Legacy of Dead is Play’n GO’s Egyptian book slot — the same family as Book of Dead, with a tomb-and-deities theme and a single expanding symbol that decides how the free spins go. What sets it apart from its older sibling is that the free spins can be retriggered, and every retrigger adds another expanding symbol on top of the one already in play.
- Free spins
- Expanding special symbol
- Retriggers add symbols
- Wild and scatter in one
- Card gamble
- Studio
- Play’n GO
- Released
- 2020
- Layout
- 5 reels, 3 rows
- Ways to win
- 10 fixed lines
- Volatility
- High
How It Plays
Five reels, three rows and ten paylines that are fixed — you cannot switch any of them off. Wins are paid for three, four or five matching symbols starting on the leftmost reel and running to the right on adjacent reels, and only the highest combination on a line is counted.
Because the lines are fixed, the stake is set as a single total-bet figure rather than lines multiplied by a coin value. The range of stakes available is set by the casino and is listed in the bet menu inside the game, along with the paytable and the information panel.
Symbols
The low end is the usual card set — 10, J, Q, K and A — drawn in a carved stone style. Above them sits a group of Egyptian figures, including a jackal-headed Anubis and a falcon-headed god, with a golden pharaoh mask as the highest-paying regular symbol.
The book is the one symbol that matters most. It is wild and scatter at the same time: it substitutes for every regular symbol on the reels, and it also pays and triggers the free spins from any positions on the screen, not only on a payline. The exact multipliers for each symbol are shown in the paytable inside the game.
Bonus Feature
Three or more books anywhere on the reels award ten free spins. Before the first spin runs, the game picks one regular symbol at random and marks it as the special expanding symbol for the round.
During the free spins, whenever that special symbol lands, it expands to cover the whole reel it landed on, and it pays from any positions rather than needing to sit next to each other — so two or three expanded reels anywhere on the screen still count as a combination. The rest of the time the round plays like the base game.
The retrigger is what separates this slot from the rest of the book family. Three or more books during the free spins award another ten spins and pick a second special symbol, which is added to the first rather than replacing it. Keep retriggering and you keep stacking expanding symbols. This is also where the volatility comes from: most rounds end with one symbol that rarely appears, and a small share of them build into something much longer.
Controls
The panel sits under the reels. The round button in the middle spins, the bet control opens the stake menu, and the paytable button lists every symbol, the line patterns and the rules of the free spin round. A quick-spin option shortens the reel animation.
Autoplay runs a chosen number of automatic spins and lets you set a loss limit and a single-win limit that stop the sequence early; it also stops on its own when the free spins trigger. After a paid spin you can send the win to the card gamble, guessing red or black to double it or the suit to multiply it by four, with the option to collect at any point. Losing the guess loses that win, so it is a coin flip on money you already have.
Every game also carries an information panel with its rules and its return-to-player figure for the build running here. That panel is the accurate source; a number copied from elsewhere may describe a different build — see how to read RTP.
Pros and Cons
This is a high-volatility slot with one feature and nothing else — no side bets, no jackpot, no second bonus round. Long stretches of the base game pay little, and the whole session usually comes down to how the expanding symbol behaves once the free spins land. If the game picks a card symbol and it lands twice, the round is over in a minute; the stacked retriggers are the version everyone talks about and the rarest one.
It suits players who already know what a book slot is and want the retrigger twist, on a stake small enough to sit through the dry spells. It is a poor fit if you want steady small wins or something to make decisions about. Worth saying plainly: every spin is independent, so a game that has paid nothing for an hour is no closer to a feature than it was on the first spin.
- Retriggers add expanding symbols instead of replacing them
- The expanding symbol pays from any positions, not only adjacent reels
- One rule set to learn, with no side bets or extra screens
- Autoplay has loss and single-win limits built in
- High volatility means long stretches with nothing back
- A low-value special symbol makes the whole round near worthless
- Only one feature — nothing happens outside the free spins
- Very close to other book slots, including the studio’s own
18+ or the legal age where you live. This game carries a house edge like every other. Play only with money you can afford to lose.
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Questions
- How do the free spins start?
- Three or more book symbols anywhere on the reels award ten free spins. The books do not need to be on a payline.
- What is the special expanding symbol?
- One regular symbol chosen at random before the round begins. When it lands during a free spin it expands over the whole reel and pays from any positions, without needing to be on adjacent reels.
- Can the free spins be retriggered?
- Yes, and that is the point of this game. Three or more books during the round award another ten spins and add a second special symbol alongside the first, and it can happen again after that.
- How is it different from Book of Dead?
- The theme, the symbols and the base rules are close. The difference is the retrigger: here each one adds another expanding symbol rather than just extending the round.
- Can I try it without money?
- Yes, the game has a demo mode on virtual credits. Given how the volatility works, it is a sensible way to see how long the base game can run before the feature shows up.