I think this board is slanted towards couples who play together (my perception anyway) but there are certainly couples who play apart comfortably.
Our experience is that it is probably more 60% play together, 40% play seperately on occassion. Mostly, in our experience, it is women who will play alone without men involved that accounts for probably half of the "playing alone" that we have seen.
We play together and only together. Playing apart would not be nearly as much fun for us. I love watching Mrs Spoo play and that energizes me to play harder - which I think benefits my playmate. Mrs Spoo likes watching me - which energizes her...
This can go on until someone gets hurt if we're not careful
Spoomonkey