Treasure of Tengshe

Treasure of Tengshe: Slot Overview

If you've ever made a study of Chinese culture or simply played an Asian-themed slot or two, you'll know how prevalent dragons are. They are a vital part of Chinese culture and, by extension, a critical element in Asian-themed slots. That being so, here is another one titled Treasure of Tengshe from LeoVegas owned Blue Guru Games, which offers expanding wilds, wild multipliers, and free spins with a growing, roaming, sticky wild element.

Blue Guru Games is keen on making slots with 'engaging stories', and Treasure of Tengshe's tale revolves around the dragon Tengshe chasing and consuming rockets at a village celebration. All of that happens in the bonus game, whereas the base game is a lot more chilled. It's a little lifeless, actually, depicting an empty square or thoroughfare without a soul in sight. Perhaps the villagers are tucked away, saving themselves for the big night. It looks thoroughly Asian, though, thanks to the traditional buildings on either side of the screen and a traditional structure framing the game grid. The music has a classic sound to it as well, though the symbols have a certain cheapness about them.

If this sort of game is your forte, then it can be fired up on any device and accepts stakes of 10 p/c to $/€200 per paid spin. It's medium volatile and may be found in a variety of RTP settings, with a maximum value of 95.45%. The return figure stays the same whether playing in the regular mode or when buying free spins.

Treasure of Tengshe's transparent game grid consists of 5 columns holding 5 symbols each and is lined with 50 ways to win. At least three matching symbols landing from the left-most side of the game board on adjacent reels are required to create a winning line. The first four symbols turning up on the paytable are diamonds, clubs, spades, and hearts, followed by gold sycees, frogs, lotus flowers, and phoenixes. Landing a five of a kind win pays 2-15x the bet for five premium symbol combinations or 1x the bet for the card suits. On a side note, some say playing cards were actually invented in China in the 9th century AD during the Tang Dynasty. With that, let's move on to the features.

Treasure of Tengshe: Slot Features

One of the ways dragons are used in Treasure of Tengshe is on the regular wild symbol, which appears on reels 1, 3, and 5. Wilds substitute for any pay symbols and expand to cover the entire reel when they hit. There is also a chance expanding wilds increase a wild multiplier by +1 when they do so.

When landing wild symbols on reels 1, 3, and 5 at the same time, 5 free spins are triggered. At the start of the free spins round, a 1x2 Wild Dragon appears at the top of reel three. Two new symbols are added to the reels for free spins – a red firecracker and a green firecracker. When a firecracker symbol lands, the Wild Dragon moves towards it and consumes it, growing in size by 1 position. Each time the Wild Dragon eats a firework symbol, an extra free spin is awarded. If the red firecracker is consumed, the Wild Dragon multiplier is increased by +1 up to x4.

As well as triggering free spins organically, some players may have the chance to buy them as well. The cost of buying free spins is 80 times the total bet and comes with the same RTP as playing the regular way.

Treasure of Tengshe: Slot Verdict

For players who can't get enough of Asian-themed slots, there is entertainment value to be found in Treasure of Tengshe. It's not the liveliest, culturally-rich example of this type of game to come our way, though, which is kind of surprising since it was made by Blue Guru Games. As well as cooking up interesting stories, the team are generally good at creating interesting game worlds to host them in. A classic example of this fusion of storytelling was Octopus Armada, a riot of eccentric creativity, though the theme did tend to outshine the gameplay. Treasure of Tengshe felt almost as so-so in the gameplay department as it did visually, incapable or unwilling to push itself past mediocrity.

One of the highlights includes wilds which expand whenever they hit to cover all positions on their reel. Interestingly, this trait could be quite useful when buying free spins since doing so not only guarantees free spins but also guarantees three expanded wilds land on reels 1, 3, and 5 - with a chance of a multiplier thrown into the bargain. Sometimes the triggering spin paid out more than the following bonus rounds. The growing Wild Dragon has its ups and downs as well. Helpful when it's parked up close to the left side of the grid, less so when it's trapped to the right, not doing a whole lot. It's a similar effect to the one used in the classic Snake video game, so for an alternative use of the growing snake/dragon mechanic, Relax Gaming's online slot Snake Arena could be worth a look. If bigger potential wins are a must, then Snake Arena Dream Drop, which is wired into Relax Gaming's progressive jackpot network, might be a better option.

Back to Treasure of Tengshe, where Blue Guru Games recorded a maximum win of 4,190 times the stake in a billion simulated spins. A decent, though unexceptional amount, which pairs with an unremarkable slot that may appeal to players who just can't get enough of dragons or Asian slots.