The reasons for using meta-techniques is most often to provide players with information they would not be able to gather while playing their characters. This could for example be information provided by other players about their characters, directions from a gamemaster or additional story outside the game's time and space. The ultimate goal of the this is commonly to increase the emotional energy of play and increase the dramatic potential.
=== Dramachanics ===Meta-techniques used to increase the drama of a larp are sometime called [[Dramachanics]]which is short for Dramatic game mechanics.
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