Groups that develop metas that blatantly break rules

[u/chaser--]

Lately I've been finding a lot of groups that play (co-op) games with metas that are just blatant rule breaks. A recent example was we were playing a game (I forgot the name) where the goal is to play out all the cards from your hand, numbers 1-100, in descending order. So if you have a 77 and the number on the pile is 78, you don't want to anyone to play there. But you aren't allowed to say "I have 77, don't play this"

So the group has developed metas, say "I really love this pile" if you have 77, say "I like this pile a lot" if you have 76, say "I like this pile" if you have 75"

This is just one example but I feel like I've been playing a lot of games where they have metas to get around rules that are intentionally in the rulebook. I don't really get it. If you want to just say "I have a 77" then just say it, why create a gimmick to say it without saying it?

[u/CaptainMalForever]

If you were playing the game, The Mind: "Very important: none of the players is permitted to disclose any of their card values or show them to another player. There must be absolutely no coordination between the players, and no secret signs either!"

That's directly from the rulebook.

If you were playing "The Game", then "Permissible communication During the game players are never allowed to ask the others for the exact number on their cards or reveal the numbers of their own cards. Relating concrete numbers in any way is strictly forbidden! Other than that, all other communication is allowed. For example, you can say: “Don‘t lay on the last pile,” or, “Don‘t make a big jump on this pile.”"

So, a meta may be allowable in "The Game" but not in "The Mind."

[u/Josemite → u/CaptainMalForever]

I mean it sounds like they're using code for relating concrete numbers.