metagaming

Noun

uncountable

The playing of metagames.

Japanese Meaning

ゲーム外の情報や戦略（プレイヤーの知識や経験）を利用して、ゲーム内で有利に進める行為としてのメタゲームの実践 / ゲーム自体の枠を超えた、外部の要素を取り入れることで生じる戦略的なプレイ

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Excessive metagaming undermines the immersion of tabletop role-playing games.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

過度のメタゲームのプレイはテーブルトークRPGの没入感を損なう。

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Sense（1）

The playing of metagames.

Sense（2）

(role-playing games) The act of making use of knowledge while roleplaying that a player has learned out of character, which their character does not know; 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).

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