Metagaming

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The playing of metagames. uncountable
  2. 2
    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. uncountable

    "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)."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of metagame form-of, gerund, participle, present

Example

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"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)."

Etymology

From meta- + gaming.

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