A few of my own rules

[vikinglad]

I think this game is already quite balanced, and if anything, I think more people have a hard time winning as zombies than as heroes. I don't have much battle game experience, but I think there is one aspect of LNOE that makes it different than those: your enemy is the undead. They are not intelligent, trained fighters that are going to try to hide behind a human shield when getting shot at or out-maneuver you when you try to run away. They are slow, rotting fleshbags with only one thing on their minds: BRAINS! Combat bonus for having multiple Zombies in a square? The zeds are not working together cooperatively to strategically attack you. They are probably just as likely to fight amongst themselves over your tasty brains. As it stands, fighting 3 or more zombies while unarmed is extremely dangerous. Also, while shooting, the heroes could totally yell "Duck" before letting loose with the shotgun. Humans would hit the dirt and zombies would be sitting ducks.

While your rules add realism to combat between intelligent beings, I do not think they fit well into LNOE. They would have to be play-tested and balanced very well before being fair. They seem to favor the zombies, and from what I have read here and experienced at home, the zombies have no problem dining on our heroes.