metagame

Noun

 * 1)  A game about games.
 * 2)  The exploitation of the rules etc. of some other game, at a higher level than simply playing the game normally; a game outside or peripheral to the actual gameplay.
 * 1)  The exploitation of the rules etc. of some other game, at a higher level than simply playing the game normally; a game outside or peripheral to the actual gameplay.
 * 1)  The exploitation of the rules etc. of some other game, at a higher level than simply playing the game normally; a game outside or peripheral to the actual gameplay.

Verb

 * 1)  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.

Translations

 * Finnish:
 * French: métagame, méta-jeu
 * Portuguese: metajogo
 * Spanish: metajuego