I use them because I am a solo gamer and helpful when playing both sides. That said, the lack of labels in your last game
Greatly added to the impressive appearance.

I used to do something like Chris and assembled units in different ways on a magnetic sabot to give the essential information. In the end it became to fiddly and labels were simpler.

I am curious, how to you feel about status markers? Hits, morale, energy, that sort of thing?

I use single figures painted red, yellow or green. I find them a lot less intrusive than dice, and mark casualties on the OOB. 

Any reason not to use discreet identifier and keep a unit card to one side?  Perhaps a bit like having on off-table roster but works as an on-table one; we find it appropriate as a solution.

I think my point is that I know which units are which. I don't need labels 'cos if it's British and the cuffs are red it's the 33rd (or my painting standards are really bad.)

I wonder if that's why I'm not keen on doing French infantry? 

I find some kind of marker on the unit is useful to tell them apart. eg: four basically identical units - 1st has a small 'rock' back left, 2nd has it back middle, 3rd is back right, 4th has no rock. Wounds & status changes are marked on a roster.

Quote. . . Clip boards with roster sheets are great, until you find out that your opponent is hopeless at admin when it comes to recording casualties .....

Are you playing solo . . . ?

Quote from: d_Guy on 11 October 2022, 01:06:46 PMI am curious, how to you feel about status markers? Hits, morale, energy, that sort of thing?

BBB uses base removal, so that's hits dealt with.
I used to use functional but ugly plastic counters as status markers. Nowadays I use puffs of different coloured smoke: white for Disrupted, black for Spent, brown for Low Ammo. These are made from wool roving. I like the aesthetic effect.

Matt Bradley of the 'Pushing Tin' blog uses mounted officers, wagons, etc for this purpose in his beautiful games.
https://pushingtinwargames.blogspot.com/
Again, nice aesthetic effect.

I am also not a great fan of labels. I prefer to leave them to boardgame counters and use various markers to denote status etc in my games in order to preserve the aesthetic. Also, these days I am a solo player and not yet doddery enough to forget who is who on the table.