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metagaming en · NOUN

Etymology

From meta- + gaming.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The playing of metagames.
  2. (qualifier:roleplaying games, uncountable) The act of a roleplayer making use of knowledge that they have learned out of character (and which their character does not know) while they are in character; often considered a form of cheating.
    • Other terms are specific to the role-playing experience, such as […] 'Metagaming', in which players act on information that they, as players, know, but which their characters could not know (or have not yet learned). [2017, Amanda K. Allen, “Social Networking, Participatory Culture and the Fandom World of Harry Potter”, in Gail Ashton, editor, Medieval Afterlives in Contemporary Culture, Bloomsbury Academic, →ISBN, page 284:

metagaming en · VERB

Etymology

From meta- + gaming.

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present, qualifier:roleplaying games) present participle and gerund of metagame
    form of metagame