Marching Legions: Overview

Lace up your caligae, players, because Relax Gaming has delivered an ancient Roman-themed slot. And yes, the Roman sandals reference is pretty literal. True to its name, Marching Legions is all about plenty of marching.

Luckily, anyone looking to relax won’t be doing the legwork themselves—it’s only the tiny troops on the screen. Even so, Marching Legions can feel demanding, with a base game that plays like never-ending parade practice, broken up by a bonus round that can turn intense and deliver strong returns—if the legions can pull off the win.

Relax Gaming has opted for a bright, playful, cartoon-style presentation in Marching Legions. Visually, it sits in the same lane as ELK’s Micro Knights, Rabcat’s Treasure Heroes, or even Relax’s own Snake Arena. The top-down perspective, plus the mobile-game-like icons and characters, really sells that vibe.

In the base game, you’re looking at an outdoor setting where the 5-reel, 243 win ways grid is placed in a courtyard between two Roman buildings. Along both sides of the play area are paths where legionaries queue up to march—this will click into place soon.

With stakes from 10 p/c up to $/€100 per spin, Marching Legions comes with some eye-catching stats. The standout is the RTP, which almost looks like a mistake at 98.12%. It drops slightly when using the feature buy, but at 97.13% it’s still very respectable. The game also offers high potential and high volatility, setting things up for an all-or-nothing style of play.

Symbol values matter more than usual in shaping how the action unfolds. The paytable contains 7 paying symbols with different values. In practice, though, the game largely comes down to the legionnaire symbol, while the rest mostly serve as irritating filler.

From lowest to highest, there’s a gold, blue, and bronze token, then a gladius, a wreath, the legionnaire, and a flag. Curiously, the flag is the top payer at 3 times the stake for five of a kind, but the legionnaire (2.5x) is the symbol you really want. That’s because it can land stacked, pays from two of a kind, and is tightly connected to the features.

Marching Legions: Features

You might assume we skipped over a wild when discussing symbols. But no—there isn’t one here, and you definitely feel its absence. Instead, the legionnaires are brought in to do the heavy lifting through nudges, Marching Respins, and free spins.

When 2 or more partial legionnaire stacks land, there is a chance they will be randomly nudged to become fully stacked. If there is already a full stack in view, then it is not possible to get a nudge.

When a full stack of legionnaires is in view, either naturally, or thanks to a nudge, then Marching Respins begin. Before each respin, the legionnaire stacks march one reel to the left. Any new full legionnaire stacks that show up during a respin extend the feature. Respins keep being awarded until every stack has marched off the game area.

Each time a legionnaire stack marches off the reels, the collect meter is partly topped up. Once all 5 levels on the meter are completed (which requires 330 stacks), free spins are awarded. Free spins start on Wave 1, with one stack of legionaries appearing on the fifth reel. As each new wave is reached, another stack is added, up to Wave 5 where the grid becomes entirely filled with Legionnaire symbols.

To move up to the next wave, a second meter is filled by collecting special horn symbols. Horns land on reel 5, and you need 3 to advance. Free spins finish when all legionnaire stacks have marched off the grid and the horn meter hasn’t been completed to trigger another wave.

The final feature to mention is the bonus buy option, priced at 120 times the stake to trigger. It’s very useful if you’re into Marching Legions, since it skips the base game and sends you straight into free spins.

Marching Legions: Verdict

Testing this one felt like a proper emotional ride. One moment you’re finding something to love about Marching Legions, and the next you’re yelling at the screen in frustration. Let’s clear out a few of the weaker points first.

First, this slot is almost entirely built around a single symbol—the legionnaire (and the horn during free spins, naturally). Everything else is basically there to take up space and stop the legionnaire from doing what you want. Weak symbols make the base game feel like a long slog, and with no wild in play, it’s like the siege engines never even showed up.

On the upside, there’s plenty to like too. Relax deserves credit for attaching one of the highest RTPs we’ve seen in a while—well above the usual standard. Even the reduced RTP when buying the feature still beats what you typically get from many slots.

Another strong statistical point is the game’s max potential, which is impressively set at 10,000 times your stake. That said, because symbol values are low, a full screen of legionaries pays 607.5x, meaning you’ll need a whole lot of marching to build serious wins.

As for the standout gameplay moments, free spins can be genuinely tense. For instance, when the final legionnaire stack is about to step off the reels and you’re just one or two horns short of reaching the next wave. Then a new stack lands or nudges into place, keeping the march going and the bonus alive.

It’s a constant back-and-forth as results swing wildly based on those tempting little soldiers. Once free spins wrap up, the base game can start to feel like a grind. And it’s fair to say that without the feature buy, you’ll need a lot more patience to keep pushing through Marching Legions.

Overall, Marching Legions is a slot that can frustrate, tease, irritate, and entertain in almost equal measure. It definitely has shortcomings, but it also brings enough positives to make Marching Legion a compelling option.