Beth and Angel Make Games
Hi there. 🙋‍♀️ We're Beth and Angel, partners in design and life! We make games and zines and stuff. You can find other ways to connect with us here. 🧡💜
We also run a blog together on Patreon! Become a member to get:
- Free Member: We share new releases (free via community copies), special events, insights about game design, and more there. The posts are free even if you aren't a member. But if you join, you'll get emails when we put out new posts (like a newsletter!).
- Zinester ($3/month): Our posts in your email inbox, plus Itch keys for all the zines we make while you're a member.
- Gamer ($5/month): The above and Itch keys for ALL of our releases while you're a member.
- Mail Club ($10/month US or $15/month internationally): The above and monthly snail mail: home-printed games and zines!
Bundles We're In
- Solo Journaling Games Bundle ends September 5th. 33 items from 18 creators for $10, including The Museum of Extraterrestrial Rarities by Beth and Definitely Unidentified by Angel
- Free Zine Week 2026 ends September 7th. PWYW (even free) for 98 items from 58 creators, including six zines from Beth and Angel
- Beginner Friendly Pay What You Want TTRPGs ends September 19th. PWYW (even free) for 38 items from 24 creators including The Whimsical Wizard by Beth
- Games for Scholarships ends September 21st. 324 items from 159 creators for $10 including The Uninvited Guest by Beth and Angel
Funds raised will provide scholarships for underserved youth participating in the Games for Change Student Challenge, a global game design competition that invites students ages 10-25 to create original digital and tabletop games about issues impacting their communities.
- Unhoused Fundraising Bundle ends October 5th. 44 items for PWYW (even free) but all proceeds go directly to helping us get out of a hotel and into an apartment. Thank you. If you too are struggling but would still like to help, we are gathering submissions for a coop bundle, where those funds would also go toward helping us with housing. You can find that here: Unhoused Fundraising Bundle
Our Current Jams
The Solo September jam is inspired by the Solo September Games Bundle from RPG Trader and Solo RPG List. The jam tasks you with making a solo analog (tabletop, TTRPG, card/dice, journaling, etc.) game. The jam runs through October 4th.
A solo TTRPG heavily inspired by Alan Wake and the Remedyverse.
Five solo journaling RPGs, and an SRD.
An "I Spy"-ish adventure
A campfire activity about letting go.
A little fill in the blank zine
Click Here to See Everything We've Made/Codesigned
A little fill in the blank zine
A micro-RPG made for a 58mm badge
An "I Spy"-ish adventure
A campfire activity about letting go.
A found word manifesto.
A zine made for #minizinejuly26 prompt: Friendship
A listicle zine of recent likes, dislikes, and in betweens.
A solo TTRPG based on Shut the Box.
A solo TTRPG heavily inspired by Alan Wake and the Remedyverse.
A solo journaling TTRPG about pondering an afterlife through soliloquy.
Write what matters (to you)
Can you escape being stranded on a desert island in this roll-and-write hex-crawl TTRPG?
Even drowning in darkness... you can find hope
A solo, introductory journaling TTRPG
A game and poem about dwindling energy
Knock some dice around, they deserve it!
An Alone Among the Stars hack about humanity living underground.
Our lives aren't movies, yet our minds chime in like movie critics forced to watch our lives... what's that about?
A game zine to help motivate you toward your goals
An 8-page zine that challenges how you think about negative thoughts.
Convince the Hero of Legend they need YOUR Legendary Item and why!
Zines You Can Read in Your Browser
A little fill in the blank zine
An "I Spy"-ish adventure
A campfire activity about letting go.
Exorcise your inner demons with these scrolls of distraction.
A poem about relationships.
A perzine celebrating BioShock Infinite, one of my fav games!
Self-discovery and growth in edible form!
A mini-zine of quirky little 24-word RPGs to play IRL.
A short poem about the kindred nature of trees.
A pocket guide to stuff I often need to look up, maybe you do too!
Create conspiracy theories to overthrow an evil corporation
An 8-page pocket-sized encouraging coloring zine
Even drowning in darkness... you can find hope
7 truths and 3 lies. Times 4. Cuz I'm ✨extra✨ like that!
My Edition of Beth's Truths & Lies: Sparkly Edition
An 8-page mini zine featuring photography of squirrels I took at the park.
An 8-page mini zine featuring photography of geese, ducks, and a swan I took at the park.
Starscrawl your way into divination!
An Alone Among the Stars hack about an elderly person's trip down memory lane.
Store your awesomeness and celebrate it when you need it the most!
Summon support critters for you and your friends!
Free!
A micro-RPG made for a 58mm badge
A listicle zine of recent likes, dislikes, and in betweens.
Explore deeper and deeper, gathering more and more, but... look out for the shadows...
Upkeep art you couldn't care less about and unravel the mysteries of your ancestors and the hill itself
Make your own zines, postcards, bookmarks, business cards, and playing cards in Canva!
Wield an otherworldly coin and question who —or what— you can trust
A poetic celebration of (a lack of) memories
Why carry stuff when an intern can do it?
These magical apps come at a cost: the phone charges itself with YOU
The world may affect your emotions, but your emotions absolutely affect the world
Discover your biggest fan: you!
A push-your-luck roll-and-move game where players rapidly roll and save a dwindling number of dice per round.
Use your stickers on reusable cards to remember a "long-lost" civilization
A 2-page party game about throwing parties! No cards required!
Your newest excuse to roll a bunch of dice!
A creative solo/party game about using the items you have around you to overcome life-threatening obstacles!
Recall your memories and the lessons you learned from Wonderland
Name the books you save (or burn...) and discuss them while/after playing Fire in the Library
Roll a die and act out the wild effect of your drink!
Retrieve visions of the end