The Lord of the Rings Trading Card Game (a.k.a. "LOTR TCG" or "LOTR") is a collectible card game produced by Decipher, Inc. Released November in 2001, it is based on Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings movie trilogy and the J.R.R. Tolkien novel on which it was based. Decipher also have the rights to The Hobbit novel but have not yet released any cards based on it. In addition to images taken from the films, in 2004 WETA Workshop produced artwork depicting characters and items from the novel absent from the films for use on cards.