Metagaming is when someone playing a game is using perception involving content not included with the game, and using it to their advantage. It is also commonly used, and perhaps not correctly, for when someone has died in a game, remembers their last location, and uses that information to go back there and kill them vengefully.
Player #1 kills Player #2
Player #2: Fuck you I know where you are now!
Player #1: Don't be a dick, that's metagaming.
Player #2: Fuck you I know where you are now!
Player #1: Don't be a dick, that's metagaming.
by Terrum June 14, 2013
Get the metagamingmug. Noun; A person playing a ttrpg (tabletop role playing game) who will search the entire universe for every edition (even for other games) for feats and abilities to break the game as much as possible.
1. UGH, Jimmy took Monkey's Grip and Giant's Strength from completely different editions of the game and now he does 20 damage at lvl 1. He is SUCH a metagamer.
by Natural1 June 1, 2018
Get the Metagamermug. Term used for card games. The act of changing your deck around to counter the majority of decks in the local tournament area.
by Cds February 18, 2003
Get the metagamemug. Predicting an opponent's decision in competitive gaming as a result of analysis of the opponent's past decisions.
There is a special set of moves in chess which allows a player to win in four moves. Competitor A has been watching Competitor B play chess, and the past five games in a row Competitor B has attempted to use this four-move win. When Competitor A sits down to play against Competitor B, Competitor A will be metagaming if he/she plays in a way that will easily thwart the four-move checkmate before Competitor B makes it obvious that this is what he/she is doing.
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by Denus December 16, 2006
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