When her night shift ends, Hesper walks down past the pollard willows to the cress beds and drops oak boards into the weir hatch while bright morning water climbs behind them. Its free round climbs too, board by board.
Every game here is free for good. The account looks after your 100,000 coins, favourites, level and daily missions from one lamp round to the next — and before spinning, you confirm there that you are 18 or over.
Play coins only. Nothing gambled for real money, no prizes of real-world value, no in-app purchases. 18+.
Sluiceboard Climb is the even-tempered walk at the bottom of the park. Lifting hooks, elderflower jugs and waterline gauges carry the everyday pays, and the one-leg heron and the brass sluice wheel hold the richer ones. The Three-Board Shield fills in for every picture except the Chalk Mark Stone. Three Chalk Mark Stones anywhere start Board by Board with ten free spins, Hesper dropping in board after board so the multiplier climbs from x2 through x3 to x4 as the water rises. With four stones the weir holds fifteen spins, with five it holds twenty-two, and stones landing mid-round add spins while the water level stays up.
Board by Board. Every free-spin win is multiplied, starting at x2 for spins one and two, rising to x3 for spins three and four and holding at x4 from spin five onwards; it never slips back.
Only free virtual coins are played with here. It is not real-money gambling, wins have no real-world value, and nothing is sold in-app. Each result comes from a random number generator, and the next spin owes nothing to the last.
Measured by running this page's own engine for 10,000,000 spins: coin RTP 95.1%, hit frequency 37.7%, free spins about once in 127 spins, a win of 10x your stake or more about once in 134 spins. Coin figures only — no money is staked or returned.
Sign in, follow the path past the pollard willows and set a stake beside the weir hatch.
Spin. A Three-Board Shield fills any gap except a Chalk Mark Stone, and pays follow the fixed lines from left to right.
Three Chalk Mark Stones start ten free spins: Hesper's opening two boards pay x2, boards three and four pay x3 and every board after pays x4; four stones make fifteen spins and five make twenty-two.
Players who like an even walk to the weir and a free round that deepens with every board Hesper drops, rather than one sudden splash.
A steady flow of modest pays on paid spins. The weir only reaches x4 once Board by Board is well under way, so the brightest moments at the weir tend to come near the end of a round.
| Symbol in the glass | Five in line on a payline | That win, priced against your stake |
|---|---|---|
 Three-Board Shield (wild) | 5,000× line bet | 200× your stake |
 Sluice Wheel | 2,600× line bet | 104× your stake |
 One-Leg Heron | 1,400× line bet | 56× your stake |
 Waterline Gauge | 800× line bet | 32× your stake |
 Elderflower Jug | 550× line bet | 22× your stake |
 Forged Lifting Hook | 320× line bet | 12.8× your stake |
The five card ranks (10 to A) pay the least. Three Chalk Mark Stones anywhere open the free round. Full values for three and four of a kind are in the paytable.
Never inside a round. Each board Hesper drops stays put, so x3 or x4 holds right through to the final free spin.
Yes. Three or more stones found mid-round lengthen it, and the water level of the multiplier does not fall.
No. The Chalk Mark Stone is the scatter and pays anywhere on the reels, so the shield leaves it alone.
New missions are set every day, good in each glasshouse, and no one is obliged to do them.
At first light the lamps go out in the orchid wing and the sun comes in through the dome, catching ornate glass cases of violet and white orchids on their iron stands. Anyone may spin in this wing, and after an empty paid spin the orchid cases hold their squares for one free look more.
Before the lamps are lit, Hesper calls at the timber honey shed in the meadow, where low gold sun pours across shelves of glowing honey and beeswax. The wildest of the three worlds, with tumbling reels whose chains pay more at every step.
Enjoy it, and blow out the lamp once the enjoyment fades. Before you start, settle on a time limit, and step away for breaks. If gambling, of whatever sort, is causing you problems, the National Gambling Helpline is free and confidential on 0808 8020 133, every hour of the day, or visit GamCare and BeGambleAware. Read Hesper’s note on keeping play in proportion.
Orangery After Dark lets in adults aged 18 or over, and nobody younger. Every glasshouse plays on virtual coins of no monetary value, coins that can never be bought, sold, withdrawn or exchanged. Nowhere in the orangery will you find a counter selling coins or a payment page; no prize of real-world value is offered; and success here does not imply future success at real-money gambling.
For free, confidential help with gambling: National Gambling Helpline 0808 8020 133, open every hour · BeGambleAware · GamCare · Hesper’s note on playing in proportion
All three glasshouses draw on a single coin balance. A free account unlocks the two latched doors, and Hesper chalks your coins, favourites, level and missions on her slate between lamp rounds.
Not ready? Spin the open world, Firstlight Orchid Cases — no email needed.