Nobody mentioned it, so it’s either really obscure or way too obvious, but: Nirvana (1997).

A game developer finds out that the main character in his next title has become sentient and must save him from endless suffering by deleting all copies of the game shortly before it launches. I saw it many years ago, and really liked it. It hasn’t aged perfectly, but all the important cyberpunk bits are there.

It is not different from how the previous shared libraries worked. I guess it’s there to stop cheaters from buying a single copy of the game and sharing it with throwaway accounts.

I tried Regicide because of this post, really liked it.

Our few victories were always obtained by taking risks and was never easy. The mechanics are a bit overwhelming at first, but after a couple of matches the effects are easy to remember. We still haven’t found some general strategies beyond “diamonds are really useful, don’t waste them”.

A game ended after we had J♦ as the last jack and Q♦ right after it, we simply didn’t have enough cards to deal with them one after the other.

For us:

• Bang!: spaghetti western with secret teams, up to 7 players
• Fuji flush: easy card game, up to 8 players
• Exploding Kittens: silly cards where drawing may make you lose, up to 10 players (with the expansion)
• Secret Hitler: a kind of werewolf where you have to create governments and pass laws, up to 10 players