Metagame

A metagame is a game about a game, or an approach to playing a game. A metagame can serve a broad range of purposes, tied to the way a game relates to various aspects of life.: 2,14 

"Metagaming" redirects here. For the defunct board game company, see Metagaming Concepts.
For metafiction in video gaming, see List of metafictional works § Interactive media and video games.

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.

In tabletop role-playing game, metagaming has been used to describe players discussing the game, sometimes simply rules discussions and other times causing the characters they control to act in ways they normally would not within the story.

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