(11-6-25) Drew Wood, a Jay County HS Grad and who lives in Ft. Recovery has designed Poker Peril, a family-friendly game based on the classic card game. 

Commercial Review– At your Peril…JCHS grad and former teacher have developed a poker-based game with 600 copies sold so far

His mom, Lisa Schwieterman Wood, a retired Jay County HS teacher, is helping get the word out about the new card game.

About the game…

Poker Peril starts players with five cards. Each turn, a player draws a card and selects one row — the number of rows depends on the number of players — on their playing mat to place one card. The goal is to earn the highest-scoring combinations in each row and outscore opponents. Combinations are modeled after poker hands, such as a royal flush or full house.

The “peril” aspect of the game comes with special cards drawn at the beginning of the game by players. They can grant special exceptions such as allowing additional points for certain hands, viewing your opponent’s cards or other actions.

Locally you can learn to play with Drew and Lisa…

Portland, Saturday November 8th at the Delts Holiday Crafts and Gifts Show at Jay County Junior-Senior High School

Celina, Brew Nation on November 20th at 6pm

Coldwater, on November 22nd at 7pm at Vineyard at Evergreen Winery, 4249 Siegrist Jutte Rd, Coldwater, OH

St. Marys, January 17th, 2026 at 2pm at the St. Marys Public Library

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