Without new players, ASL doesn't grow, and in fact will eventually die. The biggest problem in ASL right now is the fact that the two most important components, the Rulebook and Beyond Valor, are not in print and thus unavailable to new players. The advantages to an eASLRB would be many. Also, certain formats (like PDF) could be ported to Palm Pilots and their cousins.
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Personally I would prefer HTML or a similar format (I've seen one produced in Windows Help Format as well), which would be much more customizable by the user, but would not provide the same level of security. PDF format does allow for hyperlinks to be inserted, which would allow the same advantages to navigation that my HTML format provides. Recent discussion has centered on PDF format, which can apparently be distributed in a secure format, limiting duplication. The downside to one is that it could then be endlessly duplicated and shared, greatly reducing the market for ASL's key product, the ASL Rulebook. What form would an official eASLRB take? Obviously one of the major concerns over an eASLRB has been security. In a recent thread on the ASL Forums, though, Brian Youse did mention it briefly, saying "An eASLRB is a grey area which we've discussed several times with Hasbro and finally cleared up some issues with it." This briefest of mentions seems to imply that such a product is a future possibility, and one which would be a tremendous step for ASL to take.
However, this product has not appeared and to my knowledge has not even been discussed publicly by MMP in 2 or 3 years. It was discussed in Journal 2 (released in early 2000) in which Introductory ASL was listed as "on the horizon" for 2001, complete with electronic Rulebook. It appears that an official eASLRB may be a possibility in the future. Indeed, one or two people have expressed annoyance online over people writing about their eASLRBs. However, I'm not posting this just to brag about my eASLRB. A nice resource to have, and working on it (scanning, formatting, etc.) is a bit of a pastime in its own right. However, it's nice to have when reading online rules debates, or on my laptop while traveling and playing Solitaire ASL using VASL. I've never tried to use it in a face-to-face setting and am not sure how well that would work. It's HTML-based, with hyperlinks for each rules reference, scanned images (at 120 dpi) of most of the rulebook's illustrations, and as a bonus (for me) a number of articles and play aids I've collected off the internet over the years. I've been working on mine for about two years. No official eASLRB has yet been released. Talked about periodically online, and based on those comments, many players either have one or have seen one.
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