Why Are Friends Invited Before I've Had a Chance to Configure the Game?

[SteveG700]

So, I go to "Play Now" from the top menu.

I pick the options to play a turn-based game with friends.

I click on the game or the "Play Now" button on the game of my choice.

The result: BGA instantly tries to invite all my friends and create a game and warns me that some are offline. Only after the invite has gone out can I adjust the game's setup. But as soon as anyone joins the game, I can't change any settings. I have to warn my friends not to accept the invite until I give the okay? This makes no sense. No sense at all.

The reasonable and sane expectation is that I would be able to configure a game with the desired settings and ONLY THEN fuss with setting out invitations.

What am I missing here?

[SteveG700]

Seemed like a simple question.

I'm going to take the silence to mean that BGA just doesn't function in a sane and reasonable way and in fact users must invite players to join, then rush in and configure settings before any actually does join and lock the host out.

[Een]

Hi,
You can use "manual mode" if you want full control to set options, then invite friends, then open the game.