Rich Wilde and the Tome of Insanity

Actually, Tome of Insanity is more like an upgrade of Tome of Madness rather than a new slot machine. It is still a Cluster Pays slot where you try to open the portal and summon Yog-Sothoth. However, you will encounter some minor differences.

This Rich Wilde slot has a medium variance and RTP of 96.20%. If you are also curious to analyze the game thoroughly, quickly continue reading this slot review. Then you will read how Rich Wilde and the Tome of Insanity comes out of the test.

How do you play Rich Wilde and the Tome of Insanity?

The playing field of Tome of Insanity is a square matrix of 5 by 5. In it, the Cluster Pays mechanism applies which triggers from 4 same symbols. You can bet on it from $0.10 per spin up to $100. At startup, however, it is set at $1.50, but you easily adjust it on the bar at the bottom.

So to win anything, you need consecutive groups of at least 4 times the same symbol. These can be the colorful gems that give you at least 0.10 to 0.40 times the bet. With 10 or more, you get 3, 4, 5 or 6 times your bet.

Next you have ritual items. These are potions for 0.80 to 25 times the bet, severed tentacles for 1 to 30 times the bet, pocket watches for 1.20 to 40 times the bet and monster skulls for 2 to 100 times the bet.

After each win, you trigger a Cascade. Used symbols disappear and the rest fall down to fill empty slots and make way for new symbols. In this way, you hope to form a long chain reaction as you can fill the portal. What that entails, you’ll read below.

Bonus features of Rich Wilde and the Tome of Insanity

From the description above, Rich Wilde and the Tome of Insanity sounds like an average Cluster Pays slot with a horror theme. Of course, you have the bonus features that differentiate it from other slots. Moreover, the features help you reach the maximum win of 5,000 times your bet.

Together with Rich Wilde, try to raise the Outer God Yog-Sothoth of Lovecraft’s Cthulhu mythos in Tome of Insanity.

Wild Symbols

Rich Wilde is back again as the Wild symbol you can encounter on the reels. This time he serves as a Multiplier Wild to provide any combination with a x2, x3, x4 or x5 Multiplier.

Additionally, below you will read about a Book Wild. This is a regular joker that substitutes for all symbols. And you have the Yog-Sothoth Wild which is 2×2 in size and walks across your playing area.

All-seeing Eye

To the left of your playfield, you’ll see another 5×5 grid. This is a representation of the playfield where you can regularly see an eye icon. This is the All-Seeing Eye and it also appears in your actual playfield as a frame.

If you manage to use this box in a combination, then you have opened the eye. When you no longer have a winning combination, this box gives 2 to 4 Book Wilds in random places in your playfield.

Portal

By far the most important feature of Rich Wilde and the Tome of Insanity, is the Portal. This is also located to the left of your playing area and counts the number of unique symbols you use in your winning combination. We say unique, because if you use the same symbol in multiple combinations, it only counts once anyway.

Ruin

When you collect 8 symbols, Ruin triggers. This immediately gives you 2 to 4 Book Wilds.

Harvest

At 16 symbols, you trigger Harvest. First you get another 2 to 4 Book Wilds. If you use these in a winning combination, the books collect all symbols at 2 distance diagonally and at 3 distance orthogonally.

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Abomination

If you have collected 30 symbols, you get another 2 to 4 Book Wilds. By using these, you trigger Abomination. Each book changes a gem into one of the ritual items. It always seems that they each give a different symbol.

Damnation

If you manage to completely fill the portal with 48 symbols, then it’s time for Damnation, the Free Spins bonus.

Damnation Free Spin

So by collecting 48 symbols in one spin, you trigger the Damnation Free Spin. This gives 3 Portal features plus 1 more for every 4 symbols you collected above that. The maximum you can get is 7 Portal features for a total of 64 symbols.

If you read carefully, you’ll see that it’s Free Spin in the singular. This is because you only get 1 spin, but you can continue this for a long time. When no more combinations are possible, use one of the Portal feature charges. You then get Book Wilds with a Ruin, Harvest or Abomination feature.

To get the most out of your bonus game, take a look at the grid. Here you now see 12 purple All-Seeing Eyes and 6 green special eyes. By activating the All-Seeing Eyes you will unlock the Yog-Sothoth Wild after the spin. By opening 4, 5 or 5 special eyes, it gets a x2, x3 or x4 Multiplier.

Finally, the Rich Wild Multiplier Wild gets a x2, x3, x5 or x10 multiplier during the Damnation Free Spin.