Play’n GO released the first installment of the Rich Wilde series in January 2016 with Riche Wilde and The Book of the Dead. The series plays on the old paperback pulp fiction of the 1920s and 30s, which saw the popularity of characters like Doc Savage explode. The genre was reintroduced with movies like The Mummy in 1999, and by 2016, it was ready for a new medium.

The next chapter of the Rich Wilde series wasn’t added until 2019, with the Tome of Madness when the company used H. P. Lovecraft’s novels as inspiration. 2020 saw the release of Shield of Athena, and in 2021, Play’n GO released two Riche Wilde instalments, with Amulet of the Dead debuting in April and Wandering City in November.

The company then put the buccaneering adventurer back on the shelf until May 2024, when it released Rich Wilde and the Tome of Insanity slot, which again leans on Lovecraft’s supernatural musings. The game even launches with a Lovecraft quote that explains, “He knows where the old ones broke through of old, and where They shall break through again. He knows that the stars are aligning, and Insanity’s gaze shifts to ebon chaos once again.” The quote refers to Yog-Sothoth, a fictional cosmic entity that appeared in several of the author’s novels. Specifically, the quote is pulled from The Dunwich Horror, which was published in 1929.

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Rich Wilde and the Tome of Insanity slot has three wilds. The Book Wild will act as a wild and will also potentially trigger portal effects. The Multiplier Wild will have a chance of offering a 2x, 3x, 4x, or 5x multiplier, which will be applied to any winning combination it is involved in. Finally, the Yog-Sothoth Wild is a 2×2 wild symbol that will shift three times.

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The slot utilizes a cascading mechanic that removes symbols involved in winning combinations, allowing new symbols to fall into the empty spots. The slot, however, takes it a step further, adding one increment to a Portal meter for every symbol removed. Different bonus features are triggered when 8, 16, 30, and 48 symbols are collected.

• Ruin (8 symbols) – Throws two to four Book Wilds onto the reels.
• Harvest (16 symbols) – Destroys symbols at various distances away from Book Wilds, allowing new symbols to fall into place.
• Abomination (30 symbols) – Upgrades a gem to a ritual item.
• Damnation (48 symbols) – Awards Damnation Free Spins.

When a round of Damnation Free Spins is triggered, you are given three portal features. The triggering can, however, be overcharged, which can add up to four additional portal features to your tally. During a round of free spins, portal features are triggered when no wins are struck after a cascade. When all your portal features are depleted, your round is over.

There is also an All-Seeing Eyes feature, which can, in the base game, add Book Wilds to the reels. During Damnation Free Spins, the feature can add Yog-Sothoth Wilds and Multiplier Wilds to the reels.

Is Rich Wilde and the Tome of Insanity slot another hit in the series?

With Rich Wilde and the Tome of Insanity slot featuring a max multiplier of 5,000x your bet, you have a shot at winning up to $250,000 if you bet at the $50-a-spin maximum. Betting does, however, start at just $0.10 a spin. The slot’s medium volatility will result in gameplay that offers a balance between small wins that are more consistently struck and the rarer big wins. The slot feature and RTP of 96.2%.

I genuinely love how much care has been put into the lore and background of this game. It really is worth going to the Play’n GO website and reading through the Rich Wilde and the Tome of Insanity slot’s info page. It really is put together with so much care. I do wish they’d given the option to read more of the lore in the game for nerds like me. Thankfully, the rest of the game lived up to the care that the team put into the lore. The graphics are well executed, and the bonus features are engaging and themed brilliantly. I give this one full marks across the board with a ten out of ten.

If you’re looking for a few other fun new Play’n GO titles, I recommend trying out Spark of Genius and Wild Survivor.