WTW for (board game term)

In family games, like ”Monopoly” or ”LIFE” , one of the first things you’re to do is to pick a game piece that will be used to track your moves & progress.

❔ : Does a specialized term for this game piece exist — instead of just, “game piece”? To be used in any game that has (1) figure or a team (think: ”SORRY!” ) of figures, representing individual players on the board.

‘Peg’ is at the tip of my tongue, but that is a borrowed word from the ”LIFE” board game.. I’m searching for a term that’s general enough to be widely applicable, but precise enough to denote a specific connection to board games . ‘Peg’ may cause confusion for a number of reasons, so it’s unsatisfactory.

I’m confident in the existence of such a term, but I don’t remember.

Thank you for reading.