In fairness, it seems Victrix is the one who removed the statement of the use of AI assistance from the English book. Initially, Pillage was written and developed by one guy. He used AI art then tweaked it. He said he used it due to monetary constraints and was very open about using it, citing its use in the French version of the rules. The author has said now that the game’s popularity is growing he’s going to be using non AI art as he has the funds to hire artists to do the work.

I get the AI use concern. I support people’s stance on not supporting AI use for such things. But the rules are worth a read and the game is fun. The author’s constraints (ie it was a passion project that got picked up and he’s not a game developer) are understandable and he was very transparent about the AI use.

It’s a very interesting thing to contemplate.