martin goddard  | 23 Mar 2026 11:46 p.m. PST |
Many rule sets and their covers are now using AI. It is fairly easy to see which ones do. They look nice and require minimal effort. Don't forget that the picture can be made lighter. Gloomy pictures are often the AI initial offering. The thoughts of others? martin
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robert piepenbrink  | 24 Mar 2026 3:54 a.m. PST |
Well, if the AI writes the rules, only fair that it gets a chance to submit a cover. |
rustymusket  | 24 Mar 2026 4:06 a.m. PST |
AI just sort of confuses me. It just seems like a computer doing what computers do; information is put in by people and then it comes out when people put in a request. |
aegiscg47  | 24 Mar 2026 5:49 a.m. PST |
AI is being heavily used in the board game industry and there have been some pretty heated discussions about it over at BGG. I can see why board game manufacturers and some designers are using it, such as when you need to produce several hundred cards, tokens, etc., for some of the larger games and paying artists for that could make the game pretty expensive. There are, however, a lot of gamers who now refuse to buy a game if it has AI artwork in it. |
| mildbill | 24 Mar 2026 7:42 a.m. PST |
Luddites are still with us. |
Sgt Slag  | 24 Mar 2026 8:02 a.m. PST |
AI has its place, but people are tending to rely too heavily, IMO, on it to do their work for them. AI art can be useful -- I've used it to create Dwarven banners for my miniature armies to carry. I will not use it for writing my game rules nor will I use AI art in rules I publish. It has great potential, but it needs to be managed very carefully. Cheers! |
GildasFacit  | 24 Mar 2026 8:37 a.m. PST |
"Luddites are still with us" So are thieves and plagiarists – mostly working in, so called, artificial intelligence. Using AI to 'create an original' is an excuse for not being able to do it in the first place and covering that up by copying other's ideas. Having software do the legwork doesn't make it any less immoral. AI has its uses though not to the much exaggerated degree that some claim. In creative terms it will rapidly degrade creativity and cease to generate anything to replace it. |
Editor in Chief Bill  | 24 Mar 2026 8:58 a.m. PST |
AI is improving at an incredible rate. It would be foolish not to take advantage of what it can provide. |
| MajorB | 24 Mar 2026 9:35 a.m. PST |
AI is improving at an incredible rate. No it isn't. I recently (last week) asked it to produce an HTML email template for a work project. It was rubbish. |
| MajorB | 24 Mar 2026 9:38 a.m. PST |
This guy knows what he is talking about: link |
| MajorB | 24 Mar 2026 9:39 a.m. PST |
Using AI to 'create an original' is an excuse for not being able to do it in the first place and covering that up by copying other's ideas. Having software do the legwork doesn't make it any less immoral. +1 |
| T Andrews | 24 Mar 2026 10:00 a.m. PST |
GildasFacit- I like your succinct take on the subject of AI. |
Shagnasty  | 24 Mar 2026 10:15 a.m. PST |
A second for GildasFacit! I confess to being a non-recovering Luddite. |
| Tacitus | 24 Mar 2026 11:11 a.m. PST |
Personally, I'm not put off by AI art as long as it looks good. Makes me wonder, though. If we could insert a mini into a machine, enter the colors we want, then press PAINT, would we do it? |
| MajorB | 24 Mar 2026 3:06 p.m. PST |
Makes me wonder, though. If we could insert a mini into a machine, enter the colors we want, then press PAINT, would we do it? Apparently you can do that now with colour 3D printing. |