Definitions For Metagame

Verb

{{en-verb}} (RPG) Of a roleplayer, to make use of knowledge while roleplaying that they learned out of character, which their character does not know; often considered a form of cheating.

Related terms

meta metagaming

Translations

Finnish: metapeli French: métagame, m, méta-jeu, m Portuguese: metajogo, m Spanish: metajuego, m

Noun

METAGAME. (countable and uncountable, plural METAGAMEs) (countable) A game about games. : {{ux, en, nomic is a metagame in which players can modify the rules as part of gameplay.}} (countable, uncountable) The exploitation of the rules etc. of some other game, at a higher level than simply playing the game normally; a game outside or peripheral to the actual gameplay.

Etymology

from meta + game.

Anagrams

megateam, team game