Grand Emperor is an imperial July 2017 video slot in its developer Ainsworth’s “Lucky Break Extra” series whose other instalments are: Ancient Wisdom, Krakatoa (September 2019), Laughing Dragon (December 2021), Norse Legend (April 2022), Grand Circus (December 2020) and Rob the Bank (August 2021).

Themes: imperial China, dragon mythology, Hanzi logograms, and Feng Shui superstition. Grand Emperor has: elongating emperors, eight total bet multipliers, fourteen symbols, wins-multiplying rings, two sets of ten-coin total bets, 100 changeable bet ways (two options), and prolonging free spins.

In the regular/free modes, eleven symbols (emperor, dragon, palace, guardian lion, turtle, tassel pendant, A, K, Q, J, and 10) require three/four/five rightward combinations, paying: from X0.10 to X2 for 50 lines; and from X0.05 to X1 for 100 lines.

Grand Emperor Game Characteristics

The Grand Emperor’s partitioned and crimson-framed 5X3 grid has cream reels, with Chinese lattice grid patterns. The fancy grid is on oriental lattice wave patterns amid an illuminated ice dragon-related half blue and fire dragon-related half fiery background.

The Grand Emperor’s coins (stacked icon): $0.01, $0.02, $0.03, $0.04, $0.05, $0.10, $0.15, $0.20, $0.30, and $0.40. Under the setting’s crisscrossing “lines” icon, players can set 50 lines or 100 lines.

The 50 lines-associated total bets (coinX50): $0.50 (minimum bet), $1.00, $1.50, $2.00, $2.50, $5.00, $7.50, $10.00, $15.00, and $20.00. The 100 lines-associated total bets (coinX100): $1.00, $2.00, $3.00, $4.00, $5.00, $10.00, $15.00, $20.00, $30.00, and $40.00 (maximum bet).

Grand Emperor has four special and ten ordinary symbols. Special: substituting red-dressed “wild” Chinese emperor; free spins-triggering golden “Lucky Break” Feng Shui coin (scatter); ring-adding green “Extra Break” coin; and wins-multiplying “Super Break” coin.

Ordinaries: oriental fire dragon; three-tiered colorful Chinese palace; golden imperial guardian lion carving; jade-and-golden Feng Shui tortoise; floral, red-tasseled and green dragon pendant; and logographic red-and-golden A, K, Q, J and 10.

These are the Grand Empire’s 50 lines-related payouts.
Bet $0.50: A/K/Q/J/10 pay $0.05, $0.10, and $0.15; pendants/tortoises/lions/palaces pay $0.05, $0.15, and $0.50; dragons pay $0.05, $0.50, and $1.00; and emperors pay $0.15, $0.50, and $1.00.

Bet $1.00: A/K/Q/J/10 pay $0.10, $0.20, and $0.30; pendants/tortoises/lions/palaces pay $0.10, $0.30, and $1.00; dragons pay $0.10, $1.00, and $2.00; and emperors pay $0.30, $1.00, and $2.00.

Bet $1.50: A/K/Q/J/10 pay $0.15, $0.30, and $0.45; pendants/tortoises/lions/palaces pay $0.15, $0.45, and $1.50; dragons pay $0.15, $1.50, and $3.00; and emperors pay $0.45, $1.50, and $3.00.

Bet $2.00: A/K/Q/J/10 pay $0.20, $0.40, and $0.60; pendants/tortoises/lions/palaces pay $0.20, $0.60, and $2.00; dragons pay $0.20, $2.00, and $4.00; and emperors pay $0.60, $2.00, and $4.00.

Bet $2.50: A/K/Q/J/10 pay $0.25, $0.50, and $0.75; pendants/tortoises/lions/palaces pay $0.25, $0.75, and $2.50; dragons pay $0.25, $2.50, and $5.00; and emperors pay $0.75, $2.50, and $5.00.

Bet $5.00: A/K/Q/J/10 pay $0.50, $1.00, and $1.50; pendants/tortoises/lions/palaces pay $0.50, $1.50, and $5.00; dragons pay $0.50, $5.00, and $10.00; and emperors pay $1.50, $5.00, and $10.00.

Bet $7.50: A/K/Q/J/10 pay $0.75, $1.50, and $2.25; pendants/tortoises/lions/palaces pay $0.75, $2.25, and $7.50; dragons pay $0.75, $7.50, and $15.00; and emperors pay $2.25, $7.50, and $15.00.

Bet $10.00: A/K/Q/J/10 pay $1.00, $2.00, and $3.00; pendants/tortoises/lions/palaces pay $1.00, $3.00, and $10.00; dragons pay $1.00, $10.00, and $20.00; and emperors pay $3.00, $10.00, and $20.00.

