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metagaming

metagaming noun: the playing of metagames. Also the present participle and gerund of metagame.

Noun

metagaming (uncountable)

  1. The playing of metagames.
  2. (roleplaying games) 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...

Also used as

metagaming is also the present participle and gerund of metagame.

Origin of metagaming

From meta- + gaming.

Questions about metagaming

What does metagaming mean?
Metagaming means the playing of metagames.
What part of speech is metagaming?
Metagaming is a noun.

Words near metagaming in the dictionary

  1. metagame
  2. metagamed
  3. metagamer
  4. metagamers
  5. metagames
  6. metagaming
  7. metagaster
  8. metagastric
  9. metagastrula
  10. metage
  11. metagee

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