Metagaming (role-playing games)

Metaplay (also meta- Roll Play or meta- RP) is a term used in the role play area. In the role play, especially the live role-playing game, called LARP, strictly between IT ( Intimate ), the play of character in fiction, and the OT ( outtime ) is separated, ie if the players themselves are. A player who makes his OT- knowledge to his character knowledge, although the character played by him has not this knowledge operates Metaplaying: Consequently, he cheats. This definition is also broader. Who carries into conflicts from outside of the game in the game, for example, introduces an argument in reality in the game, thereby hurts the game by the feelings and emotions of the player that does not have the character that way.

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