--- title: Man vs Machine (vs Wizard vs Troll) | daily.dev description: A game designer reflects on building AI models (including a CNN trained via reinforcement learning) to playtest a fantasy boardgame called Siege Warfare. The... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/man-vs-machine-vs-wizard-vs-troll--fwbsrsbbu twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Man vs Machine (vs Wizard vs Troll) | daily.dev og:description: A game designer reflects on building AI models (including a CNN trained via reinforcement learning) to playtest a fantasy boardgame called Siege Warfare. 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The piece argues AI is useful for automating repetitive playtesting but cannot determine what makes a game fun or meaningful, drawing on philosophy-of-thinking lectures and real playtesting anecdotes to argue human creativity and unpredictability remain essential to game design. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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