Dragon Dance

Dragon Dance is a 2015 Microgaming slot themed around Chinese New Year celebrations — golden dragons, lanterns, firework rockets, cymbals and traditional performers fill the reels on a 5×3 grid with 243 ways to win.

The game includes a per-reel respin mechanic in the base game. After each spin, each reel displays a price for an individual respin. If a symbol near the top or bottom of a reel is one position away from completing a combination, paying the respin price nudges that reel independently. Prices are set to reflect the probability of improvement.

Three or more scatter symbols trigger 15 free spins in which all wins are tripled. Additional scatters during the round retrigger it. The respin mechanic does not appear in free spins — that round runs on standard terms with the 3× multiplier as the sole modifier.

Positioning in the catalog

Dragon Dance was released alongside a cluster of similar Microgaming 243-ways titles (Wild Orient, Burning Desire, Spring Break). The respin mechanic differentiates it within that group — it gives base-game spins a second stage that the simpler titles lack. For players who enjoy the interaction of deciding whether to respin individual reels rather than auto-spinning, Dragon Dance offers a small decision point that the otherwise similar Wild Orient does not.