Patent attributes
An gaming system includes a display that displays a wagering game having adjacent virtual spinnable reels having a plurality game symbol positions on the reels. The gaming system also includes a game controller communicatively coupled to the display and a tangible non-transitory computer-readable storage medium. The game controller, is configured to initiate a first round of play of a base game upon receipt of a player input, thereby causing a simulated spinning of the plurality of adjacent spinnable reels, determine, to change the base game to a metamorphic reel game, create a morphed reel during the first round of play, replace the reels with the morphed reel, determine a metamorphic reel game outcome for the first round of play based on a metamorphic reel game paytable and a reduced number of reels including the morphed reel. The game awards credit based on the metamorphic reel game outcome.
