Gameplay is straightforward. The premium symbols award 2 to 8 times your wager for 5 of a kind wins, and the Joker Wild substitutes for pay symbols to help complete and/or enhance wins. The Joker Wild symbol can only appear on reels 2, 3, and 4, and it cannot substitute for scatter or jackpot symbols. In addition, the wild has no intrinsic value, as is sometimes the case.
The Jackpot Trigger symbols can appear on all five reels as overlay tokens on other symbols. Each reel has an associated prize, and each occurrence of the jackpot trigger token increases the corresponding jackpot. Each time at least one jackpot trigger symbol appears in view, there is a chance that the Jackpot feature will be triggered.
Depending on the reel on which it appears, the Scatter Symbol is a scarlet letter J, O, K, E, or R. To activate six free spins, you must land a scatter symbol on each reel. Each activating symbol adds an additional turn or increases the Free Spins Multiplier by 1. In addition to triggering a payout, a winning combination multiplies the wager by 1.
The Free Spins Multiplier is located in the game's upper right quadrant. It begins at 1X and can reach 10X in the main game and 15X when free spins are triggered. The multiplier increases by 0.5 whenever Scatters appear on four reels during the base game and resets whenever Free Spins have been played.
Each gain during the Free Spins is multiplied by the gain Multiplier, whose value ranges from 1X to 15X. If Scatters appear on all reels, the free spins will be retriggered. The feature ends when the user has no remaining spins.
A gilded rose can appear anywhere as the Jackpot Trigger Symbol. The Jackpot Wheel can be activated by landing a single rose, but there is no guarantee that it will. Each time a rose appears, it adds 0.5X the wager to the Jackpot displayed atop the reel. Each Jackpot continues to grow until it is claimed.