I have always loved complicated games. HeroQuest was an all time favorite of small me, and when it was stolen, I wound up getting another copy. I wanted to tell you to try Zombicide or Dead of Winter or one of those heavy themed games, but the other part of me knows I am drawn to these kinds of games, but I know what it looks like when something bounces off someone so for now… I recommend cleaner games until that excitement sparks.
I still AD&D, Shatterzone, Earthdawn… just a ton of RPG games occupying the shelves not taken up by board games. I would be so into RPGs again if it didn’t take so much dang work to run. One of my all time favorites was TMNT which was my sisters game but just rolling characters for that one was a blast.
Pathfinder Card Games and Gloomhaven are as close to RPG without the RPG I’ve found so far (Zombicide isn’t quite there but still fun), but Gloomhaven is finicky and huge commitment, two of my players don’t like Pathfinder.