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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dragonblade" data-source="post: 5259983" data-attributes="member: 2804">I think American gamers expect challenges to yield appropriate awards. If I go into the dungeon, I might get killed by big nasty stuff, but if I live I know there will be something cool waiting for me.The British mentality is a bit different (at least based on my experience reading Joe Dever  Lone Wolf books). I could go into the dungeon and it could be empty, it could be a death trap, or filled with monsters and there may or may not be any treasure at all. Or there could simply be epic magic just lying in there with no guardian at all.The dangers you face and the rewards earned seem somewhat randomized in British games, whereas I think American gamers expect more of a direct correlation between risk and reward. I don't know how else to put it.Incidentally, while I have never gamed with a Brit outside of a convention delve, I have gamed with a French expat once when I was living abroad.Really nice guy but I thought it was ironic and hilarious that before we gamed he went off on this tirade about how he dislikes powergaming and is a serious role-player. But once we started playing, he turned into one of the biggest powergaming opportunists I ever gamed with.I'm sure not all French gamers are like that but it was funny none the less.</blockquote>