Vinyl Owl
Vinyl Owl Studios

Games worth staying up for.

Vinyl Owl is a family studio. We make the games we play at our own table: a card game that's kept us up past midnight for as long as I can remember, a war my son has been drawing in crayon for years, and a few stranger things besides.

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  • Four Color War fighters, one on each team color — red, blue, green and yellow
    Four Color War
    VO-001

    Four Color War

    Four teams. Four colors. No guns.

    In development
  • Ada Brennan, one of the Blue Lantern's regulars, at the head of a green baize canasta table
    Canasta Club
    VO-002

    Canasta Club

    Pull up a chair. The Blue Lantern's open.

    In development
    House Rules1949
  • LastEve
    VO-003

    LastEve

    Ten years after the Quickening, the sky is mostly dirt.

    In development
  • VO-004

    Pug

A Vinyl Owl series of card games

House Rules

The great card games, played properly, in the rooms they were made for.

Five card clubs across a century, from a gaslit Boston parlour to a Chicago supper club, each playing one classic by its real rules. The first door is open: Canasta Club, at the Blue Lantern, New York, 1949.

  1. 1888Hearts
  2. 1925Bridge
  3. 1941Gin Rummy
  4. 1949Canasta Club
  5. 1956Spades
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Liner notes

From the devlog

What we're working on, as we work on it.

Read the devlog
  1. Oct 4, 2026Welcome, playtestersCanasta Club and Four Color War are open for playtesting. Here's how to get a seat, and what to do once you have one.
  2. Oct 3, 2026Dropping the needleVinyl Owl has a home. Here's what's in the crate.
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