UK Games Expo, Britain's largest tabletop gaming convention, has published an AI policy that bars products made wholly or largely with AI from its exhibition hall. Organisers can order exhibitors to take such items down, and those who refuse risk having their stand closed and being shut out of future editions.
The rule says everything shown or sold must be made by people using their own skills. It reaches past the games themselves to the artwork and text in tabletop products and accessories, and to crafts, art pieces, clothing and books of every kind. The only carve-out is for software used for spellchecking, light editing, production help or accessibility. Tom's Hardware sets the decision against the copyright fights facing AI firms, including Anthropic's $1.5 billion settlement with authors, and creatives' fears of losing work to the tools.
The policy follows a row in which the expo promoted a tabletop game built mostly with AI, drawing criticism that grew when negative comments were found to have been hidden or deleted. Tom's Hardware calls the change a clear shift for the organiser, which says it backs original work by human designers and artists, and counts it among a growing number of bodies restricting AI-made content.
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