Fu Er Dai Gameplay and Bonus Features
Fu Er Dai is essentially a classic 5x3 slot with 10 fixed paylines, and most of the symbols you'll see on your board are card symbols, five of them that pay from 50 to 150 coins for five-of-a-kind, which is actually 5x to 15x your total bet. The card symbols also pay well for four-of-a-kind, 1x to 2.5x, and three-of-a-kind wins only get you a fraction of your stake back.
The important symbols are more rare but can give really good prizes, up to 150x your bet on a single winning payline, which is excellent. Prizes for five-of-a-kind range from 25x to 150x in this group of five symbols, so Fu Er Dai is a true high variance slot with a powerful paytable.
Whenever a Dragon Wild symbol lands on your reels – which is rare – it will expand to fill the entire reel, transforming into a Geisha Wild symbol. When this happens, you'll at least get a re-spin with a Sticky Geisha Wild, and the goal is to land at least two Geishas on your reels, as that's what triggers the free spins game. Geishas only appear on the middle three reels, and if you land two or three you'll win 5 free spins called Win Spins because a win is guaranteed on each spin.
Each Wild that lands during Win Spins is sticky for the next spin. Every Wild can be sticky for up to three spins if new Wilds land on the following spins. Also, each Wild that lands during the feature will give you an additional Win Spin, and you can get up to 20, each with a guaranteed win. Wilds seem to be much more common during the free spins game than they are during the main game, so it's during this feature that you'll actually be making money from that generous paytable.
The game has excellent graphics, and the usual golden/Chinese theme is highlighted with Geishas, so this is a unique theme that's different than the other similar ones. Classic slot players will enjoy it the most, and it only has a small problem of card symbols being too visible. But, at least they can pay decent prizes so you won't hate them too much.