Launched on January 25, 2021 by Arcadem; the video slot Merlin and the Philosopher’s Stone is about Merlin, the supposed wizard whose has a wartime advisory role in the Arthurian legends involving the medieval England King Arthur. Starfang (Arcadem; December 2020) is an Arthurian game adaptation too.

Magic, gemstones, mythology, alchemy, and philosophy are the themes of Merlin and the Philosopher’s Stone whose symbols require three/four/five-of-a-kind.

Merlin and the Philosopher’s Stone Game Characteristics

Merlin and the Philosopher’s Stone has free re-spins (but no free games), sticky reel-long wild Merlin, ten fixed bi-directional winning ways, eight symbols, from X0.50 to X25 regular payouts, and sixteen lowly coin sizes with X10 factor.

Merlin and the Philosopher’s Stone has transparent standalone reels in its 5X3 grid, which is set in a medieval alchemist’s laboratory—containing: glass apparatuses, classic microscope, wooden bench, alchemy books, cat, formulated blackboard, and cross-fitted window. The games winning lines—right-to-left and vice versa—are

Merlin and the Philosopher’s Stone’s coin sizes: $0.01, $0.02, $0.03, $0.05, $0.07, $0.10, $0.15, $0.20, $0.30, $0.50, $0.70, $1.00, $2.00, $3.00, $5.00, and $10.00.

The Merlin and the Philosopher’s Stone’s total bets: $0.10 (minimum bet), $0.20, $0.30, $0.50, $0.70, $1.00, $1.50, $2.00, $3.00, $5.00, $7.00, $10.00, $20.00, $30.00, $50.00, and $100.00 (maximum bet).

Merlin and the Philosopher’s Stone’s only special symbol is a front view of the substituting “wild” torso of Merlin (different from the male version) who is holding a ruby nugget. Ordinary symbols: side view of the blue-dressed lean blonde Merlin’s head in a chin-under-hand pose; four gold bars; emeralds beside a gray jewel pouch; and tagged yellow magic potion, purple magic potion, blue magic potion, and red magic potion.

Three blue potions or red potions pay X0.50; four blue potions or red potions pay X1; and five blue potions or red potions X2.50. Three purple potions pay X0.70; four purple potions pay X1.50; and five purple potions X4.

Three yellow potions pay X0.80; four yellow potions pay X2; and five yellow potions X5. Three emeralds pay X1; four emeralds pay X2.50; and five emeralds X6. Three gold bars pay X2.50; four gold bars pay X6; and five gold bars X12. Three Merlin pays X5; four Merlin pay X20; and five Merlin X25.

On appearing, the Merlin’s torso enlarges to cover the whole reel; the full-bodied Merlin is the locked during the following reactivable free re-spin. The Merlin and the Philosopher’s Stone’s X500 maximum win is (500X100) a $50000.00 non-progressive jackpot.

Merlin and the Philosopher’s Stone is an HTML5 game, with: on/off spacebar to spin; turbo mode; splash screen settings; history; and on/off audio, with volume sliders for its trilling, jingling, swishing, tapping, and cheering sound effects.

There are 10/20/30/40/50/75/100/125/150/200/250 automated spins, with stop: if loss limit is X5, X10, X50 or X100; and/or after a limitless single win of, or balance increment by, X1/X2/X5/X10/X50/X100.
Apart from the enlarging Merlin and dolly zooming symbols, the 3D graphics are unanimated.

Luck in Merlin and the Philosopher’s Stone

Merlin and the Philosopher’s Stone, a game of chance, has a 95.95% RTP rate and a 4.05% house edge.