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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JoeBlank" data-source="post: 3173210" data-attributes="member: 1806">While I certainly understand concerns about weakening the party by splitting, I don't understand the concerns about half the players being bored.Are we all so entertainment-focused that we can't go a few minutes without sensory input? The average American football player, at just about any level, spends more time standing on the sidelines than he does on the field. If he plays defense, then when the offense or special teams is on the field then he is not in the game. Baseball players wait their turns at bat.But if an RPG player is left out of the action then all too often you hear stories of him going to play a video game, or watch television, or find some other form of entertainment. Unless the split of the party involves some deep dark secret, I have usually seen it handled by everyone remaining at the table and trusting the players not to metagame based on knowledge not available to the PCs.</blockquote>