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Rules assistance for The Metagame: The Games Expansion
Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.
- 2–33 players
- 10 min
- 17+
Rules assistant for The Metagame: The Games Expansion
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The Metagame: The Games Expansion is an expansion for The Metagame released in 2018 for 2–33 players, 10 minutes per game, and ages 17 and up. It was designed by Eric Zimmerman, Colleen Macklin, and John Sharp.
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About the game
It’s a brand new expansion for the card game The Metagame, about games. Now, finally, you can enjoy the ultimate creative indulgence and play a game about games. The Metagame gets even more meta, and board game scientists tell us they’ve never seen anything like this before. It’s off the scale. These are the cards you've been looking for. 100% curated and written by the unhinged geniuses at Shut Up & Sit Down, the smartest tabletop site there is. Who else could bring you all-new Metagame cards about your favorite videogames, tabletop games, even the most dangerous games? This is our third expansion for The Metagame, so what better time to get seriously meta? The new expansion includes 40 culture cards and 16 opinion cards. —description from the publisher
Publishers
- Local No. 12
Questions and answers
The Metagame: The Games Expansion supports 2–33 players according to the catalogue. This range comes from the publisher’s listed player count, so the game can be set up for any group size within it. Some setups, rules and scoring details may still vary by player count, so check your edition’s rulebook for the exact configuration.
The listed playing time for The Metagame: The Games Expansion is 10 minutes. This is the publisher’s estimate for a full game. The actual duration depends on the group, the player count and familiarity with the rules: first sessions usually run longer, while experienced groups often finish faster. Setup and teaching time are not included in this estimate.
The catalogue lists The Metagame: The Games Expansion for ages 17 and up. This is the publisher’s recommendation and reflects reading demands, rule complexity and small components rather than theme alone. Younger players can often join with help from an adult, so check the age guidance on your edition and consider your group’s experience with board games.
The Metagame: The Games Expansion belongs to these categories: Card Game, Party Game, and Expansion for Base-game. Categories describe the theme, setting and style of a game rather than its rules. Filter the catalogue by the same category to find similar games when you enjoyed The Metagame: The Games Expansion and want something comparable for your next game night.
The credited designers of The Metagame: The Games Expansion are: Eric Zimmerman, Colleen Macklin, and John Sharp. These credits come from the published game data and name the people responsible for the game’s design, not its illustrators or publishers. Designer pages on MeepleRules collect other titles by the same designers, which helps when you enjoy a game and want to find similar ones.
The catalogue lists The Metagame: The Games Expansion as an expansion for The Metagame. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to the base game and usually cannot be played on their own, so you need The Metagame to use it. Check that your edition of The Metagame is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.