Initiative rolls how many?

[Bestial Warlust]

How is initiative rolled does each player roll individually or is it a group roll. ITL page 103 has:
"(1) Roll for Initiative. Each player rolls a die"

Yet page 105 "For example: The Tactics talent adds 1 to the initiative roll
of a party. "

Seems to imply each side rolls. Last time I ran I had players roll individually. It seems like combat may run smoother by just using party initiative for movement.

[Shostak]

My groups have always played with one initiative roll per side.

[larsdangly]

Same; one per side is our approach

[Skarg]

One per side...

... but, especially in an RPG situation, it might make sense to have more than two sides, or split a side into multiple sides, if they become antagonistic or are working independently or at odds with each other, or one side's leadership fractures or they start competing/racing with each other to outmaneuver people on their own side (all of which I have seen happen sometimes in play).

But that's kind of an "advanced" and unusual situation. It's usually best to stick to two sides unless there's a strong reason not to.

[Helborn]

It depends on how the combat is being played out. Several of my players prefer individual rolls though I have ruled that unless they are out of sight of each other, they have to deal with just one per party - just for the sake of speed and less bookkeeping.

[hcobb]

What if the players have shadow and silence keeping them from coordinating?