Rich Wilde and the Amulet of Dead

Rich Wilde and the Amulet of Dead is a Play’n GO slot released on April 1, 2021, returning the explorer to Egypt with an adjustable-payline structure that lets the player run between 1 and 10 lines across the 5-reel grid. The stated theoretical RTP is 96.29%, volatility is high, and the win cap is 5,000x the bet. Stakes run from 0.01 to 100 per spin.

The amulet symbol at the center of the game works exactly like Book of Dead’s book: it is both scatter and wild, substituting for every symbol except the free spins expanding pick, and paying up to 100x the bet for five on a line. It is a direct structural echo of Rich Wilde and the Book of Dead, five years and one grid tweak later.

The Thoth Wild

Where the game separates from its predecessor is the Thoth Wild, which appears only on reels 2, 3, and 4 and can land fully stacked across a reel. A single fully stacked Thoth reel applies a 2x multiplier to that spin’s wins, two stacked reels apply 3x, and three stacked reels apply 5x, giving the base game its own escalation path independent of the free spins trigger.

Free Spins and the Gamble Feature

Landing 3 or more amulet scatters awards 10 free spins, during which one regular paying symbol is randomly chosen to expand and cover its reel whenever it contributes to a win, the same mechanic Book of Dead popularized. Further scatters landing during the round retrigger the feature. Outside the reels, an optional gamble round lets a win be doubled or quadrupled on a correct card-color or card-suit guess, up to 5 consecutive times before cashing out.

Amulet of Dead Review

Amulet of Dead reads as Play’n GO revisiting its own most successful formula rather than moving the series forward. The dual wild-scatter symbol and random expanding pick are lifted almost intact from Book of Dead, and the adjustable 1-10 paylines mostly let cautious players trim their exposure rather than changing how the game plays. The genuine addition is the Thoth Wild’s stacked multiplier, which rewards the base game on its own terms instead of making everything wait for the bonus.

For players who liked Book of Dead’s clarity but wanted a bit more happening between free spins triggers, this is the closer of the two; for everyone else, the original still does the same job with less repetition. The adjustable payline count is worth a second look for anyone managing a tight bankroll, since dropping to 1 or 2 active lines turns the same reels into a much lower-stakes way to chase the amulet trigger, an option none of the fixed-payline entries in the series offer. The gamble feature, doubling or quadrupling a win across up to 5 rounds, is also more prominent here than in most of its siblings, giving risk-seeking players a second lever beyond the reels themselves. Between the payline flexibility and the gamble option, the game offers more direct control over its own risk profile than most fixed-structure entries in the series allow.