Oh the amounts of research I’ve done for my fantasy world just to scrap it all…
(Okay no, that’s not true. I actually did fall in love with heraldry.)
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Indeed. It’s been a while since I’ve done research for a fantasy game but y’all are reminding me that it is, in fact, very much a thing.
I love this!
Yes! I like putting a twist on researched things in fantasy. Like shapeshifting griffins and reinvented mythology…
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Where can I see these???
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One of the kindred you can bond with in Ink and Intrigue is a shapeshifting griffin. 
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I’ve done as much nonfiction research reading for Choice of Rebels as I did for my MA – possibly more. 
But Leia is right that for fantasy you don’t need to do that research, and you’re much less bound by what any research you do might uncover, free to mix, match, invent and ignore. There’s a night-and-day difference between even the most research-intensive fantasy and historical fiction.
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I definitely don’t think the interest in fantasy has or ever will die out, and considering it’s such a wide descriptor for genre, I can’t in good conscience say that I’m sick of it, haha. There are a few aspects in fantasy IF that crop up too much for my liking, but there are just as many doing new and interesting things with it!
That being said, slice of life is a bit of a weird spot for me, because on paper it sounds like something I would LOVE, but in reality, most slice of life tend to be romance-focused, which isn’t something I’m interested in, in any capacity (aros unite??)
That’s not to say slice of life romances are less interesting; they may sound boring on paper but in my experience they tend to be better written; it’s just, romance is the main story for a lot of these, and since romance on it’s own doesn’t interest me… you get it.
That being said, I would love to see an IF out there that focuses more on the mundanity of life (in an office setting, going to a book club, etc.) and on, maybe platonic interactions (coworkers, acquaintances, that lady at the retail store, etc.) to really give that slice of life vibe, yk? Of a person with varied and storied relationships with a lot of people?
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Actually I don’t have a problem. But I wish the fantasy, or any… genre’s (depending on how its contents are related) stories were a little more explicit (in terms of blood, gore and violence). But of course this is up to the author. 
and the other is that since real life-based games are rarely encountered, I think that maybe different styles of this genre should be tried more?
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to be honest, fantasy games are my escape from reality, it’s so refreshing because it’s so different from the life I’ve been living, it sparks my imagination and creative side
so, no, I will never be tired of them
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Case in point: There are portals in my stories, and the characters are about to go on a side quest from a fantasy world into a modern one based on ours (but in a dystopian, parallel realm). Today I’m doing research on weapons, because guns and swords co-exist in this expanding fantasy I’m writing, so please disregard my previous “no research needed” comment.
Clearly I’d forgotten how much research I’ve done over the years to add depth and realism to my stories. 
I do enjoy the freedom that fantasy provides to adapt the facts I’ve gathered.
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Are you sure you’re not just on purpose piquing my interest in your game? 
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I mean, I’m just giving examples that go with the conversation, but if that’s the result I have to say I’m okay with it. 
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That sounds interesting, really all it needs is a game that allows and accounts for a non romantic/platonic path alongside the romance options.
I work at a museum and I still occasionally think it’s a nice sort of a setting for a COG (not my museum since it’s not THAT exciting but a more grand one or one in a fantasy setting).
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