Review

Book of Dead GO Collect Review: The Tenth-Year Build

In short — our verdict: 6.4/10 — Book of Dead GO Collect is a separate Play'n GO game, released on for the title's tenth year. It keeps the ten free spins and the expanding symbol, and stacks a Gold Stater meter on top.

Play'n GO marked ten years of Book of Dead with a new build rather than a sequel. We have not recorded a session on it, and this page says so everywhere it matters.

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6.4/ 10

  • Return configuration5.0
  • Licence and register trail9.0
  • The feature7.0
  • Bet grid and ceiling6.0
  • Disclosure5.0
The book opening across the reels of Book of Dead as free
The book opens, and that is the whole ceremony. Three tomb scatters anywhere on the reels are all it takes, and ten free spins follow. Source: our own screenshot.
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Book of Dead Strengths and Weaknesses

Pros: What Works Well

  • Pro: It is a genuine Play'n GO release rather than an operator skin, published for the title's tenth year on .
  • Pro: The GO Collect meter sits on top of the original free-spin round instead of replacing it, so the mechanic that decides most of the game is one you already know.
  • Pro: It is reachable in Italy. Sisal carries it, and Sisal publishes ADM concession 16020, so the lobby you would play in is one you can check in a public register.

Cons: What Holds It Back

  • Con: Our coverage here rests on documents. The studio's announcement and an Italian lobby listing are the whole of it, and a recorded session would say more than either.
  • Con: The return figure for this build stays unpublished to us. Play'n GO ships its games in several configurations, so the casino still decides what you get.
  • Con: One confirmed Italian lobby is thin coverage. Play somewhere other than Sisal and we have nothing to tell you about whether the build is there.
  • Con: A meter on a high-variance game leaves the variance where it was. The original paid 13.5 times the bet in one of our sessions and 65 times in the other.
First-hand test: Our sessions were on the original Book of Dead. Two recorded runs in Play'n GO's own demo, 46 and 204 paid spins at a 1.00 stake, gave us one free-spin round each. Both re-triggered to twenty spins. Both drew the 10 to expand, which is the cheapest symbol on the paytable. They paid 13.5 and 65 times the triggering bet, and that spread off one identical trigger is the most useful thing our sessions produced. A GO Collect demo we could record the same way stayed closed to us. So this page reports the build from what the studio and the lobby publish, and leaves the score to a session we can actually run.

Two Sessions on the Original Book of Dead

MeasureSession 1Session 2
Paid spins at a 1.00 stake**46****204**
Returned against staked**31.50 of 46.00****176.00 of 204.00**
Session return**68.5%****86.3%**
Free-spin rounds**1****1**
Symbol drawn to expand**10****10**
What the round paid**13.5x the bet****65x the bet**

Figures current as of ; the operator's live terms prevail.

The GO Collect Meter, and What It Adds

GO Collect is a meter.

Gold Staters drop into it, the bar fills, and a Treasure Vault opens with a Treasure Gamble attached. Underneath sits the same round the 2016 game has always had: ten free spins and one randomly drawn expanding symbol. That makes it a layer on top of the original rather than a redesign of it.

Is It a Sequel?

It is a separate title that happens to share a name and a mechanic. Play'n GO released it under its own slug; the two addresses a sequel would plausibly live at both lead nowhere on the studio's own site. Read it as a sibling, because calling it the new version of the original would tell you the wrong thing about both.

Where an Italian Player Finds It

Sisal carries it.

Sisal publishes ADM concession 16020, and that number sits in the regulator's own register of concessionaires, so the check takes about a minute. One lobby is the whole of what we could confirm, and we would rather print a short list than pad it.

Gaps We Could Not Close on This Build

Two things, and both matter. The return figure for this build remains unpublished to us, while Play'n GO documents five of them for the original, from 96.21% down to 84.18%. A recordable demo stayed out of reach as well, which leaves everything here sourced from documents rather than from our own play.

Book of Dead closing scroll of the free spins reading a
Twenty free spins closed at 3,250 coins, which is 65 times the bet that triggered them. Our first session's feature paid 13.5 times, off the same trigger. Source: our own screenshot.

Why the Meter Leaves the Risk Where It Was

A collection meter smooths how a session feels. What it pays is a separate question. On the original we watched one feature return 13.5 times the triggering bet and another return 65 times, off the same three scatters, in sessions run at the same stake on the same client. That spread is the game, and a bar filling in the corner sits outside it.

Confirmed About GO Collect, and How

ClaimWhat we didResult
Release dateRead the studio's own anniversary announcement****
It is a separate gameChecked the studio catalogue for a sequel slugNo **Book of Dead 2** exists
Italian availabilityChecked Italian lobby listingsConfirmed at **Sisal**, concession **16020**
Return buildLooked for a published figure for this variant**not published** to us
Our own playLooked for a recordable demo**none reachable**

Our Book of Dead Verdict and Rating

Verdict: This one is for players who already like Book of Dead and want the same round with something to collect along the way. If that is you, Sisal is where we could confirm it. As a first Book of Dead, we would send you to the original instead. Its rules document is public, its five return builds are printed, and we have recorded sessions there you can read. Anyone arriving here after a sequel should know the catalogue holds one title under this name and one under the original. The ten free spins pay the way they paid in 2016, meter or otherwise.

Key Terms Used on This Page

GO Collect
Play'n GO's own branded meter, where Gold Staters fill a bar toward a Treasure Vault. It is the studio's feature, not something an operator bolts on.
Expanding symbol
The ordinary symbol drawn at random before the 10 free spins and expanded across its reel. In both our sessions on the original game it was the 10.
Re-trigger
Three more scatters inside the round, worth another 10 free spins. It happened in both of our recorded sessions.
Concession
The ADM licence number an Italian casino must publish. Sisal holds 16020.

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What Else Do Readers Ask?

Most questions about this build are really two questions: is it a sequel, and where can an Italian player reach it. The answers below separate what Play'n GO announced from what we managed to confirm.

Is the GO Collect build a sequel?

No, it is a separate Play'n GO game released on . No title called Book of Dead 2 exists in the studio's catalogue.

What does GO Collect actually do?

Gold Staters fill a meter that opens a Treasure Vault with a Treasure Gamble. The ten free spins underneath work as they always have.

Where can I play it in Italy?

Sisal is the one Italian lobby where we confirmed it. Sisal publishes ADM concession 16020, which you can check in the regulator's register.

What is the RTP of this build?

Not published to us. Play'n GO ships the original in five configurations, from 96.21% down to 84.18%, and the casino chooses one.

Did you play it yourselves?

No. We recorded 250 paid spins on the original Book of Dead and found no GO Collect demo we could record the same way.

Does the meter make wins more frequent?

No. A collection meter changes how a session feels, not what the round pays. Our two features on the original paid 13.5 and 65 times the bet.