new additions to the canon?

[Tom Wall]

No: HPFGUIDX 53271

Steve wrote:
<snip>Since then I have been 
informed by a source in the
know that everything in the games 
is indeed either designed by or
approved by Rowling.

I reply:
I'd like to know who this 
'source in the know' is and what 
this source's relationship is 
to both the development process 
involved with the cards, and 
also his connection to JKR.

Not that I'm trying to pry or get personal information or anything.

;-) 

I'd just prefer to know that that person is very connected and a 
reliable source, particularly since you say that the people at 
Wizards aren't replying. 

Jim wrote:
These inconsistencies are a reason to be careful until we know how
deep JKR got into this. At best the cards are an outer ring of canon,
an apocrypha on a lesser plane than the books themselves. There's no
question, IMO, that the books should prevail if there's any conflict.

I reply:
I agree with Jim here, unless that conflict is overruled by some 
extraordinarily credible source. Even if it turns out that everything 
was written by her, I'd say that the cards are a lesser piece of 
canon. I'd say that mostly on the basis that JKR knows she's working 
with a piece of fiction, right? So, in other words, the answers we 
need probably are all based on the fiction. IMO, she doesn't expect 
us to go out and buy the cards to fill in any blanks that exist.

Have fun with the cards, Steve!

-Tom