metagaming
Sign in to saveA metagame broadly defined as "a game beyond the game", typically refers to either of two concepts: a game which revolves around a core game; or the strategies and approaches to playing a game. A metagame can serve a broad range of purposes, and may be tied to the way a game relates to various aspects of life.
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Its subject is documented across 8 Wikipedia language editions.
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Casual gaming
- Competitive gaming
- Metagaming and cheating
- In esports
- In trading card games
- In roguelikes
- In chess
- In tabletop games
- Game development
- See also
- References
A metagame broadly defined as "a game beyond the game", typically refers to either of two concepts: a game which revolves around a core game; or the strategies and approaches to playing a game. A metagame can serve a broad range of purposes, and may be tied to the way a game relates to various aspects of life.
In competitive games, the metagame can refer to the most popular strategy, often called a game's meta, or preparation for a match in general.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “metagaming” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.