Hunting Rifle

[Kevthenurse]

I do apologize if this issue has been addressed already but I couldn't seem to find a post related to it.

Hero Pack 1 arrived in the mail for me today, and we ran a 3 player game, as usual we chose to play Plague Carriers.

I didn't snag the hunting rifle until the the last 5 rounds and there was only 1 plague carrier left, but by the time it was drawn out of the supermarket, and in range, it seemed like all but guaranteed that we would hit it--which I did, and we won. And I didn't even have range bonuses (Laying Down the Law, for instance).

With a range of 5 and the ability to skip your move/search action to shoot twice, does anybody else think the hunting rifle is too over-powered? Christ you can have a hero sit in some building while a bait hero (Billy with his +1 movement, and Sam with his 3 health boxes work well for this) draws a bunch of zombies to the center of the board.

Two shots per round and 2/3 chance to hit???

We (the 2 people I usually play with and I) tried to decide on house rules to balance the rifle and couldn't agree on anything. I'm not exactly sure how many Resilient cards are in the deck, but I rarely see them when I get to be zombies.

I am imagining a scenario like Defend the Manner House or something similar and having the Sheriff or Rachelle standing in the mansion, gun trained on a spawning pit, having the Laying Down the Law card, essentially having a 5/6 chance to hit--and shoot twice, making it virtually impossible for zombies to win.

Looking at the zombie cards in that expansion was a bit disappointing too. Zombies didn't get anything comparable.

Any thoughts?