It seems really simple compared to Chess at first glance but there are other layers to it when you see someone playing who is brilliant at it.
I just recently played a game of Checkers and lost horribly. I couldn't even remember the rules because the last time I played it I was about 11yo. 
Recently I've been studying openings and strategies for the game of checkers. I didn't know that people actually studied checkers as ardently as we study chess. Anyway, I just wanted everyone to know that playing checkers has actually helped me in chess, and playing chess has helped me in playing checkers. Of course I don't take checkers as seriously as chess, but I still think it can be an elegant game that's full surprises, and it requires a great deal of planning and logical thinking. I also read that Bobby Fischer played checkers. Just something to think about.