This rings a bell. I remember reading a book that sounds like this, some 35 years ago... It was my gateway to discover The Hobbit, since one sentence in this bo

This rings a bell. I remember reading a book that sounds like this, some 35 years ago... It was my gateway to discover The Hobbit, since one sentence in this book (which wasn't that good) mentioned these geeks getting together to play "Tolkian" (maybe "Tolkienian") games. It may have been this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dungeon_Master https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dungeon_Master