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Cover plate tipped in from the Red Rake workshop — folio 11416 of the Codex Equitum.
Entry of 28 March 2019 · folio 11416
Knights from Red Rake Gaming is an older, dependable Arthurian pokie whose party trick is an Extra Reel you can activate to widen the board — Merlin himself stands in as the wild. Five reels of hexagon-framed charges, a 95.1% RTP and a 2,000x maximum win; the pool leaves volatility unrated. The shots below are my own demo run at a 1.00 bet.
A figure marked «—» is one the register does not yet hold. The codex enters it after our own test session, never from guesswork, and never from another book.
Sealed in wax · the charters
Three courts the chronicler would send a squire to: NZD-friendly, quick to pay, and stocked with the Red Rake stable this knight rides in.
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The chronicle · entry 11416
he blazon is mountain-and-castle classic: hexagonal frames holding a silver helm, a walled castle, a purple grail and a jewelled sword, with painterly A-K-Q-J-10 royals. To the right sits the game's signature — an 'ACTIVATE' orb and 'EXTRA REEL' plaques that change the reelset.
It's a 2019 build and looks it in the best way: clean, readable and unhurried. Merlin the wizard is the star charge, and the theme leans into the Arthurian roll rather than generic knights.
From the roll: provider Red Rake Gaming, RTP 95.1%, maximum win 2,000x the stake, released 28 March 2019. The volatility is not rated in the pool, so I'll leave it unquoted rather than guess.
A 95.1% RTP is on the cautious side and the 2,000x ceiling is respectable for its era. Just note that one of the usual figures — the variance rating — is missing here.
Merlin is the wild — he landed in the left column stamped 'Wild' during my winning spin, aura and all. The green-armoured young knight is the top themed premium, followed by the silver helm, the castle, the grail and the rune-sword. The A-K-Q-J-10 royals fill the rest.
In my run a Merlin line paid a clean 2.00, and I logged a 0.64 win as well. No full symbol table surfaced, so the remaining bounties are entered after the session.
The headline mechanic is Reelset Changing: activate the Extra Reel from the side panel and the board widens — at the cost of a larger bet. It's a neat, player-controlled way to add ways-to-win, and it's the reason to pick this one over a plainer knight.
Beyond that the sheet lists substitution symbols, free spins with a free-spins multiplier, respins and scatters — a solid, classic feature set without any money-collect gimmickry.
Calm and old-school. Wins arrive as honest line pays — Merlin's 2.00 was the pick of my run — rather than through big feature spikes, and the Extra Reel option gives you a lever to pull when you want more action. It's a comfortable, no-nonsense play.
The unrated volatility means I can't put a number on the swings, but the base game read as steady rather than punishing across my session.
For players who like a classic, readable Red Rake pokie and the novelty of a player-activated Extra Reel. If Arthurian theming and steady line play appeal, it holds up well for its age.
Anyone chasing modern money-collect fireworks will find it quaint. Whatever you spin, keep it 18+, set a limit and stop when it stops being fun. NZ support: safergambling.org.nz and the Gambling Helpline on 0800 654 655.
A well-aged, well-drawn Arthurian pokie with a genuinely distinctive Extra Reel mechanic, held back by a cautious RTP and an unrated volatility. A dependable veteran on the roll.
Enter it as a seasoned knight — not the flashiest at the muster, but sure of its footing.
The rule bank
Five reels of hexagon-framed charges, played at a 1.00 bet in my run.
Merlin the wizard is the wild and substitutes for paying charges — he landed stamped 'Wild' in my winning spin, which paid 2.00.
Activating the Extra Reel from the side panel widens the reelset for more ways to win, at the cost of a larger total bet.
The feature sheet lists substitution symbols, free spins with a free-spins multiplier, respins and scatters.
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The symbols
| Charge | Standing | Value read in session |
|---|---|---|
| Merlin (Wild) | Wild | wild line paid 2.00 (1.00 bet) |
| Green knight | Premium | entered after the session |
| Silver helm | Premium | entered after the session |
| Castle | High | entered after the session |
| Grail | High | entered after the session |
| Rune-sword | Mid | entered after the session |
| A / K / Q / J / 10 royals | Low | line win 0.64 seen |
No full symbol table surfaced, so per-symbol pays are entered after the session. Real figures I read at a 1.00 bet: a Merlin-wild line paid 2.00 and a separate line paid 0.64. Volatility is not rated in the pool. No invented numbers.
From the play-log
The chronicler has ridden this knight. The plates below are frames from that session — our own screen, nothing borrowed.
Captured in our own session. Where a round has not been reached yet, the codex shows an honest blank rather than a borrowed picture.
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