If you were me, I would say “aha, that’s the problem”. I’ve played once on BGA, a multiplayer async game, and it was deadly dull and dreary; I enjoy it vastly more in person. I think the trick may be that you have to retain an overall awareness of your own board; unless you’re taking extensive notes, there’s a subconscious feel that this is my lichen column, that is the bit where I’m doing diagonal conifers, or whatever, and without the constant presence of the board I find that quite hard to do.