metagame

meta- +‎ game

metagame (plural metagames)

1. A game about games; a game based on exploiting the rules etc. of some other game, at a higher level than simply playing the game normally.

metagame (third-person singular simple present metagames, present participle metagaming, simple past and past participle metagamed)

1. (role-playing games) Of a roleplayer, to make use of knowledge while roleplaying that they learned out of character, which their character does not know; often considered a form of cheating.

• meta
• metagaming

• megateam, team game