The Barbarossa saga gets a change of scenery in Barbarossa Dragon Empire by Peter & Sons. This time, the action drifted eastward, so the pirate crew gets to meet mythic Chinese dragons in a 5x3, 243-ways slot packed with explosive multipliers and wild cannonballs. Cascading wins are the heart of the gameplay, but it’s the cannon beneath the reels that dials things up, since they’re doubling multipliers with every successive hit. And yes, there are free spins, and yes, the multipliers don’t reset during them. You can guess where that’s going.
Barbarossa might’ve ditched the Caribbean, but he didn’t lose his flair for drama. The game traded blue seas for misty coastal mountains and imperial architecture, complete with drifting dragons. This means the symbols are going to fall somewhere between pirate paraphernalia and Eastern aesthetics: curved daggers, scrolls, golden gloves, and a new cast of serious-faced characters.
The Barbarossa Dragon Empire symbols are split between lower-paying objects and higher-value characters. Here’s how they stack up:
Symbol | Payouts for 3x, 4x, and 5x |
Cannonballs | 10x, 20x, 50x |
Curved Dagger | 10x, 20x, 50x |
Spiked Mace | 10x, 20x, 50x |
Scroll | 20x, 30x, 60x |
Golden Glove | 20x, 30x, 60x |
Blue-Vest Pirate | 40x, 60x 100x |
Green-Clad Pirate | 40x, 60x 100x |
Woman in Hat | 60x, 100x, 160x |
Purple-Robed Pirate | 60x, 100x, 160x |
Red-Robed Female Pirate | 100x, 160x, 200x |
Every potentially winning combination explodes off the reels and pulls in new symbols from above. These cascades can chain indefinitely, and each one drops at least one Wild into the grid. The more cascades, the more chances for consecutive wins and expanding multipliers.
Below the reels sits a multiplier cannon. With each consecutive cascade, the active win multiplier doubles. It starts at 1x, then builds to 2x, 4x, 8x, and so on. The cannon doesn’t fire literal cannonballs but its effect on your payouts is fairly direct.
During gameplay, special cannonballs can land in the grid:
Three or more Scatters launch the Free Spins round. You start with 7 spins for 3 Scatters, and get 2 more for each additional Scatter beyond that. The big twist here: the multiplier doesn’t reset between spins. So once you're at 8x, the next spin starts there, not back at 1x.
Barbarossa Dragon Empire uses a 5x3 reel setup with 243 ways to win on every spin. These wins are awarded for matching symbols on adjacent reels starting from the leftmost reel. The cascading mechanic keeps the same spin alive as long as new wins form and each successful cascade contributes to the doubling multiplier chain. Add four Power-Up balls into that and there’s a good deal of unpredictability tucked under the grid..
Barbarossa Dragon Empire is definitely one of the more niche slots in the Heart Bingo Casino library. Still, there’s more of that dragon-meets-multiplier mayhem in the slots section. Here are our top picks:
There’s a lot going on here, and most of it’s on fire. Barbarossa Dragon Empire didn’t go the usual route and reinvent its own ship. Instead, it packed it with enough cannonballs to cause some wreckage. The multiplier cannon is genuinely satisfying to watch stack up, and the non-resetting multiplier in Free Spins brings real suspense. That said, the base game can feel slow unless the cascades kick off something dramatic. For fans of the more ambitious online slot games, this one’s worth a look.