Chaplains in PG

[thomaso827]

A question came to mind after thinking about heroes and leaders. I'm seeing leader counters as somewhat heroic type people anyway. High morale leaders might best be thought of as heroic, or at least above average, those with 10 or higher morale, while those with a 7 or anything else lower than the standard force morale would be below average. Since the standard unit counter is a platoon, all platoons on the table have platoon leaders, but the game mechanic only allows for certain leaders to stand out enough to have separate counters for them. Some scenarios with multiple companies, even battalions, don't always have full senior commands represented in counter form, so I have to see leader counters somewhat as at least above or below the average leaders, who are present but who have little or no effect beyond their own space. When a Sergeant counter comes into play, and has the same ability to effect multiple hexes as a Colonel (minus the Chain of Command thing), I think it is pretty safe to see him as an above average leader, an Audy Murphy or John Basilone. I've played a lot of board and miniatures games, many that include leadership mechanics and many that don't, so I try to get away from the ASL mindset of heroes when looking at PG and just try to use the leader mix, with the randomness that the system gives us, that one game may see an above average bunch of leaders, while the same scenario played another day may see a very much below average group of leaders. Honestly, if it weren't for the addition of the leader counters and what they represent, I might not have been drawn to actually play PG. How do others see the leader counters, beyond just being a game mechanic?

Tom Oxley