meta-game

There was a time, long ago, when I assumed that Harry Reid must be some grandmaster tactician, playing "the game within the game within the meta-game".

Your Right Hand Thief 2009

She said, 'I only choose to plant things in my farm that bloom beautifully,' pulling a meta-game out of a meta-game.

A conversation with video game exhibition curator Chris Melissinos 2011

First, it gives your characters a meta-game reason for adventuring (better loot), while not giving them a reason to set up a “magic” shop.

Some Thoughts On 2e and 3e’s Legacy « Geek Related 2009

Then, once I have the character, I can just play them without having to meta-game about it.

Hot Girl On Girl Action In Our D&D Campaign? « Geek Related 2009

There is always a lot of advice about how you never want PCs to actually come into physical conflict with other PCs, how that will ruin your game and you should take any meta-game action necessary to prevent it.

PC on PC Violence « Geek Related 2009

Screams bad meta-game choices in the design. pilgrimize

4e Excerpt: The Quest’s the Thing « Geek Related 2008

I'd wonder whether RPing communities are commonly more accepting of already discriminated groups within the game-world, but also if today these findings are less common as just about every meta-game practice is supported by a larger external community that carries its values and practices to a variety of games in little semi-autonomous enclaves.

Role Player Study released 2010

There is a music in the noise; what they call the meta-game in modern poker theory.

Journalistic narcissism « BuzzMachine 2009

The addictive qualities of this meta-game only amplify the draw of

Wired Top Stories 2008

Caring for and managing the invaders would become this a whole meta-game distinct from the shooter itself.

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