Timber Wolf at the local pub is my go-to when I want a cheap slap
I only got into Timber Wolf a few weeks back at my local and the howl when the free games hit scared the daylights out of me 😂 So the Reel Power thing means you pay for reels instead of lines? And someone said the same machine can play tighter at one pub than another, is that actually true? Still learning all this, cheers 🐺
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The howl gets everyone the first time, mate, you'll be leaning into it before long 😄 And yes, Reel Power just means you're buying reels rather than fixed lines, so every reel in play opens up the ways. As for venues, that's true as true: the RTP is set per venue within the state minimum, so the same Timber Wolf can play dead tight at one pub and fair dinkum generous at the club down the road. The free games is where the money usually lands, that's where I've had my best slaps on it. Ah well, we grind on.
That Reel Power thing still confuses me, so buying reels opens all the ways on the ones you paid for? Maybe I'm being dumb 😅🙏
Not dumb at all mate, took me a while too. Reel Power just means you pay for each reel you want in play instead of fixed lines, so buy the lot and every symbol counts across the ways. On Timber Wolf that's usually the go, and the free games is where the real money tends to land. Remember the old reel Queen of the Nile days, no such thing, you had your lines and that was it 😄
I remember the old slots first-hand.
@BonusVegas cheers for that, cleared it up. Been buying the lot on Timber Wolf for a while but never fully clocked why it felt different to playing lines. Stakes are higher obviously, so I keep the bet per spin modest and treat the free games as where the session gets paid.
What gets me is how brutal the base game can be while you're waiting. Plenty of arvos I've dropped A$50 without seeing a feature, then one hit pays the whole visit back and some. Cashing out in time is everything on this one, easy to give it all back chasing the timber wolf howl again 😅
The tighter-at-some-pubs thing is deadset true, Darwin. Remember chasing Timber Wolf across three hotels here in Adelaide one arvo years back, same machine everywhere but one of them just would not pay a feature for love nor money. Pubs set their RTP within the state minimum, so yeah, some are stingier than others. Find the one that treats you right and stick to it 😉
I remember the old slots first-hand.
Interesting that FreoDad's hotels felt so different, because I'd assumed the same machine means the same game everywhere 😅 Total noob here but is that basically the venue setting the payback within the state minimum? I've only had Timber Wolf at one pub near me so far, free games came once and it carried the whole arvo. 🙏
New here, soaking it up.
Interesting that FreoDad's hotels felt so different, because I'd assumed the same machine means the same game everywhere 😅 Total noob here but is that basically the venue setting the payback within the state minimum? I'v…
@GrampsAllDay78 Yep, you've got it, each state sets the rules and the venue picks a config within them. Same Timber Wolf cabinet can be tuned looser or tighter..longer-run it's still minus either way.
Hype isn't a payout.
Yeh each state sets its own rules for pub pokies, so same cabinet can feel looser or tighter. Word is one venue near me ran Timber Wolf differently, but ask me how I know 🤫
Those who know, know.
Good question from GrampsAllDay78, and yeah, venue payback setting within the state rules is basically it. Same cabinet, different return ceiling depending on what config the pub picked. FreoDad's three-hotel arvo is a classic example of that variance nuance in the wild.
The thing I'd add for the newbies: on a small spin sample you can't tell the difference between a tight config and ordinary cold streak. Timber Wolf's hit rate is low enough that 200 spins of nothing is well within normal, even on the loosest setting. I keep a note of session lengths when I play it at my local up here and honestly the "tighter pub" feels worse because you get fewer features per dollar, so the session just drains slower rather than dying loudly. Cheapest slap in the pub either way though 📊
Do the EV, then spin.