Can two people use a Baden-Württemberg-Ticket at the same time going in different directions?

It seems clear from the conditions that the ticket is only for multiple passengers on the same journey (even if this isn't stated outright in the page available in English).

• The fare structure (23 EUR for one passenger, 28 for two, etc.) only makes sense if you are all travelling together.
• You have to book the ticket under one name, and that person may be asked to show ID.
• The language assumes you are all on the same journey:

Baden-Württemberg-Tickets entitle individual accompanying passengers to join the group at a subsequent station after the number of passengers has been determined and the corresponding Baden-Württemberg-Ticket has been purchased. Please note, however, that it is not possible to change passengers once a journey has started.

• The fact that you are only given a single ticket should be a clue, as well!

I think all this adds up to there being no doubt about the allowed use of this ticket. If you aren't convinced by all this, I suggest calling their booking line.

@dan1111 already provided excerpts from the rules, but after searching the "DB Service Community" (https://community.bahn.de) it seems that travelling together is not necessary any more. Instead, you list the names of all those who want to travel on the ticket, and any subgroup of those persons can travel - but they will have to present the original ticket, of course.

The following scenarios would be possible:

• Full distance travel together: Both you and your friend travel from Stuttgart to Friedrichshafen
• Someone gets on late / off early: You travel from Stuttgart to Friedrichshafen, your friend gets on or off the train in Ulm (it doesn't matter if you change trains in Ulm or not)
• Even a combination would be possible: You travel from Stuttgart to Friedrichshafen, your friend gets on in Ulm and leaves in Ravensburg.
• Your friend travels from Karlsruhe to Stuttgart, you meet there and he gives you the ticket for you to travel to Friedrichshafen.
• Your friend travels from Stuttgart to Karlsruhe where he hands the ticket to a trustworthy person to take it back to Stuttgart, after you get the ticket back you travel to Friedrichshafen.

However, it is not allowed to travel on two different trains at the same time.

I also noted that you want to give you friend "a copy of the PDF of the ticket that you get", so I assume that you want to book the ticket online. I just noticed that it is not necessary any more to specify a token of identification, instead the traveller has to present a photo ID. Unfortunately, I can't find any information how this translates to the Baden-Württemberg ticket, i.e., whether it means that the rules for tickets bought at the station (as presented above) are different from those of online tickets (e.g. the other group members can't travel without the "main traveller") or if you just found a loophole in the new rules..