CHAINSAW

March 2026 UPDATE
18 days ago – Sun, Mar 08, 2026 at 09:41:50 PM

Survivors! 

It's been quite a year already. I've been sick three times (thanks to my kid starting daycare, and I won't go into the grim details), which has impacted productivity, but here we are, back again and moving forward. Hence why there was no February update, but we'll make up for that shortly. 

This one won't be a long update, just something to touch base with everyone. The timeline is still a little loose, but the book is moving forward each and every day. Should have a better idea of how much longer we have in the next month or two. As usual, I appreciate each and every one of you for bearing with us on this journey... I promise it will be well worth it in the end. 

Below, we are sharing off the eight classes / archetypes, along with a few other pages. In addition, we have some new art to share with you that will be shown off in their respective spreads soon. All of this is still work in progress and subject to change - some text and mechanics may get polished up, and some of the art might have some adjustments, but a lot of this is close to how it will appear in the book!

Expect another update in the next two or so weeks with more pages, and there will be more information about timeline as soon as we have it. \

💀 Spreads 💀

🎈New Art! 🎈

New art from Tommy Sunzenauer!

New art from John Tedrick!

Until next time... stay safe and keep rolling dice! We'll be back in a few weeks with some more stuff to look at as we move closer to print date. 

- Matthew Myslinski
Driftwood Archives

January 2026 Status Update
about 2 months ago – Mon, Feb 02, 2026 at 12:10:32 PM

Survivors! 

A few of you have asked where the January update is, and I'm reporting in to say it's in the works right now. Been working tirelessly to bring you all something really amazing and tie this project up in the best way. Thank you so much for your patience! 

What was supposed to be a fun as well as productive holiday became weeks of the whole family being sick (with an 18 month old, nonetheless). Midway through January we also lost a close family member. Still pushing forward with this update, but it's going to be a little late. Watch this space in the weeks to come, we have another portion of the book to show off very soon, ahead of pushing all of this through for production!

I can't wait to get all of this in your hands so you can bring it to your tables. RUN OR HIDE, IT IS YOUR CHOICE. BUT YOU CANNOT ESCAPE THE CHAINSAW. 💀

All that aside, stay safe out there. Stand up for what you believe in. Stay human. We will all be rolling dice very soon!

Love you all. Thank you for your patience. This is the best community in TTRPGs, I have no doubt. 🤘🏼 From the bottom of our hearts, thank you all for being here for this journey.

–Matthew

Free Christmas Scenario!
3 months ago – Mon, Dec 22, 2025 at 02:50:01 AM

Hello, survivors! 

This will be a short one, as it's currently very late at night and I'll be headed off for the holidays early tomorrow morning. 

But first things first... we wanted to get you a little something to tide you over until the CHAINSAW PDFs are ready to check out as well as thank you for your continued patience. As I've said before, this is a very small team. The project is a little behind, but it's not too bad from where we are standing. Things are coming together very well on the design side, and we can't wait to show you what's in store. 

Seriously, from the bottom of our hearts, we can't thank you enough for sticking with this project to see it to completion. As our way of saying thank you, I'll be uploading a free glimpse at a Christmas-themed CHAINSAW scenario called Silent Nightmare. 

EDIT: To find the new PDF, visit backerkit and then downloads. If you are unable to locate it, send me a message here or on our Discord and we’ll get you sorted! 

💀 Tell us more! 💀

Silent Nightmare is designed to be a one-shot. It is a randomized dungeon set on a Christmas train (inspired by things like Polar Express and Willy Wonka). We hope that it's wild and over the top, and that your tables have a great deal of fun going through it. 

Note, this is early material, and while it's a little more jazzed up than our other playtest material (we were in the holiday spirit!), the final version will have art throughout and look even better. This version has not been proofed or edited, but it has been created with loads of love. 

Please check this out, run it with your friends, and let us know in the discord what you think of it! Will you survive until Christmas Morning? 

As always, THANK YOU!!! You all are amazing, and I'm so glad to be here with you. Let's tell some scary stories!

You can expect another update, likely in late January, with more spreads and some info on how our timeline is looking. 

HAPPY SLAUGHTERDAYS AND MERRY AXE-MAS! 

Matthew Myslinski
Driftwood Archives

October Drop Delayed, New Art, Alchemy
5 months ago – Thu, Oct 30, 2025 at 12:23:33 PM

Survivors!

Matthew here. It's been quite a month, but I'll get right to the part you all care about. 

A few of you have asked where the October update has been, and I've been holding out posting this hoping that things came together in time, but unfortunately there won't be a big drop this month. Lost a family member, got really sick, and then had the engine fail on our car... so I've been up to my neck in the mud this past month.

The good news is that development is coming together really well, and we'll have the adventure from the core book out to you very soon for playtesting and comments as we wrap up visuals on the book itself. We are still planning to go to print on the hardcover in Q1 2026, and everything else is moving ahead as planned! 

You all are amazing, and I can't wait to show off everything we've been working on for you. I'm super proud of this game, and I promise the wait will be well worth it. 

The doors to CHAINSAW will be opening very soon. 

And as a reward for being such an amazing community, we'll also be sharing a holiday one-shot CHAINSAW scenario in December for free! 

🎈CHAINSAW is coming to Alchemy VTT! 🎈

We also wanted to share our partnership with Alchemy VTT, because CHAINSAW going to be fully supported on the platform so you can play digitally. As time goes on, we'll share more information as we are able, along with tips and tricks for running and playing your own games on VTT! 

🔪Other Games We Love 🔪

Vast Grimm - Escaping Stasis

It's loud, in your face, and infectious.... don't miss out on Vast Grimm - Escaping Stasis! As of this message going out, there are LESS THAN THREE HOURS LEFT on the campaign, but there should be a late pledge option as well. Get in there before it's too late! 

RagnaBorg

Our rules light Viking RPG has set sail with hundreds of adventurers, and we'd love to have you on board! Come explore Broken Midgard in the late days of Ragnarok... LESS THAN A WEEK LEFT!

Torque Borg

Live out your Mad Max wasteland dreams in Mork Borg style in Torque Borg from our friend Matt DeMino! Fully compatible with Wasteland Degenerates... LESS THAN A WEEK LEFT!

🤘🏼THANK YOU! 🤘🏼

Thank you all for believing in the project and supporting it so far. The Nightmare is hungry and will be crawling into reality shortly.

Make sure if you aren't already in the discord to come join our growing community of horror and RPG fans! Additionally, send me a message if you have not been able to access the playtest materials we released earlier this year if you'd like to play the game early! 

Until next time! 

Matthew Myslinski
Driftwood Archives

Status of the Game, New Pages, 3rd Party License
6 months ago – Thu, Sep 18, 2025 at 04:28:04 PM

This post is for backers only. Please visit Kickstarter.com and log in to read.