I've followed the development of the new Elite but lack the time to give it the attention it deserves, even though I have it here for the PS4 still in it's shrinkwrap. I've not played the new Elite: Dangerous yet the last time I played Elite was on the Spectrum 128+ (with built-in datacorder!) and then on the Amiga 500 (with the 1MB upgrade!) so that's a while ago. Just to start me off, I downloaded the quickstart adventure and I like what I see, especially the art style and the layout. That's quite a haul, and it gives an excellent idea of what the game is all about.

There's a free adventure with the basics of the rules, some story hooks, ship and character sheets, and some game maps and resources. The new Elite: Dangerous Roleplaying Game has released a whole load of free stuff for you to download and have a play with, to make sure that this system is for you. Gear up with high tech equipment to overcome heavily armoured combat drones, elite corporate assassins, and over-gunned soldiers of the interstellar powers.' …where the police shoot on sight, entire systems are overrun with space pirates, and money is the only thing that talks.