A new video slot from Playtech has just gone live at online casinos like Mansion Casino. It is titled Glory and Britannia and it is the father of all medieval themed online slots. It features British medieval heroes from a number of different legends. Glory and Britannia is a 243 ways to win video slot that can be played on desktops and mobile devices.

The reels are set in lush green meadows and you have a spirited background soundtrack playing as you spin the reels. The high paying symbols are medieval artefacts like rings, ancient books, goblets, crowns and shields. The low paying symbols are the usual playing card icons. The cross pendant is the wild symbol and it appears only on the three middle reels. The Union Jack is the scatter symbol. It triggers the free spins feature when three or more appear anywhere on the reels. You will be awarded 15 free spins An extra row is added to the reels during the feature to give you 1,024 ways to win.

The highlight of Glory and Britannia is a side bet that makes the slot game interactive. There are seven medieval characters above the reels. Each of them possesses a talent which will transform your wins. You will, however, have to pay 10 coins extra for summoning one of them. You can summon more than one. In fact you can summon all seven in the same spin. The Templar Knight was from the most skilled fighting unit in the Crusades. He adds stacked treasure chests to all reels. The chests then open to show the same randomly chosen symbol. The Duke of York features in the popular nursery rhyme with his ten thousand men. In this slot game he awards a multiplier of 2x, 3x or 5x to your wins. Robin Hood has a fair number of video slots all to himself. Here he fire arrows onto the reels, transforming up to 12 symbols into wilds.

The remaining characters are from the legend of King Arthur, the most enduring medieval legend. King Arthur plays the lead role. If you trigger the free spins with him activated, you get up to 20 extra free spins. He can also randomly trigger other Side Bet features. Lady of the Lake can award three re-spins after any spin. During the re-spins, the lower paying symbols are removed from the reels. Guinevere will enchant a symbol, which will then spread through the reels creating more winning combinations. Merlin can randomly award a re-spin where 1, 2 or 3 reels turn fully wild.