The Great Ming Empire (LPE88): the court symbols, the tall palace gate and a two-junk win read from the right

The Great Ming Empire, 大明帝国 on its red-and-gold sign, is a slot on LPE88 set under a temple roof, with misty mountains and a pagoda visible at the edges. The reels are pale parchment with gold card letters, and the picture tiles show the Ming court.

The symbols

• Court official in a black winged hat and yellow robe, on a blue tile with gold corners
• Court lady in pink with flowers in her hair, on a green tile
• Junk ship with golden sails
• Blue-and-white porcelain vase with a red dragon curled round it
• Blue pearl held by a red dragon
• Scroll tied with a dragon, seen on reel 1
• Palace gate, a tall red gatehouse that stands higher than one row

The low symbols are gold A, K, Q and J.

The palace gate is drawn as a taller tile than the rest, and two or three of them turned up in several captures. That size often marks a scatter or bonus symbol, but no feature was captured.

A small win on line 1

At LINES 1 and LINE BET RM0.01, one spin paid RM0.03. The line ran across the middle row: the dragon scroll on reel 1, an A, the court official on reel 3, then junk ships on reels 4 and 5. Only the two ships were boxed, with RM0.03 under the second. That means two ships pay 3 times the line bet, counted from the right-hand side.

The WIN box popped up in the middle of the bottom bar, and the balance went to RM31.52.

The layout

LPE88's newer phone frame: a round menu button top left, an info button top right, a half-hidden arrow on the left edge for the bet panel, and a round HOLD FOR AUTOPLAY button on the right. The bottom bar shows YOUR BALANCE, LINES, a message, LINE BET and TOTAL BET. "PRESS SPIN OR SWIPE THE REELS" shows between spins.

Pacing

Across six captures at one line the balance only moved between RM31.50 and RM31.52. That is a test of the buttons, not of the game. Open the bet panel, add lines at RM0.01 and give it a proper run if you want to see the palace gates do something.

The imperial theme continues in Heavenly Ruler. See the LPE88 overview for the full list, or ask for an LPE88 game ID.