metagame

== English == === Etymology === From meta- +‎ game. === Noun === metagame (countable and uncountable, plural metagames) (countable) A game about games. (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. (countable, uncountable, video games) The conventions of a gaming community; the characters, weapons, techniques, etc, which are currently considered most viable in multiplayer gameplay, and the best practices for using them. Synonym: meta === Verb === metagame (third-person singular simple present metagames, present participle metagaming, simple past and past participle metagamed) (roleplaying games) 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 metachurl metagaming ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === megateam, team game