Board Game Arena

Thank you both so much! I'm new to BGA, and a little slow to figure things out. If no "beginner"s are in the game, does it automatically include the hand cards? I wouldn't mind the lack of additional actions as much if there were hand cards; it's just the combination that is brutal.

I've now joined three Agricola turn-based games and have been disappointed to discover they all have the beginner set-up (and even worse, two have no additional action spaces), so I have two questions: Are turn based games only for beginners Can a non-premium member request or only accept a game wit...