Save the townsfolk strategy

[TheHun]

Tonight we played Save the Townsfolk. The players won easily by taking Jake as one of their characters and quickly picking up the needed townsfolk. They then spent the rest of the game in the Hanger, picking up signal flares and shooting any zombies that came close.

Not a very close game at all. Are we playing the signal flares wrong? They would pick them up, shoot a zombie and lose the flares then repeat on the next turn. Not much I could do as zombie player since I couldn't move zombies fast enough to put any pressure on them.