I shudder to think of how the game would evolve if they got a hold of it. There's no SAG's - my opponent's favorite thing to gripe about. It's a mature game system, like Epic. You don't argue over who's the best race in checkers. Choosing your army in checkers is simple.
Checkers is always checkers.
There are no supplemental box sets in checkers. If you show up for a checkers tournament, you don't have to worry about whether or not you can play old, out of production checkers. When you call Acme Checkers customer service to let them know they sent you a red checker when you ordered a black one, the customer rep. There's not much incentive to cast your own minis in checkers. If you drop a checker, pieces don't pop off.