Sheriff of Nottingham 2

Retelling one of the most popular vigilante justice stories ever told, iSoftBet is back with another exciting online slot game: Sheriff of Nottingham 2. This one is based on the tale of Robin Hood and his merry men. This means that players will travel back in time to late-medieval England to the famous and bustling city of Nottingham. Here you are tasked with recovering the money of the over-taxed laypeople and distributing it amongst those who really need it, preventing the bloated King from becoming even more grotesquely rich. Mechanically, this is a five-reel slot with three rows and twenty pay lines. The highest payout players can hope for here is 7,515x the stake. This game is available across mobile, tablet and desktop platforms.

Sheriff of Nottingham 2 Overview

The features of this slots online start with the pick-a-scroll bonus. This bonus is triggered completely at random. When it is, the player is offered three scrolls, and behind each is a modifier that will help improve the value of one's spins. These modifiers include added wilds, mystery symbols, immediate access to the bonus round, and special stacked wilds. The other main feature of this game is the re-spins game, triggered when players land three money icons on the board simultaneously. Here, you are trying to land as many new money icons as possible before your re-spins run out. This bonus is basically a hold-the-win feature. Finally, this game also offers bonus buy facilities. All features will be explained in more detail later in the review.

Sheriff of Nottingham 2 Theme and Symbols

The theme for this game is the tale of Robin Hood. As the legend goes, Robin Hood was a legendary outlaw whose first appearance was in ballads written in the 14th century in England. He was said to stage daring heists of royal carriages and buildings, stealing large sums of money from the landed gentry and the King himself. He was then said to have given this money to the poor and the needy to help those in society who needed it most. Although probably fictional, Robin Hood's deeds reflected a time when the peasant class were exploited viciously by the ruling elite, eventually culminating in the Peasants' Revolt of 1381. This slot reflects this point in time in English history.

The background for this game is a depiction of the streets of Nottingham during the 16th century around what is popularly referred to as the Tudor era. In this game, players can see a street characterised chiefly by iconic Tudor-style architecture. Indeed, most of the buildings in this image have exposed beams and white plastered walls, a look that became ever associated with this period. In the middle of the screen is a stock- a wooden instrument of detainment that those being locally punished would be put into and embarrassed by passing crowds throwing manure and rotten vegetables. The playing board for this game is a golden mirror with a translucent interior.

The symbols are split into low-paying, high-paying and special symbols. The low-paying icons are the 10, J, Q, K and A in playing card royals. The most valuable of these is the A, paying out at 5x the stake for the top combination. The more valuable icons are the parchment, the axes, the swords and the golden cross. The cross is the most valuable of these icons, paying out at 25x the stake. This game's special icons are the six characters representing modifiers, the King Richard wild, and the bonus scatter.

Game Play

Sheriff of Nottingham 2 is played on a 5-reel, 3-row machine with 20 fixed pay lines. To win combinations, players must land three or more matching symbols on pay lines moving from left to right, starting from the leftmost reel. The betting range for Sheriff of Nottingham 2 is 20p to £20 per spin. To adjust their bet levels, players can toggle their stakes up and down using the tool located at the bottom left-hand side of the screen.

Further information, including a short tutorial and a display of the paytable, can be found via the menu button in the right-hand corner of the screen. The spin and auto spin buttons are located in the centre of the screen. Volatility for this slot is rated in the high range. The return to player percentage for Sheriff of Nottingham 2 is 96%, which is average. The biggest payout that players can win on one spin is 7,515x your stake.

Sheriff of Nottingham 2 Features

The features of this game begin with the pick a scroll bonus, which is triggered at random. When it is activated, three scrolls will appear on the screen and the player is told to pick one. The modifiers that come into play are explained below:

• Bonus – immediately activated the Sheriff Re-spins bonus round.
• Sheriff Wilds – adds four to ten wild symbols to the reels in random positions.
• Win Spin – guarantees a winning spin.
• Mystery Symbols – mystery symbols are added to the reels, and all transform into the same symbol type.
• Wanted Spin – the Sheriff lands and pays the values of any money symbols in view.
• Stacked Wilds – stacked wilds are added to the reels with x1 multipliers. If they are partly in view, they are nudged to be fully in view. Each nudge increases the multiplier by 1. Wild Multiplier values are summed.

The next feature included in this game is the re-spin game. To activate it, players must land three or more money symbols on the reels at the same time. When this happens, three re-spins are awarded. Every time you land a new coin or icon in this game, the re-spins are refreshed to three. During this game, Merry Men symbols might land. These reveal upon landing one of the five special modifier icons. These are explained below:

• Will Scarlet – awards 1x the bet and opens the right reel.
• Friar Tuck – awards 1x the bet and opens the left reel.
• Little John – awards 1x the bet and doubles all the prizes in view, including the Sheriff. Boosts Robin Hood before he applies his modifier.
• Marid Marian – awards 1x the bet and one extra life. When re-spins reach 0, +1 spin is awarded.
• Robin Hood – displays x1 or x2 and adds it to all symbols for each re-spin. He continues to do so even when caught.

Finally, when the Sheriff of Nottingham lands, he collects all of the symbols on the board and therefore creates more space on the board. The Sheriff also removed the merry men symbols. This game also offers bonus buy facilities. However, this option is not available in the UK.

Conclusion

This game has a top-quality feel to it, with great detail in the graphic elements and plenty of thought into the gameplay. Indeed, you'll love this game if you like period slots with plenty of feature content and some exciting spinning action. Win potential-wise, things are okay, the RTP is about average, and the top win is a decent size. However, the volatility is still high, and the features are quite hard to trigger. You can also try Hot Spin Deluxe from our demo slot collection.