diff --git a/client/src/Board.js b/client/src/Board.js
index a1dc7c2..b1394de 100644
--- a/client/src/Board.js
+++ b/client/src/Board.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ const Board = ({ table, game }) => {
 
   const [transform, setTransform] = useState(1);
 
-  const 
+  const
     hexRatio = 1.1547,
     tileWidth = 67,
     tileHalfWidth = tileWidth * 0.5,
diff --git a/client/src/Trade.css b/client/src/Trade.css
index 1627ffd..dfb1df8 100644
--- a/client/src/Trade.css
+++ b/client/src/Trade.css
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
   top: 0;
   justify-content: center;
   align-items: center;
-  background: rgba(0,0,0,0.5);
   z-index: 1000;
 }
 
diff --git a/client/src/ViewCard.css b/client/src/ViewCard.css
index 71cecf7..e012e0f 100644
--- a/client/src/ViewCard.css
+++ b/client/src/ViewCard.css
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
   top: 0;
   justify-content: center;
   align-items: center;
-  background: rgba(0,0,0,0.5);
   z-index: 1000;
 }
 
diff --git a/server/routes/games.js b/server/routes/games.js
index fbeadd7..899256b 100755
--- a/server/routes/games.js
+++ b/server/routes/games.js
@@ -2687,6 +2687,7 @@ const resetGame = (game) => {
   console.log(`Reseting ${game.id}`);
 
   Object.assign(game, {
+    startTime: Date.now(),
     state: 'lobby',
     turn: 0,
     sheep: 19,
@@ -2699,7 +2700,13 @@ const resetGame = (game) => {
       roads: []
     },
     developmentCards: [],
+    chat: [],
     turn: {},
+    pipOrder: game.pipOrder,
+    borderOrder: game.borderOrder,
+    tileOrder: game.tileOrder,
+    signature: game.signature,
+    players: game.players
   });
 
   delete game.longestRoad;
@@ -2707,7 +2714,12 @@ const resetGame = (game) => {
   delete game.longestRoadLength;
   delete game.winner;
   delete game.longestRoad;
-    
+  
+  /* Reset all player data */
+  for (let color in game.players) {
+    clearPlayer(game.players[color]);
+  }
+
   /* Populate the game corner and road placement data as cleared */  
   for (let i = 0; i < layout.corners.length; i++) {
     game.placements.corners[i] = {
@@ -2745,11 +2757,6 @@ const resetGame = (game) => {
 
   shuffle(game.developmentCards);
 
-  /* Reset all player data */
-  for (let color in game.players) {
-    clearPlayer(game.players[color]);
-  }
-
   /* Ensure sessions are connected to player objects */
   for (let key in game.sessions) {
     const session = game.sessions[key];
@@ -2786,21 +2793,28 @@ const createGame = (id) => {
   }
 
   const game = {
-    id: id
+    id: id,
+    developmentCards: [],
+    players: {
+      O: newPlayer(),
+      R: newPlayer(),
+      B: newPlayer(),
+      W: newPlayer()
+    }
   };
 
-  console.log(`New game created with Beginner's Layout: ${game.id}`);
-  addChatMessage(game, null, 
-    `New game created with Beginner's Layout: ${game.id}`);
-
   [ "pips", "borders", "tiles" ].forEach((field) => {
     game[field] = staticData[field]
   });
 
+  setBeginnerGame(game);
   resetGame(game);
 
+  console.log(`New game created with Beginner's Layout: ${game.id}`);
+  addChatMessage(game, null, 
+    `New game created with Beginner's Layout: ${game.id}`);
+
   games[game.id] = game;
-  setBeginnerGame(game);
 
   return game;
 };
@@ -2845,7 +2859,7 @@ const setBeginnerGame = (game) => {
   game.signature = gameSignature(game);
 }
 
-const shuffleBoard = (game, beginnersGame) => {
+const shuffleBoard = (game) => {
   pickRobber(game);
 
   const seq = [];