MerpCon is an acronym for "Middle-Earth Role Playing Convention", a role playing game convention dedicated solely to role-playing gaming in J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth.
 The event is held annually on the last weekend of July and runs for 3 days from Friday, through to the end of Sunday (and sometimes a little into the following Monday morning).
 To date MerpCon has been held each year in Spokane, WA, USA.
 Beginning in 2009 MerpCon began to transition to being called Tolkienmoot as this convention's venue began to expand to include more Tolkien-related activities, events, and guests beyond just role playing in Middle-earth.
The Doctor Who Role Playing Game is a "Doctor Who" roleplaying game published by FASA in 1985.
 The game allows players to assume similar roles to the Doctor and his companions or as agents of the Celestial Intervention Agency.
An online text-based role playing game is a role-playing game played online using a solely text-based interface.
 Online text-based role playing games date to 1978, with the creation of "MUD1", which began the MUD heritage that culminates in today's MMORPGs.
 Some online-text based role playing games are video games, but some are organized and played entirely by humans through text-based communication.
 Over the years, games have used TELNET, internet forums, IRC, email and social networking websites as their media.
Mercenaries, Spies and Private Eyes ("MSPE") is a tabletop role-playing game designed and written by Michael A. Stackpole and first published in April 1983 by Blade, a division of Flying Buffalo, Inc.
 A second edition was later published by Sleuth Publications, but Flying Buffalo continues to distribute the game.
 "MSPE"'s mechanics are based on those of "Tunnels and Trolls", with the addition of a skill system for characters.
 A few adventure modules were also released for "MSPE".
 The ruleset of 1987 video game "Wasteland", on which Michael A. Stackpole worked, is based on "MSPE"; as the upcoming 2013 sequel "Wasteland 2" will use similar mechanics, so it too can be seen as based on MSPE.
The Aethra Chronicles - Volume One: Celystra's Bane or The Aethra Chronicles (also known as Aethra for short) is a classic 1994 MS-DOS shareware computer role playing game.
 The game was based on the Rolemaster game system, a Pencil & Paper role playing game.
 It was developed mostly as a one-man project by Michael Lawrence with some help from others for the graphics and sound/music.
The Cortex System is a generic RPG system based on the "Sovereign Stone System ", and was developed by Margaret Weis Productions, Ltd for the Serenity Role Playing Game.
 It was subsequently used for their licensed "Battlestar Galactica" and Supernatural RPGs, and brought out as a stand-alone system in the "Cortex System Role Playing Game" book (also called the "Cortex Classic System Role Playing Game").
 Serenity, using the Cortex System, was the 2005 Origins Award Gamer's Choice Role Playing Game of the Year.
FTL:2448 is a science fiction role playing game, created by Richard Tucholka, and published by Tri Tac Games in 1982, about faster-than-light (FTL) travel with alien races.
 In 1985, there was an expanded edition, and in 1990, a two-volume version of the game was released.
 Book One covered character creation, alien races, combat, equipment, and some scenarios.
 Book Two included the extensive Star-System-generation system, several campaign setups, and more background information on the overall campaign.
 The 2000 PDF Edition includes an additional 100 pages of new material as well as starship blueprints, The Art of FTL, and additional material.
Marvel Heroic Roleplaying (MHRP), is the fourth role playing game set in the Marvel Universe, published Margaret Weis Productions under license from Marvel Comics.
 It was a fast playing game using the Cortex Plus system, with the first volume published in early 2012.
 In early 2013 Margaret Weis Productions announced they would not be renewing their license.
Starfaring is a science fiction role-playing game created by Ken St. Andre and published by Flying Buffalo in August 1976.
Kenneth Eugene St. Andre (born on April 28, 1947 in Ogden, Utah) is an American fantasy author and game designer, best known for his work with "Tunnels & Trolls" and "Wasteland".
 He has been an active member of "The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America" since 1989.

Question: The creator of  "Tunnels & Trolls" and "Wasteland" also had a science fiction role playing game published by which company?
Answer: Flying Buffalo