Board Game Arena

Since a few day, the "Simple Game" lobby is identical to the "Arena" one for me. I.e. there are no tables waiting for players, and if I click on "Play now", it starts looking for an Arena opponent. Cfr the screenshot.

https://imgur.com/a/6GTeba3

This is both in Firefox and Chrome. I don't find any mention of this in the news, on this forum or on the bugs forum, but surely I can't be the only one having this issue? What's going on?

On top right, you can choose between "Automatic" and "Manual" lobby. Your screenshot looks like you are in the "Automatic" lobby, you should switch back to "Manual", probably that's what you are looking for.

dschingis27 wrote: ↑24 May 2026, 20:57 On top right, you can choose between "Automatic" and "Manual" lobby. Your screenshot looks like you are in the "Automatic" lobby, you should switch back to "Manual", probably that's what you are looking for.

That's it, thanks!
Never looked at that option before, I must have accidentally changed it