[spoon]

What is or is not gamey is hard to define, because there is no definition of "gamey". That said, I only play in games where surrender is Banned (or restricted to surrendering to the person stomping you (though I prefer a strict ban)). The reason? Because of the way surrender works in the game, it can completely ruin the fun. I've been in at least two games that were scrapped as soon as one player surrendered...