flavor text

== English == === Alternative forms === flavour text flavortext flavourtext === Noun === flavor text (countable and uncountable, plural flavor texts) (chiefly card games) Text printed on a card or within the rulebook of a tabletop game or a menu in a video game which does not affect the game's mechanics, but gives background information on characters, places, etc. to enhance the game's atmosphere. 2008, Game Developer, Volume 15, Issues 7-11, unknown page: In the old days of Magic the Gathering, the flavor text was almost all serious, sometimes even with quotes from Shakespeare or Edgar Allen Poe thrown in.