Each week we answer a question from our loyal audience. Our question for this week is:

Dear Apathy,

My group has started to do a lot of out of character planning and talking in combat, and it is really starting to piss me off! How should I go about trying to reign it in?

–Matthew Edwards from Toboggan Glacier, Alaska

Metagaming is a fact of life. Others encourage it, and even some games just down right force it, but honestly does it really help or hinder?