Tabletop Scotland implements a strict anti-generative AI policy for its 2026 convention, mirroring major London bans and drawing a sharp line across the UK hobby industry.
The tabletop AI tax: Why policing machine learning is costing indies their livelihood
Live from the UK Games Expo 2026, industry leaders break down the devastating timeline and financial costs of policing generative AI allegations in independent tabletop publishing.
Independent studio Fistful of Crits debuts surprise solo RPG alongside viral anti-AI campaign
Alongside launching the unannounced Sworn Heart: Alone Together solo RPG, Fistful of Crits drove a viral anti-AI campaign across the UK Games Expo exhibition floor.
Roleplaying games industry veterans demand removal from controversial AI directory
Tabletop industry icons including Shannon Appelcline and Chaosium have condemned 4 Pillar Games for using unauthorised AI biographies in a new directory.
dScryb and Andrew Zhu launch semantic search for TTRPG audio
dScryb launches an experimental multimodal search engine in Opus, moving beyond keywords to understand the mood and context of roleplaying games aud
The goblin-free zone: OpenAI’s secret instructions reveal a fear of roleplaying game creatures
OpenAI has issued strict instructions to stop its models from discussing goblins and ogres. We speculate weather this is a legal shield against roleplaying games copyright or a move towards corporate elitism.
GlobalComix raises $13 million and pivots to AI as MangaRock legacy resurfaces
Globalcomix secures 13 million dollars in funding and appoints henrik rydberg as ceo while facing scrutiny over its new ai powered translation tools.
The ADA irony: Niantic Spatial pivots Ingress toward high-stakes real-world intelligence
Niantic Spatial suspends Ingress mapping as it pivots toward high-stakes geospatial AI. Is the game’s original purpose as a data-harvesting engine for the “Real World AI” race finally being revealed?
Why the MoD is using Elite Dangerous writers to plan for 2122
The UK MoD has partnered with Coventry University and writer Dr Allen Stroud to create Creative Futures, a sci-fi anthology used to predict the next 100 years of war.
Ryan Dancey leaves AEG after claiming AI can design “as good” as humans
AEG COO Ryan Dancey has left the company after sparking a firestorm by claiming AI could design games like Tiny Towns and Cubitos.
