Rome: Rise of an Empire Slot

Enter the Coliseum and get ready to do battle in Rome Rise of an Empire. Created by Blueprint Gaming, it’s a nicely designed 5 reel, 20 payline slot game that’s packed full of extras. There are 5 random modifiers as well as 5 bonus features. Play on all devices from between 20p and £500 per spin. 



With a Roman amphitheatre in the background, the reels feature playing card suit symbols as well as swords and shields, a soldier’s helmet, a Roman woman and a masked gladiator. The best paying symbol is the logo which awards 50 times your stake if you land 5 in combination. The SPQR Roman Eagle is the wild. It pays the same as the logo symbol and also substitutes for everything apart from the scatter.

Like many slot games in the Blueprint Gaming catalogue, Rome Rise of an Empire is brimming with extras. A tiger can roar into life at random on any spin and deliver 1 of the following extras.

  • Sword Strike feature - a sword will slash away the bottom row of symbols to cause a cascade. A new payout consideration is then made. You could get up to 3 cascades here.
  • Legion’s Glory feature - up to 3 stacked wilds will drop down onto the reels.
  • Symbolus Maximus feature - after the reels have finished spinning, a scroll will appear. The symbol on the scroll will then turn wild. A second scroll then appears to apply a multiplier to your payout.
  • Spears of Destiny feature - after a successful spin, the winning symbols are held and the reels respin. The streak spins continue until no new matching symbols hits.
  • Bonus Boost feature - extra bonus symbols are added, increasing your chances of triggering the feature round.

To trigger the Rome Bonus feature, you need to land 3 Bonus symbols on the same spin. Then spin the wheel to see which feature you’ve been awarded.

  • Urn Riches feature - in this pick me round, land 3 matching multipliers and that’s the value you’ll win. Look out too for upgrade symbols as well as the golden laurel that awards the Big Money Bonus feature.
  • Uprising feature - the aim here is to destroy the turrets of a fortress and in the process win cash awards. The more turrets destroyed the bigger the payouts.
  • Volcanic Cash Free Spins feature - during this round, look out for multipliers on reel 3 which can boost payouts by 2x or 5x. The round continues until you land a stop on the middle reel. On that final free spin, you’ll get a 6x or 10x boost.
  • Empress’s Treasure Free Spins feature - here you’ll receive 15 free spins. Look out for the Empress Wild which can fill whole reels. If 1 of these stacked wilds lands, you’ll be offered a choice. Take the cash sum or keep the stacked wild locked in place for the rest of the feature.
  • Big Money Bonus feature - you need to land 5 rather than 3 Bonus symbols or come via one of the other bonus features to trigger this round. Simply pick from the coins to collect big money prizes.

If you don’t like the bonus feature you’ve been awarded, you can gamble and try and land a potentially more lucrative one. Depending on a wheel spin, you’ll get the upgrade or a mystery cash award.

Rome Rise of an Empire is just what we’ve come to expect from a Blueprint Gaming slot game. You’ll find plenty of back story and a huge range of extras here. If you like a lot of variety from your play, then you won’t go far wrong. Well designed and very playable, Rome Rise of an Empire is well worth a spin whether or not you’re a fan of the classical theme. If you want Ancient Rome, Gladiator Road to Rome by Playtech is based on the iconic Gladiator film.