Board Game Arena

It means that all of those players have it in its favorite list, they don't have to play it to add it in. Yes they are online, but currently absent from the game that you want to play. You can invite someone to play from those people online.

Sadly no, if it was the Standard Game settings I would tell u to kick em out of the starting game page but problem is that you can't actually chose who you play with on Arena. The other good thing about Arena tho is that the Timer is at a default value so if they leave or outrun the timer you are st...

Just click the Arena Menu and change it to Simple Game (With the Coffee Logo)

Are you talking bout Hotseat right? I think that it is a Premium Feature. Your Brother needs to create an account and play from a different browser or device. For example you can even use BGA on a mobile device the specs don't matter you only need a browser.