Six Figures Under Review

I received Six Figures Under by Blinking Birch Games as part of the TTRPGs for Trans Rights in Texas. Intrigued by the premise of being a necromancer and inspired by a glance at the prompts, I was thrilled to get started.

You Went Through Ten Years Of Necromancy School And They Never Taught You How To Market Yourself.
A series of 6 solo micro-games about being a freelance necromancer:

• False Life Advertising – Write a Craigslist ad
• Dead Ringer – Record a message for your answering machine
• A Day in the Life – Journal about a revivification job
• Cheap as Dirt – Write a recipe
• At Death’s Door – Journal about work following you home
• Life Insurance – Write instructions for your own revivification

Six Figures Under allows for so much darkness and snark (right up my alley)! Gives me Dead Like Me vibes.
The prompts are fantastic but what really makes this easy and fun to play are the tables for outcomes and follow up as well as the prompts in between card draws. I just haven’t seen any other solo game like it.

Not only is the premise unique (a necromancer MC with an irreverent sense of humor in the prompting) but the set up is quick and easy to understand. The prompt tables made each session with my necromancer character as short or as long as I wanted it. Some rolls inspired pages of creative writing while others made for one or two sentences of journaling. It felt very real – much like every day life will either inspire or drain and leave you making only quick notes to self.

I also found myself returning the character and game again and again even if I hadn’t touched it in a week. The character stayed with me, as did her world and situation. I’ve yet to experience this with any other solo ttrpgs I’ve played so far.

Six Figures Under is easily 5 stars. I recommend it for anyone looking for either an introduction to ttrpgs or veterans in the genre who want a unique premise.