Bet $15.00: A/K/Q/J/10 pay $1.50, $3.00, and $4.50; pendants/tortoises/lions/palaces pay $1.50, $4.50, and $15.00; dragons pay $1.50, $15.00, and $30.00; and emperors pay $4.50, $15.00, and $30.00.

Bet $20.00: A/K/Q/J/10 pay $2.00, $4.00, and $6.00; pendants/tortoises/lions/palaces pay $2.00, $6.00, and $20.00; dragons pay $2.00, $20.00, and $40.00; and emperors pay $6.00, $20.00, and $40.00.

Here are the Grand Empire’s 100 lines-related payouts. Bet $1.00: emperors pay $0.15, $0.50, and $1.00; dragons pay $0.05, $0.50, and $1.00; palaces/lions/tortoises/pendants pay $0.05, $0.15, and $0.50; and A/K/Q/J/10 pay $0.05, $0.10, and $0.15.

Bet $2.00: emperors pay $0.30, $1.00, and $2.00; dragons pay $0.10, $1.00, and $2.00; palaces/lions/tortoises/pendants pay $0.10, $0.30, and $1.00; and A/K/Q/J/10 pay $0.10, $0.20, and $0.30.

Bet $3.00: emperors pay $0.45, $1.50, and $3.00; dragons pay $0.15, $1.50, and $3.00; palaces/lions/tortoises/pendants pay $0.15, $0.45, and $1.50; and A/K/Q/J/10 pay $0.15, $0.30, and $0.45.

Bet $4.00: emperors pay $0.60, $2.00, and $4.00; dragons pay $0.20, $2.00, and $4.00; palaces/lions/tortoises/pendants pay $0.20, $0.60, and $2.00; and A/K/Q/J/10 pay $0.20, $0.40, and $0.60.

Bet $5.00: emperors pay $0.75, $2.50, and $5.00; dragons pay $0.25, $2.50, and $5.00; palaces/lions/tortoises/pendants pay $0.25, $0.75, and $2.50; and A/K/Q/J/10 pay $0.25, $0.50, and $0.75.

Bet $10.00: emperors pay $1.50, $5.00, and $10.00; dragons pay $0.50, $5.00, and $10.00; palaces/lions/tortoises/pendants pay $0.50, $1.50, and $5.00; and A/K/Q/J/10 pay $0.50, $1.00, and $1.50.

Bet $15.00: emperors pay $2.25, $7.50, and $15.00; dragons pay $0.75, $7.50, and $15.00; palaces/lions/tortoises/pendants pay $0.75, $2.25, and $7.50; and A/K/Q/J/10 pay $0.75, $1.50, and $2.25.

Bet $20.00: emperors pay $3.00, $10.00, and $20.00; dragons pay $1.00, $10.00, and $20.00; palaces/lions/tortoises/pendants pay $1.00, $3.00, and $10.00; and A/K/Q/J/10 pay $1.00, $2.00, and $3.00.

Bet $30.00: emperors pay $4.50, $15.00, and $30.00; dragons pay $1.50, $15.00, and $30.00; palaces/lions/tortoises/pendants pay $1.50, $4.50, and $15.00; and A/K/Q/J/10 pay $1.50, $3.00, and $4.50.

Bet $40.00: emperors pay $6.00, $20.00, and $40.00; dragons pay $2.00, $20.00, and $40.00; palaces/lions/tortoises/pendants pay $2.00, $6.00, and $20.00; and A/K/Q/J/10 pay $2.00, $4.00, and $6.00.

The landed golden coins routinely show credits (paid out for 3+ coins), resulting from randomized: betX1, betX2, betX3, betX5, betX10, betX12, betX15, or betX20 multipliers. 3+ golden coins offer five free rounds, with at least three fire rings that encircle symbols at random.

Constantly drifting, a ringed: “Extra Break” coin progressively adds another fire ring; “Super Break” coin prompts a wins-doubling, wins-tripling, or X5 wins-multiplying next round; “Extra Break” coins simultaneously with a “Super Break” coin prompt a +1 free round; and golden coin pays out its credits that may be doubled, tripled, or multiplied fivefold if ringed accordingly.

The HTML5 game Grand Emperor has: history; mobile/desktop compatibility; and 5/10/15/20/25 auto games. The on/off sounds: ambient oriental flute music; and ringing, retro, drumming, clicking, bellowing, roaring, dinging and clanging effects.

The 3D animated graphics: drifting rings, goatee-touching emperor, bouncy wins, dolly zooming, glitter, spinning, gushing, ascending blobs, stomping tortoise, squinting and pawing lion, and fire-breathing dragon.

Luck in Grand Emperor

Grand Emperor is a game of chance. RTP rate: 96.49%. House edge: 3.51%.