Year of the Dragon King is an immersive slot game developed by Reel Kingdom. The developer has garnered immense popularity for releasing successful games like the Big Bass fishing slot series. This game inspired by the Chinese Year of the Dragon and the Reel King game series holds a captivating potential for players with its unique and engaging features.

Following are the features and mechanics of ”Year of the Dragon King”:

Theme and Storyline:
- The game incorporates an Asian theme with a focus on the Year of the Dragon.
- The backdrop features majestic mountains which though partially blocked by the grid, provides an appealing aesthetic.

Gameplay:
- The game is set up on a grid with 5 reels, 3 rows per reel, and 20 paylines.
- There are only two premium symbols in the game.
- The wild symbol can substitute for any pay symbol to aid in winning lines. It can also give payouts of up to 25x the stake, similar to the top-tier Coins symbol, if 3 to 5 wilds land on a payline.

Symbols and Paytable:
- Multiple symbols have different multiplier values.
- For instance, obtaining the Coins symbol can yield a bet multiplier value between 5x for three coins and 25x for five coins.
- Other symbols like the Lantern, A, K, Q, J, 10 also come with different multiplier values.

Special Features:
- The unique feature of this slot game lies in the Mini Slots Bonus Round.
- This round is triggered when all reel backgrounds display the same color randomly.
- 1 to 5 mini slots are awarded at the start of the feature. Each mini slot has 3 reels.
- A mini slot gets deactivated after a non-winning spin. The feature ends when all mini slots get deactivated.

Ante Bet:
- Players can activate the Ante Bet feature between any base game spin.
- This feature can double the bonus round chances.
- The Ante Bet increases the bonus round hit rate from 1 in 118 spins to 1 in 59 spins.

Mini Slot Bonus Round:
- The mini slots can show either blanks or blue, yellow, or red 8s.
- Prizes for colored 8s range from 1x the stake for a mix of colors to 20x the stake for 3 of a kind red 8s.
- Each mini slot is tied to a starting multiplier, which depends on the color of the triggering base game reels. For example, 5 red reels award a starting mini slot multiplier of x5, and the value increases by +5 per spin.

Volatility and Max Win:
- This is a high volatility game and has a top-tier RTP of 95.08%.
- The maximum win is a highly lucrative 5,000x your stake. The hit frequency for this payout is 1 in 8,944,544 spins.