Board Game Arena

I've noticed that every single game I attempt to join using autojoin, I end up being the host. Is this normal? I suspected it relates to me having premium. The end result is autojoin is useless for me, because if I'm going to be setting up the table anyway, I might as well configure it manually before opening to the public.

That's not necessarily true, and what's the difference being the host or not?

Also auto mode will open multiple tables that all match your settings.