Board Game Arena

I would like to be able to use the hotseat option to run through games before playing them live to be familiar with the interfaces. I signed up for premium already.

I'd use two accounts in training mode (to not be reported as ELO boost abuse or whatever) rather than hotseat, frankly it's full of bugs.

In the game lobby, click on "Play with friends" (it is below the three dropdown menus at the top). Then click on "Add a friend" and choose "Yes" in the following question. Choose a username of your imaginary buddy and there you go.

thamks