# Play Leela together: with friends or with a guide

You can play Leela online with friends at a live table, each with your own token and question, talking on a video call while the whole table sees every throw and card. Or you can book a session with a guide, an experienced facilitator who helps you read your path. Both keep the journey in your Atlas.

## Why play Leela with other people?

Leela was played in company long before it was played alone. On historical boards several players moved their pawns side by side; in modern practice groups of friends and facilitated circles are the most common way to play. Other people notice what you miss. When you land on 24 Bad company and laugh it off, a friend may ask the question you were avoiding.

Nobody competes. Each player follows his own journey toward 68, there is no blocking or capture, and there is no ranking at the end. What you share is attention.

## How do you play Leela online with friends?

Open a live table on Leela Atlas and invite your friends. Each player sets a personal question and gets a token. You talk on a video call while you play, and the die, the tokens and any cards drawn are shown to the whole table in real time.

Turns pass from player to player. When someone lands on a square, the table reads it together, the player says what it brings up, and others can respond. If you choose to play with a deck, each card is shown to everyone so the conversation stays on the same image.

## What does a guide do in Leela?

A guide, or facilitator, holds the game without playing it. In the practice that has grown around Johari's board, the guide explains squares, asks open questions, treats snakes as signals rather than punishments, keeps time and keeps the record.

A good guide does not tell you what a square means for your life. He or she helps you hear it. That is often the difference between a pleasant game and one that stays with you for weeks.

## How does a session with a guide work?

Guides publish their sessions on Leela Atlas and players book them. A typical session follows this shape:

- Welcome and question. The guide helps each player shape an open, honest question or intention.
- Entering the game. Players wait for their six on 68, and a long wait can be a reason to revisit the question.
- The journey. Each player throws, the square is read aloud, and the guide asks questions and invites reflection. Arrows and snakes are taken in two steps so there is time to pause.
- Closing. At 68, or when the session ends, each player says what has become clear about the question.
- Afterwards. Every journey is saved in each player's Atlas, with the path, the cards, the notes and the journal.

## How long does a group game of Leela take?

Longer than a solo game, because every square is discussed. In traditional practice sessions can run from two to ten hours or more. Online, many groups agree a time frame in advance and accept that not everyone will reach 68 in one sitting. A journey can be continued later.

## How do you become a Leela guide?

If you already facilitate Leela, or work with groups in coaching, yoga, meditation or reflective practice, you can guide sessions on Leela Atlas. Guides have a Studio where they publish sessions, manage bookings and run live tables with their players.

A good guide knows the board well: the 72 squares, the ten arrows and ten snakes, and the rows and chakras behind them. Above all, a good guide listens and asks rather than interprets. Leela is a game of self-knowledge; the guide's role is to keep it that way, without prediction or promises.

## FAQ

**How many people can play Leela together?**
Johari's rules do not fix a number. In practice one to about six players is usual, because each square is read and discussed and larger groups make the game very long. With a guide, smaller groups leave more time for each player's reflection.

**Do my friends need an account to join a live table?**
Each player signs in to Leela Atlas so that the journey can be saved to his or her own Atlas. Sign-in uses an e-mail code or a passkey, with no passwords, so joining takes a moment. The game is available in English and Russian.

**Does the guide play the game too?**
No. In Leela practice the guide does not play. He or she explains the squares, asks open questions, keeps time and keeps the record, so that all attention stays on the players and their questions. A guide also helps each player shape a clear question before the first throw.

**Can I share a finished game with someone who was not there?**
Yes. When a journey is over you can share it with a code. Friends who open it can follow your path square by square, see the arrows and snakes you met and the cards you drew, and leave their own reflections on what they notice.