Arthur and the Round Table Slot by Light & Wonder

The bonus route here is a two-stage decision tree, not a single feature. Land three Sword Scatters on reels 1, 3 and 5 and a wheel spins to one of seven outcomes: an entry into the Excalibur Sword pick, or a set number of free spins between five and twenty. The wheel decides which branch you get, so two triggers in a row can play out completely differently.

The Excalibur branch is the gamble-heavy one. You pull at the stone up to three times, each pull revealing a cash prize up to 5,000x or a bundle of bonus spins. After the third pull the sword comes free and a prize locks in. Then comes the choice: gamble for up to seven rounds chasing a bigger ladder rung, or collect once and walk. The auto-award rule is the quirk worth knowing. If the top prize sits highlighted it pays out automatically; if not, the top rung gets stripped off and the next one down is checked the same way. So gambling does not just risk your prize, it actively shrinks the ceiling each round you survive.

The free spins branch runs on armour collection. Bronze pieces drop from reels 1, 3 and 5, silver from reels 3 and 5, gold from reel 5 only, and each armour Scatter that lands leaves a Wild behind in its slot. Collect three of one type and you arm a multiplier band: bronze gives 3x, silver 5x, gold 10x. Stack two or three bands at once and they combine, bronze plus silver plus gold reaching 150x on a single line hit. Re-collecting the same armour only extends the spin count, not the multiplier.

Back in the base game, Merlin can appear at random and scatter Wilds across the reels. These ones replace anything, including the Sword Scatters, and if Merlin happens to bury three swords this way the Round Table still fires. The art keeps it firmly Arthurian: a crowned king on his throne, a wizard cradling a glowing orb, a red dragon shield, all set against rolling green hills with a turreted Camelot on the horizon and a lone knight riding the road below. If you like this older Light & Wonder fantasy cabinet style, the Mighty Black Knight Wonder 500 sits in the same medieval lane.