Abstract: A gaming system includes a game implementer arranged to implement a base game, and an item collector arranged, during game play of a base game, by a player to add at least one item from a plurality of available items to an inventory associated with the player, wherein each collected item is usable by the player in a feature game. The system also includes a device arranged to store the item inventory of collected items usable by the player in the feature game. The system implements a feature game and includes an item selector arranged, during the feature game, to enable selection by the player of at least one item from the item inventory to use in the feature game, and an outcome evaluator arranged to determine an outcome of the feature game, based on the selected item. The feature game may be initiated by a player at any time.