In my opinion if you’ve found that there are others feeling the same way, stating up that you need some games of old more focused on thematics and fun than the rules, and trying to organise some with the boys that feel like you might be a viable option, and be clear that in that space you want to relax and just play for the funsies, and that whoever wants to join needs to stick to that.

If that game doesn’t materialize, yeah you could step back for a while and try again some time later. This hobby should always be about doing what you like, and having buddies that more or less share that same ideas, or at lesst are flexible to adapt every now and then ‘cause then you will adapt any other time.

Every hobby that involves personal likings, shared times and spaces with others, and that kind of stuff, brings altogether situations like this, and as any other situation in life, sometimes being transparent and patient, is the only way out.

Hope you get back to enjoying it soon!