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Reign of Rome Slot Review

by Hacksaw GamingReleased Apr 24, 2025

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Third LootLines game from Hacksaw. Tribute symbols combine adding (up to 500x) and multiplying (up to x25) values across paylines. LootBar collects prizes in bonus rounds. 15,000x max.

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Specifications

Game TypeSlots
RTP96.27%
VolatilityVery High
Max Win15,000x
Grid5x5
Paylines19 Paylines
Min Bet$0.2
Max Bet$100
Themes
Features

Reign of Rome Slot Overview

A Multiplying Tribute worth x25 landing on reel five multiplies everything accumulated across the four reels to its left. The exact same symbol landing on reel one is demoted to a plain adder and becomes worth twenty-five.

That is the whole game. LootLines combine from left to right, adders build the total and multipliers scale it, and where a symbol falls decides which job it does. You spend every spin watching the right-hand reels.

Then there is a LootBar that catches the Tributes which missed, filing each one into the column it landed in so that the geometry survives. 5x5, 19 paylines, 96.27%, very high volatility, 15,000x in every mode.

Theme & Design

Ancient Rome, and the game's own pitch is exactly as expected: step into the heart of the empire where power and riches await, and see whether you will rise to take your place as its ruler.

Our look at the game recorded the mechanics rather than a full visual tour, so the honest description ends there.

The piece of interface that matters is the LootBar sitting below the grid in five positions, one per reel, because it is the thing you will be reading constantly once a bonus starts.

Symbols & Paytable

SymbolPayout
Revealing Adding Tribute15x to 500xSeven values. Ordinary Adding Tributes run 1x to 10x
Revealing Multiplying Tributex6 to x25Eight values. Ordinary Multiplying Tributes run x2 to x5
Premium symbol10xFive of a kind. 5x for four, 2x for three
Two upper mid symbols7.5xFive of a kind. 3x for four
Four low symbols2.5xFive of a kind, and all four lows are identical

Features & How They Work

Where a multiplier lands decides what it is

A LootLine is a winning payline made of Tribute symbols, and their values are combined one by one from left to right. Adding Tributes add to the running total, Multiplying Tributes multiply it, and the final figure is multiplied by your bet.

The game's own example: a line of x3, 4x, 1x and x2 pays three plus four plus one, then doubled, for 16x.

And then the rule that changes everything. A Multiplying Tribute in the leftmost position is treated as an Adding value instead, because there is nothing to its left to multiply. So a x25 on reel five is worth twenty-five times whatever you have built. The same symbol on reel one is worth twenty-five, full stop.

Four kinds of tribute

Adding Tributes carry 1x through 10x. Revealing Adding Tributes reveal considerably more: 15x, 20x, 25x, 50x, 100x, 250x or 500x.

Multiplying Tributes carry x2 to x5, and Revealing Multiplying Tributes reveal x6, x7, x8, x9, x10, x15, x20 or x25.

Which means the ideal line has its big revealing adders on the left building an enormous total and a revealing multiplier sitting on the right to scale it. You cannot arrange that, of course, which is rather the point.

The LootBar remembers which reel

Four scatters award This Is Rome, ten free spins with a LootBar below the grid. Non-winning Tribute symbols are stored in it, but only on spins where at least one Tribute win already happened. A completely dead spin banks nothing.

The bar has five positions corresponding to the five reels, and each stored Tribute goes into the position matching the reel it appeared on. When all five positions are filled, the stored values pay out under the same left-to-right LootLine rules and the bar clears.

That preservation of position is what makes it more than a pot. A x25 multiplier that missed a win on reel five is banked into position five, where it will eventually multiply everything collected in positions one through four.

The epic round never clears

Five scatters award Fight for Glory, which keeps the LootBar and changes two things. Every position starts with a 20x multiplier already in it, and non-winning Tributes add to those starting values.

And it never empties. All the stored Tribute is kept until the end of the bonus and paid out as one single prize.

So instead of a bar that fills and cashes repeatedly, this is ten spins of uninterrupted accumulation on a bar that began fully loaded. A completely different shape of round from the tier below it.

Three buys, and two of them are specific

Three scatters award Path to Power, ten free spins with a better chance of high-value Tributes and nothing else changed.

The buy menu offers BonusHunt FeatureSpins for a fivefold trigger chance, Shield Wall FeatureSpins guaranteeing at least three winning Tribute symbols every spin, and Spears Out FeatureSpins guaranteeing three Tributes including at least one Revealing Tribute.

