The Riches of Don Quixote Slot by Playtech

Land three or more of the gilded Don Quixote book and the La Mancha free games hand you up to 10 spins, but the multiplier holds back at first. It only appears toward the tail end of the round, then lifts whatever you've built by up to 6x. So the run is back-loaded. The early spins stack the screen, the final ones are where the real weight lands.

The knight himself carries the base game. Grey-bearded, in dented armour with his raised sword, he's the wild, standing in for everything except the book, and he also pays more than any other symbol on the board. That means his five-of-a-kind line is the same as the game's ceiling, so the top wild combo and the max prize are one and the same. The book is the scatter, and it pays from anywhere it lands rather than along a line. Even a loose pair returns your stake back, which takes some of the sting out of the empty spins.

The setting is a sunlit stretch of La Mancha: golden wheat rolling toward hazy hills, white windmills turning on the ridge behind the reels. The window itself is soft olive-green parchment, with blue payline tabs numbered down both sides. Sancho Panza grins out from under a straw hat, a dark-haired senorita fans herself beside a red rose, and a silver sword-and-shield and plumed steel helmet fill the premiums, above gold filigree royals wound through with purple and yellow roses. A tidy 2015 Playtech lines game with no jackpot and no buy option, the free spins its one feature worth sitting out for.