Jervis Johnson agrees with Games Workshop's AI ban

Jervis Johnson is a legend in the world of tabletop game design. During almost four decades at Games Workshop he created Blood Bowl, wrote the core rules for Advanced Heroquest, co-created Necromunda, and contributed to Warhammer 40,000's second edition, Warhammer Fantasy Battle's fourth edition, multiple iterations of Age of Sigmar, and several Warhammer Quest board games.

Though retired from Games Workshop these days, Johnson still contributes to projects like the Godzilla TTRPG and DreadBall All Stars, a kind of full-contact sci-fi basketball in contrast to Blood Bowl's ultraviolent fantasy football.

While discussing the latter with FRVR, the topic of Games Workshop's prohibition against AI in its design process came up. Johnson agreed with the ban, saying "it allows you to be a bit lazy…"

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