The distinction matters. Shield Wall guarantees a LootLine actually forms. Spears Out guarantees access to the high-value pools, meaning the 500x adders and x25 multipliers. Different problems, different solutions.

Screenshots

Reign of Rome by Hacksaw Gaming - Gameplay Screenshot
Reign of Rome by Hacksaw Gaming - Gameplay Screenshot

How Reign of Rome Plays

The ordinary paytable is slight, with a top symbol at ten times your stake and four identical low symbols, so the picture symbols are essentially filler between Tribute lines.

What makes it engaging is that you always know what you want and can see whether you are getting it. Big adders on the left, a fat multiplier on the right. Watching a line build 500x, 250x, 100x across the first three reels and then land a x2 on reel five instead of a x25 is a very specific disappointment.

The LootBar is the cleverest part because it converts those misses into structure rather than just value. A wasted x25 on reel five is not lost, it is filed exactly where it will do the most damage when the bar finally fills.

Fight for Glory is the round worth chasing, since a bar starting at 20x in all five positions and never clearing for ten spins is a genuinely large accumulating figure, resolved under rules where position still decides everything.

Pros & Cons

Pros

  • Position determines whether a multiplier multiplies or merely adds
  • Revealing Tributes reach 500x for adders and x25 for multipliers
  • The LootBar stores missed Tributes in the column they landed in, preserving the geometry
  • Fight for Glory starts every LootBar position at 20x and never clears for ten spins
  • Shield Wall FeatureSpins guarantees a winning LootLine rather than just symbols
  • Spears Out FeatureSpins guarantees access to the high-value Revealing pools
  • The 15,000x maximum is available in every game mode

Cons

  • A Multiplying Tribute landing on reel one is demoted to a plain adder
  • The LootBar collects nothing on spins where no Tribute win occurred
  • The paytable is thin, with four identical low symbols and a 10x premium
  • Path to Power adds nothing except better symbol odds
  • No hit frequency, max win odds or buy prices are published

Is Reign of Rome Worth Playing?

8/10

Making position decide a symbol's function is a simple rule that produces a lot of drama. A x25 is either the best thing that could happen or a mildly useful twenty-five, depending entirely on which reel it lands on, and you spend every LootLine reading it from the left hoping the right-hand end delivers.

The LootBar is the genuinely original piece. Most games that bank wasted symbols throw them in a pot. This one files each one into the column it came from and then pays the bar out under the same positional rules, which means a missed multiplier on reel five is not consolation, it is a deposit into exactly the right slot.

Fight for Glory takes it to the obvious conclusion by starting every position at 20x and refusing to cash out until the round ends. Ten spins of accumulation on a pre-loaded bar is a strong destination.

The paytable is negligible and a multiplier landing on the wrong reel is simply wasted with nothing you can do about it. But this is a clean, well-explained mechanic with a storage system that respects its own rules, and that consistency is worth a lot.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do LootLines pay?

Tribute values are combined one by one from left to right, with Adding Tributes adding to the running total and Multiplying Tributes multiplying it. The final figure is then multiplied by your bet.

Why does the position of a multiplier matter?

Because a Multiplying Tribute in the leftmost position has nothing to its left to multiply, so it is treated as an Adding value instead. A x25 on the last reel multiplies everything before it, while the same symbol on the first reel simply adds twenty-five.

What values can Tributes carry?

Adding Tributes run 1x to 10x and Revealing Adding Tributes 15x, 20x, 25x, 50x, 100x, 250x or 500x. Multiplying Tributes run x2 to x5 and Revealing Multiplying Tributes x6 up to x25.

How does the LootBar work?

In This Is Rome, non-winning Tributes are stored in a five-position bar matching the reels, but only on spins where at least one Tribute win occurred. When all five positions are filled, the stored values pay out under LootLine rules and the bar clears.

What changes in Fight for Glory?

Every LootBar position starts with a 20x multiplier, non-winning Tributes add to those values, and nothing is ever cashed out until the end of the bonus, when the whole bar pays as one prize.

What do the buy options guarantee?

BonusHunt FeatureSpins gives a fivefold trigger chance. Shield Wall guarantees at least three winning Tribute symbols every spin, meaning a LootLine actually forms. Spears Out guarantees three Tributes including at least one Revealing Tribute.

Can you play Reign of Rome for free, and what is the age limit?

The demo runs on play money in the browser with no deposit or account. Real-money play is restricted to players aged 18 or over, or 21 in some jurisdictions.
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Reviewed by Arina, PR & Content Manager

PR & Content Manager at SlotsReach

Published 8 Aug 2026 · Updated 8 Aug 2026