There are some expansions in this arena in the works, besides Tom Morin's pending SASL rules for VotG - you have the Otto Carius CG out there free of charge, the RB SASL additions added quite some years ago, and I am aware of at least one set of rules for another popular HASL CG in play testing and proofing at this time.
So SASL does receive expanding support, both official and TPP.
SASL is not in my view a "band aid" it is a horse of a different color. Two major differences change the flow and feel of any game played via SASL:
1. The enemy, although at times predictable in their general activations - function so completely without form, flow, or concern for a " master strategy" that another player would guide them towards if paying them - that they become at times surprisingly strong and quite difficult to manage in a game. I have lost more than once to not keeping a weather eye on where those activated units are capable of ending up with the complete randomization of movement on their part. In fact, this tends to help one being to " think ahead" - and that is a trait well learned for regular ASL.
2. Command and Control simply do not exist in regular ASL. it is singular effect in SASL only, and rather well - modeled overall IMO. I am in the camp that some form of crossover to regular ASL would not be a bad thing, but there are many who strongly disagree with adding C and C to regular ASL.
To me, and my decidedly narrow perch, SASL compared to ASL is like Go compared to Chess. Both are quite easy to learn ,both are quite difficult to master, both are balanced and yet both show signs of imbalance inherent when players of different experience levels play. But one cannot simply state they will do well in SASL play because they are a top ranked ASL player, just as a top ranked Chess master has proven to be rather handily defeated in a Go game. General principles of both games are the same. ( i.e. the A-D rules structure). General principles in Chess and Go are the same, ( i.e. forward thinking maneuver to win a position from a balanced start point).
The similarities between SASL and ASL end there.
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KRL, Jon H