More varieties, please.

Originally posted by BigDoggProblem
Checkers is a waste of a perfectly good chessboard.

No, checkers is played on a hexagonal checkers board.
Maybe you're thinking of draughts?

Originally posted by Sicilian Smaug
There's a difference between checkers and draughts?

Maybe "Checkers" is the American name for "Draughts".

"Checkers" as I know it maybe known as "Chinese Checkers" in the US. It's played on a hexagonal board, the object being to get all your pieces into the opposite section of the board. Maximum 6 players.

"Draughts" is played on the same board as chess, only 2 players, and the last player with (a) piece(s) remaining on the board wins.