Use case as a splash page

I think the documentation should include information on how to use this module to display a splash page to visitors. This was not immediately obvious to me, but I was directed to this module under the impression I could do this easily.

My use case is that I want to display a splash page to anonymous visitors when they come to the website. Here is how I configured the site:
- Set the homepage (in site configuration) to my real homepage
- Enabled the module and set a front page mode of "alias" for anonymous users, and indicated the node path of the splash page
- Included a link to the real homepage on the splash page

I quickly ran into an issue with an infinite loop on here. This module only "kicks in" when the user is on the main front page of the website... so when trying to direct users to go there from the splash page, it just redirects them right back.

I'm not really sure how any set of configuration options would achieve the desired effect here with my use case. I got it working by specifying the splash page as the default homepage, and instead used this module to redirect content editors and admins to the real homepage. I also then enabled the HOME link override.

Can anyone comment on what they think about this or how they've used the module with a similar use case?