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 ahead of THAT SHITBAG MIKE WHO PROMISED HE WAS GOING TO HELP ME TAKE ANKARA HE PROMISED GODDAMN IT. Mao is an example of a game that is sometimes considered a metagame.

Some people find metagaming to be quite fun when not used for an in game advantage so much as to troll other players (E.g. "I know what you did last summer...").