The story
Fiction and adapted settings written by Akitsora Gaming for this title, including invented dialogue and events. This is not a historical or folklore reference. The rules and specification tables define the gameplay and math.
A stumble on the temple steps leaves a single straw in his palm.
Trade by trade along the highway, that straw becomes a noble estate.
I. The Oracle of the Temple Dream
Long ago in old Japan lived a penniless young man who had neither field nor family to his name. After praying day and night before the hall of Kannon at Hasedera, he drifted into sleep on the wooden floor and received a quiet dream omen: when you step outside tomorrow morning, hold fast to the very first thing your hand touches.
At daybreak he hurried down the temple steps, caught his foot on a worn stone, and tumbled face-first into the dirt by the roadside. Opening his palm, he found he had clutched a single stalk of golden straw—yet trusting the temple oracle with an open and grateful heart, he brushed off his knees and set out down the highway.
II. Kindness Traded Down the Road
As he walked under the warm morning sun, a horsefly buzzed around his head; he caught it gently and tied it harmlessly to the end of his straw. Soon an ox-carriage passed by carrying a crying noble child who immediately laughed at the buzzing toy, and the grateful attendants traded him a basket of sweet oranges for the straw.
On the reels, this folktale comes alive through the trade-up chain: after every winning cascade clears and the grid refills from above, any trade symbols orthogonally touching the winning cells automatically step up to the next tier as travellers walk down the dusty road to swap with our hero and bow in thanks.
III. From Silk Bolts to a Spirited Steed
Further along the highway, the young man met a cloth merchant parched with thirst under the midday heat and gladly gave him the juicy oranges in exchange for a fine bolt of silk. Before long he encountered a samurai whose mount had collapsed by the roadside; trading the silk, he tended the animal until the horse stood strong and spirited again.
With every swap along the journey he asked for nothing in return, simply offering what he held in his hands to whoever needed it and bowing in thanks for whatever came his way. On the grid, trading hands wilds bridge the reels while newly upgraded silk and horses immediately check for fresh cascades.
IV. The Gate of the Straw Millionaire
Leading the horse past a grand country estate, he met a lord setting off on an urgent journey who offered the keys to his entire mansion in exchange for the steed. Landing enough mansions on any cascade awards the Millionaire multiplier, while enough dream omens open the Road to Riches bonus where the lowest symbols are progressively traded up across the reels.
By the final spins of the bonus, straw, oranges, and silk have all been traded away until only horses and mansions remain as the young man rides home in triumph. It is the game's theme, not a promise: the tale of the straw millionaire belongs to folklore, while every spin's outcome is still decided by the RGS random number generator.