based jackpot. The free spins cannot be re-triggered but the Gollum feature can add extra free games during the feature.

On top of all of these great features and jackpots you also have a randomly triggered progressive jackpot link shared with the Mega Moolah progressive games.. There are four jackpot levels with the top Mithrel jackpot starting at a big $1,000,000, the Gold jackpot starts at $10,000 while the silver and bronze jackpots start at $95 and $8 respectively.

You do not need to get anything on the reels to win the progressives. The feature activates randomly like many of the jackpot links you would find on regular pokies. Once activated you move to a wheel screen where you choose a tower to start the wheel spinning. Land on the white section of the wheel and you are guaranteed to win at least $1,000,000.

With stacked wild symbols, free spins, a big 4,860,000 base game jackpot and a progressive jackpot that starts at $1,000,000, The Lord of the Rings is in our opinion one of the best online pokies from Microgaming.