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Boys Superfans and Screenwriters Dan Hernandez and Benji Samit Rumble with Homelander on December 14

The Boys: This is Going to Hurt

On Dec, 14, The Boys superfans and screenwriting duo Dan Hernandez and Benji Samit will join 1First Games co-designer Joshua Stilts and other special guests in a race to take down Homelander in The Boys: This is Going to Hurt.

Hernandez and Samit, who wrote and produced smash hits including, “Detective Pikachu,” “Central Park,” “One Day at a Time”, and “The Tick,” will get their chance at taking down Vought-American’s most powerful supe.

The live stream will be hosted on 1First Games Twitch channel starting at 1 p.m., PST.

The Boys: This is Going to Hurt is available now on Kickstarter and Tabletop Simulator through Dec. 24. Members of 1First Games design team are also offering fans the chance to play with one of the developers. To schedule a time send an email with the date and time you’d like to play to 1firstgamesinc@gmail.com.

In The Boys: This is Going to Hurt, players take on the role of newly activated CIA agents, unfairly tasked with saving the planet from the greatest threat it has ever known, the most powerful and dangerous superhero of all: The Homelander. In their quest to stop him, players will build an army from almost every character found in the books. Players will have to buy, blackmail, battle, power up with Compound-V, and resourcefully use an assortment of unique items from the comics.

The Boys Comes to the Tabletop with This is Going to Hurt, Now on Kickstarter

The Boys: This is Going to Hurt

They’ve crushed comics, they’ve conquered streaming, and now, The Boys will dominate the dinner table in an all-new tabletop game!  The Boys: This is Going to Hurt finds you and your closest friends trying to save the world from The Homelander… and each other! The Boys, created by Eisner Award-winning writer Garth Ennis and legendary artist Darick Robertson, has never been more popular. Now, for the first time ever, fans of the series will be in control of all the over-the-top action!

In The Boys: This is Going to Hurt, players take on the role of newly activated CIA agents, unfairly tasked with saving the planet from the greatest threat it has ever known, the most powerful and dangerous superhero of all: The Homelander. In their quest to stop him, players will build an army from almost every character found in the books. Players will have to buy, blackmail, battle, power up with Compound-V, and resourcefully use an assortment of unique items from the comics. 

The Boys: This is Going to Hurt, is the fully-licensed debut game from 1First Games, sister to the groundbreaking 1First Publishing, co-founded in 1983 by Ken F. Levin. 

Fans who want a chance to play the game online before the campaign ends can join the 1First Games Facebook group. The campaign has a limited amount of early bird pledge tiers and a variety of exclusive collectibles so check it out now… or it’s going to hurt.