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  • First let's talk a bit about "metagaming" and "metagame thinking", Sociologists can kindly stash away their definition over there for a bit, and TCG players can hold on to their "Path to Exile has warped the format" comments until the end of the article.

    Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News Rodrigo 2010

  • It helped that we were playing 2e where there were a lot less “rules” – table talk for rules was therefore minimal and metagaming/strategizing was forbidden.

    Breaking the Flow « Geek Related 2008

  • Lots of useful tables - although their more charts or lists of advice as DWAITAS is a rules-light game and use some metagaming.

    curufea: GM Screen curufea 2010

  • Lots of useful tables - although their more charts or lists of advice as DWAITAS is a rules-light game and use some metagaming.

    January 27th, 2010 curufea 2010

  • Thats why TS hacking and faking FC commands is so much frowned upon in EVE as one of the worst kinds of metagaming.

    The face of information 2007

  • To the extent then that players strive to push the envelope metagaming, customized UIs, etc. are they engaged in learning?

    Rewriting Virtual Worlds 2006

  • That suggests that these players are metagaming, which means the designers are doing a rather bad job, if most people metagame, rather than game.

    Endgame: Bandwidth 2006

  • To the extent then that players strive to push the envelope metagaming, customized UIs, etc. are they engaged in learning?

    September 2006 2006

  • Stop by But wait -- we have another who's taking metagaming to new heights

    WoW.com Lisa Poisso 2010

  • That is why it is up to game masters to catch and discourage metagaming, at least up to the level where it jeopardizes the game.

    Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News Rodrigo 2010

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