Question: Decipher, Inc. is an American gaming company based in Norfolk, Virginia, US, since 2002, Decipher has released two licensed role-playing games: "Star Trek RPG" and "The Lord of the Rings Roleplaying Game", released by Decipher Inc. in 2002, is a role-playing game set in the Middle-earth of which author's fiction? 

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Star Trek Customizable Card Game: The Star Trek Customizable Card Game is a collectible card game based on the Star Trek universe.  The name is commonly abbreviated as STCCG or ST:CCG.  It was first introduced in 1994 by "Decipher, Inc.", under the name Star Trek: The Next Generation Customizable Card Game.  The game now has two distinct editions, though both forms of the game have many common elements.

Star Trek: Adventure Gaming in the Final Frontier: Star Trek: Adventure Gaming in the Final Frontier is a role-playing game set in the fictional "Star Trek" universe.  The game was published and edited by Heritage Models from 1978 until Heritage Models dropped the "Star Trek" gaming license.

Decipher, Inc.: Decipher, Inc. is an American gaming company based in Norfolk, Virginia, US.  They began with three puzzles called "Decipher" then moved on to party games and "Pente" sets, but since 1994 produced collectible card and role-playing games.  Their longest-running offering is the "How to Host a Murder" Mystery series.  Other popular works have included many different card games.  Since 2002, Decipher has released two licensed role-playing games: "Star Trek RPG" and "The Lord of the Rings Roleplaying Game".

Tribbles (game): Released in 2000 by Decipher Inc., Tribbles is a customizable card game designed around the fictional tribble creatures of the "Star Trek" television series.  While this game is not playable with most cards from the Star Trek CCG, this pre-constructed game could be expanded by collecting the tribbles cards from "The Troubles with Tribbles" expansion of the Star Trek CCG.

Star Trek Roleplaying Game: The Star Trek Roleplaying Game is a role-playing game (RPG) set in the "Star Trek" universe using the "CODA System" rules and first published by Decipher, Inc. in 2002.  When Decipher acquired the rights to create the RPG, they also acquired most of the gaming studio from Last Unicorn Games.  However, the Decipher game system is dissimilar to .  Instead, the system is similar to Wizards of the Coast's "d20 System" but uses 2D6 to resolve actions.

Star Trek: The Next Generation Role-playing Game: Star Trek: The Next Generation Role-playing Game is a role-playing game set in the fictional "Star Trek" universe, designed by Last Unicorn Games (LUG).  Due to licensing issues, LUG did not release the game as a single core rulebook and setting supplements for the various series, but instead intended to release a corebook for every series.  The "Star Trek" license was lost to Decipher before a "" rulebook could be released.

Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game: Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game is a role-playing game set in the "Star Wars" universe, written and published by West End Games (WEG) between 1987 and 1999.  The game system was slightly modified and rereleased in 2004 as "D6 Space", which used a generic space opera setting.  An unrelated "Star Wars" RPG was published by Wizards of the Coast from 2000 to 2010.  Since 2012 the official "Star Wars" role-playing game is another unrelated game, published by Fantasy Flight Games.

The Lord of the Rings Roleplaying Game: The Lord of the Rings Roleplaying Game, released by Decipher Inc. in 2002, is a role-playing game set in the Middle-earth of J. R. R. Tolkien's fiction.  The game is set in the years between "The Hobbit" and "The Fellowship of the Ring", but may be run at any time from the First to Fourth Age and contains many examples of how to do so.  Sourcebooks cover the events of "The Lord of the Rings" and Peter Jackson's film trilogy adaptation.

Star Wars Customizable Card Game: Star Wars: Customizable Card Game (SW:CCG) is a customizable card game based on the "Star Wars" fictional universe.  It was created by Decipher, Inc., which also produced the "Star Trek Customizable Card Game" and "The Lord of the Rings Trading Card Game".  The game was produced from December 1995 until December 2001.  Operation and oversight of the game was then taken over by a Decipher created volunteer group called the Star Wars Customizable Card Game Players Committee.  To date, the Players Committee, or PC, still runs the game and creates new cards known as "virtual cards" that are released online in PDF format, and can then be printed and played with.  "SW:CCG" can also be played online: Holotable.com is the official Player Committee platform.

Star Trek Online: Star Trek Online is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed by Cryptic Studios based on the "Star Trek" series created by Gene Roddenberry.  The game is set in the 25th century, 30 years after the events of "".  "Star Trek Online" is the first massively multiplayer online role-playing game within the "Star Trek" franchise and was released for the Microsoft Windows platform in February 2010.  At launch, the game required a game purchase and a recurring monthly fee.  In January 2012, it relaunched with a tier of free-to-play access available.  After a public beta testing period, a completed version of the game was released for OS X in March 2014.  Due to insurmountable technical issues with the platform, however, support for OS X ended in February 2016.  By January 2014, the game had over 3.2 million accounts.  It was later released on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in September 2016.

Supporting paragraphs: Decipher, Inc. The Lord of the Rings Roleplaying Game
Answer: J. R. R. Tolkien