SOLVED. Fantasy book about tabletop rpg becomes real. [s]

[R]

I can't remember the title of this book I read in high school in 2012. I also can't remember the author or when it was published. What I can remember is the protagonist (not sure of gender, but young) meets a girl who invites him to play this game with her. They go to a secret location. The game is a tabletop rpg / choose your adventure type story. The girl introduces herself as the "dungeon master" and wants to only be called that and not her real name when they play. The game they play is fantasy with monsters and dungeons in it. I specifically remember a part where she makes him choose between two doors/hallways in a dungeon. The protagonist and girl meet up repeatedly to play this game. This has been bugging me for awhile now so any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

Mazes and Monsters?

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

The Other Normals?

[Peter]

Do you remember any more details at all? How did the game become real? Did the characters get transported to the game, or did something from the game get transported to the real world?

Was it a happy(ish) story or a warning about the dangers of D&D? Honestly, the only thing I'm reminded of by your description is Jack Chick's Dark Dungeons:

https://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/...

Doesn't have all the details, though.

[Justanotherbiblophile]

Dalmas has written some games-are-reality stuff, but no other details match.

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

R, are you still looking for this or did you find it?

[Robert]

A Map of Nowhere, by Gillian Cross?

"Nick is surprised when he finds a strange wallet in his school bag. And when he sees the strange note in it, which seems to belong to some kind of adventure game, he is even more intrigued. The wallet belongs to Joseph Fisher, and although he and Nick aren't friends, Nick is determined to join in with this mysterious game. When his brother's gang send him off to Joseph's house to return the wallet, Nick finally becomes involved with Joseph and his eerie game. But why is his brother so keen for the two of them to become friends? And does Nick really want to become part of his gang?"

The dungeon master is Joseph's sister and is sufficiently psychologically dominating that the game becomes "real" for Nic; there's one scene where he is freaked when she releases a real world spider in the context of a game scene where he has to choose which door to open and the one he selects has a giant spider behind it. There's also an atypical set of ability scores based on virtues...

[Kris]

Note: R (OP) was last active on the site in September 2016.

[Kris]

No response, moving to Abandoned folder.

R (OP) was last active on the site in September 2016.

[R]

Robert wrote: "A Map of Nowhere, by Gillian Cross?

"Nick is surprised when he finds a strange wallet in his school bag. And when he sees the strange note in it, which seems to belon..."

Wow, Robert that is it, thank you for responding even after five years! I had given up on finding the book

[Kris]

Great! Glad you found your book, R. Thanks for the update.