Metagame

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If traditional games are generally about playing a game, metagaming is gaming the system. Basically it means using knowledge outside of the game's system/rule set to try to gain an advantage. In Roleplaying metagaming means utilizing information your character shouldn't have access to when making decisions, and is generally looked down upon as the lowest form of munchkinry. Other games like Diplomacy and Shadow Hunters actively encourage meta-gaming, since half the fun is trying to stay one step of THAT SHITBAG MIKE WHO PROMISED HE WAS GOING TO HELP ME TAKE ANKARA HE PROMISED GODDAMN IT.