Zombie Blues

[kinkomaster]

Ok guys. I think I need a little help because I'm not quite sure if I'm playing the zombies right. Let me spell things out to you. I finally got my base game last week and I got to run a couple solo games to try out the mechanics (I know... there is no solo game... be a game tester and you learn how to do it with any game.) before my game night last Friday. Between my 3 solo games and the 4 games I played with the guys on Friday... the zombies got CRUSHED. I don't know if I was running the zombies wrong, or what. I ran them like the single-minded, brains moaning, walkers that I know and love.

I'll give you an example... the last scenario that we ran on Friday night (Saturday morning at this point) was the Defend the Mansion. How did the players defend it? They stayed out of it. I ended up with 14 zombies on the board chasing them around the outside of the mansion for the most part. 6 games and the zombies have gotten to eat a lot of shirt tails, lead, and wood... not an ounce of brains.

I guess my main question is how do I make it a little closer? How smart are the zombies when it comes to the games and the objectives?