Command of the Game

This week’s letter comes from Ryan:

Hey there, my question is: how do know which figures are "followers" and which are not?

This is a fairly quick and easy answer, so I am going to expand it a bit and talk about Commander Effects in general. You basically have two types of characters – followers and commanders. A commander is any character that has a Commander effect. A follower is any character that does not have a commander effect. It is that simple. Anytime a CE affects a ‘follower’ it is referring to any character who does not have a commander effect.

Now, there are CEs that affect things other than followers. Some CEs refer to allies while others refer to a group. When a CE refers to allies, that commander effect can affect any character in your squad except for the commander itself. Sorry folks, no mogs here. You can’t be your own best friend. If a commander effect applies to the character with the commander effect, then it will generally say in the text that the commander is included, such as Nom Anor or Bacara. When it refers to a group such as characters with order 66 or wookiees or troopers, unless it says something else like followers, it will apply to commanders and followers alike. For instance Master Yoda – his CE is all allied wookiees within six gain bodyguard. This is a group (wookiees) as well as allies, so a commander like Tarfful would gain bodyguard because he is both a Wookiee and an ally. Also, when it refers to a group like Mandalorians in your squad gain momentum, again, all Mandalorians gain momentum if they have a CE or not. Most characters like this have whatever is granted to make things easier.

Thanks for the email Ryan. I hope this helps you out. If anyone has any questions or topics you would like me to cover, drop me a line at sithdragon13@yahoo.com. I will get to ALL emails, so if you have sent something be patient. It’s coming ;)

May the Force Be With You.