Trailers, here’s some news that’ll get your motors cranking over. Software provider Relax Gaming, the visionaries behind the outstanding pirate slot Dead Man’s Trail, has hit back with a follow-up called Dead Riders Trail. Where the first one stylistically rode the high seas aboard wooden ships on a treasure hunt, Dead Riders Trail moves to the present day, cruising the asphalt doing a bit of law-breaking in an attempt to score loot. The focal point is in an intricately designed Bonus Trail, which now has a Super Bonus Trail version, while side extras include a Feature Wheel, Free Spins, and a gamble option.
Dead Riders Trail Bonuses
Unlocking the Bonus Trail or Super Bonus Trail is the highlight of the game, but there are several other sights to see along the way. However for starters, managing to remove all stone blocks in the base game awards a spin on the Feature Wheel. From the wheel, you can win 4 free spins, 7 free spins, the Bonus Trail, or the Super Bonus Trail. If free spins are won, players can gamble them for the chance to win the Bonus Trail. There is a 33% chance of doing so if 4 free spins were won or 52% if 7 free spins were won. Failed gambles forfeit whatever was won.
Free Spins
In free spins, some stone blocks have bombs attached to them. Additionally, wins adjacent to these blocks detonate the bomb, which transforms all symbols in its reel into the same kind. The symbol chosen for the transformation will be the one that can create the greatest win. Moreover, +3 additional free spins are awarded when stone blocks are cleared.
Bonus Trail
On each turn in this feature, a player’s pawn moves 1-6 spaces around a trail. You start with 3 fuel cans on a meter, and 1 can is removed each time your pawn moves. However, some of the positions on the trail have a fuel icon next to them – landing on one of these resets the fuel can meter back to 3. After landing on a tile with a fuel icon, the fuel icon is removed. When you run out of fuel cans or hit the win cap, the round ends.
Landing on a normal trail tile awards a multiplier of the bet, up to 1,000x. Whilst landing on a truck position awards a Bonus Trail feature. There are two types of these: silver trucks can trigger any of the features, but golden trucks only award the persistent versions or the Collect All feature. Moreover, making it all the way around the trail adds +3x to the paying tiles. And adds +1 fuel can to the meter. The Bonus Trail features are:
- Cash – 25-50x the bet is awarded.
- Sniper – 3-6 normal tiles have their values multiplied by x2.
- Payer – all normal tiles are increased by a value of 3x to 10x.
- Two Knife – adds 50x-200x to 2-4 random normal tiles.
- Refuel – 2-4 fuel cans are placed on random normal tiles.
- Shoot Back – the total win value is placed on 1-3 random normal tiles.
- Collect – the values of the nearest 4 normal tiles are collected.
- Collect All – all normal value tile values are collected.
- Persistent Sniper – acts like a normal Sniper on every following turn.
- Persistent Payer – acts like a normal Payer on every following turn.
- Persistent Two Knife – acts like a normal Two Knife on every following turn.
Super Bonus Trail
Triggering the super version of the Bonus Trail means the silver truck nearest to the starting point is replaced with a golden truck.
