metagaming
Speech parts
1. metagaming - Noun
2. metagaming - Verb
Meaning
The playing of metagames.
(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.
metagaming
(roleplaying games) present participle of metagame
Examples
Metagaming also published two magazines that featured TFT material.
Copyright dates listed are 1976 and 1979, published by Metagaming and then Flying Buffalo.
The last TFT release before the closing of Metagaming.
This was originally intended to be Shaylle: Soldier City for the Land Beyond the Mountains campaign, but when Metagaming went out of business the module was rewritten and issued under the new title, for use with the Thieves' Guild rules system.