Critique a Board Game You Disliked to Understand Why

You played it and you did not enjoy it and you are not sure if the game is bad or if you are not the right audience for it or if it was just the wrong group on the wrong night. Most board games are not universally enjoyable and some are specifically not enjoyable in particular conditions. This works through what specifically did not land, whether it was the game or the circumstances, and what game would address the specific thing that bothered you.

I played a board game recently and I did not enjoy it. Help me understand why by working through the following: what specifically about the game failed for me (was it the length, the downtime between turns, the randomness, the theme, the player count, or something else), whether the problem was the game itself or the conditions I played it in, whether the game might work better for a different type of player or situation, and whether there is a game I would likely enjoy that addresses the specific thing I disliked. The game I am critiquing is {GAME_NAME} and what I did not enjoy was [describe what bothered you].