AOD a "standalone" game?

[manta]

Is Age of Dreadnaughts a "standalone" version of the game or am I going to need the main VAS rulebook as well?

 

[Brass]

Is Age of Dreadnaughts a "standalone" version of the game or am I going to need the main VAS rulebook as well?

Standalone.

 

[manta]

ah, thank you

 

[steveburt]

Not only standalone - it's not directly compatible with VaS, although I plan to use some of the ideas in AoD In VaS:
Shell splashes, separate critical hit rolls, different special action rules are all improvements on the VaS system, IMO.
Also the revised rules for secondary and tertiary guns are better, and I think the critical hit table is better in AoD as well.