Service Station Wars (Pt. 1 of 2)

Roll Plus Heart

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Is there anywhere more special than a motorway service station? After a long drive spent staring fixedly at the rear of the car in front of you and wishing that it would get lost, a motorway service station is an even more welcome sight than a piece of gum stuck in the hair of someone you hate. And it’s as good for your body and soul as the loos in your office block that no one else knows about where you can go for a quiet worktime poo. Everything you need, all under one roof, and with two hours’ free parking to boot. Heaven.

But what if you worked at a motorway service station and so did lots of other people, and what if you formed into two factions along seemingly arbitrary lines, and what if you went to war over an apparently trivial slight? What then would happen to this concrete paradise, this haven for the weary motorist, this sacred space?

Service Station Wars is a game about that.

CONTENT WARNINGS! Swearing, rude humour, the misery of corporate exploitation

YOUR PLAYERS! Becs Watson plays Ben, Jen Blundell plays Milky, Helen Gaffney plays Dana Child and Sara Keep plays Bartaby Flitwick aka Kevin Breadroll.

THE GAME! Service Station Wars is a game by... us, Roll Plus Heart! Thanks to our patrons for making this game a reality through their support. Patrons all get a free copy, but it is also available for purchase on itch.io.

CONTACT US! Roll Plus Heart are on Twitter and Facebook @RollPlusHeart, Mastodon @[email protected] and Bluesky @rollplusheart.bsky.social. You can also email us at [email protected]. More information about us, the show and the games we have played can be found at rollplusheart.co.uk.

PATREON! We have a Patreon, featuring bonus audio content and regular merch subscriptions. Sign up from just £1 a month.

KO-FI! If you'd rather just donate directly to the show, you can do so on a one-off or regular basis via Ko-Fi. Our merch is now also sold via Ko-Fi!

SOCIAL MEDIA! Sara: @PenguinPanic. Becs: @Starling_Dust. Jen: @JenBlundell.

OTHER CONTENT! Jen and Sara also play on the actual play podcast Quest Fantastic, and Jen hosts the film review podcast Jen and the Film Critic. Becs sells beautiful art via Ko-Fi and streams art and games on Twitch.

OUR MUSIC! Our theme music was composed by David Shaw (Instagram and Twitch @DSComposing and Facebook @composerdavidshaw). Music mixing and mastering was by Mark Anderson.

All other music and sound effects from Epidemic Sound and Zapsplat.

Show editing by Jen Blundell and Helen Gaffney.