Zombies!!! Quickgame Rules

After several games of Zombies!!! and discussions on the yahoo group, I've found that the basic game does tend to get bogged down, if there are 4 or more players in the game. The different expansions deal with this to some extent, but if you are the proud owner of just the basic game, then you might want to try the house rules presented below.

The problems that we experienced were:
Turn Structure: The timing of the "draw phase" and keeping track of the "one card per turn" rule proved mildly confusing.
Cycling: There are several extremely powerful cards in the deck. To get to these, players quickly learned to play 1 and discard 1 every turn. Since cards that help players are often hard to get into play, the powerful disruptive cards were preferred over more constructive cards.
Death: Losing half your zombies (rounding up) is a massive blow. I'd rather have someone win in 1-2 hours and have time for a second game.

Remove the following items from the game:
Tiles: 2 T-roads, 2 L-roads and 2 straight roads.
Cards: 2 butterfingers, 2 brain cramp, 1 we're screwed, 1 bad sense of direction.

Lay out the town square, then a straight road to its right, and a crossroad to the right of that.
All players start on the town square, and no zombies are placed on these 3 tiles.
Shuffle the helipad tile + 5 randomly selected cards from the tile deck, and put these at the bottom of the tile deck.

1. Draw and Place.
Draw 1 tile, and place it.
2. Draw and Discard.
Draw 1(!) card, then discard 1 if you have 4 cards.
You may play any number of cards, but on any round you may not play the same card more than once.
3. Move
Roll for movement, and fight any zombies that you encounter - including a zombie in your starting square.
4. Move Zombies.
Move 3 zombies one square each.

3) Equipment

All equipment cards can be played in 3 different locations. This overrides what is stated on the individual cards.
(Print and cut out these tables):

Equipment Table				Equipment Table				Equipment Table
Card	Found at			Card	Found at			Card	Found at
All the Marbles	Hospital	Skate Shop	Toy Store	All the Marbles	Hospital	Skate Shop	Toy Store	All the Marbles	Hospital	Skate Shop	Toy Store
Chainsaw	Lawn & Garden	Hardware Store	Florist	Chainsaw	Lawn & Garden	Hardware Store	Florist	Chainsaw	Lawn & Garden	Hardware Store	Florist
Fire Axe	Lawn & Garden	Hardware Store	Fire Station	Fire Axe	Lawn & Garden	Hardware Store	Fire Station	Fire Axe	Lawn & Garden	Hardware Store	Fire Station
First Aid Kit	Hospital	Drug Store	Fire Station	First Aid Kit	Hospital	Drug Store	Fire Station	First Aid Kit	Hospital	Drug Store	Fire Station
Grenade	Army Surplus Store	Police Station	Gas Station	Grenade	Army Surplus Store	Police Station	Gas Station	Grenade	Army Surplus Store	Police Station	Gas Station
Lots of Ammo	Army Surplus Store	Sporting Goods	Police Station	Lots of Ammo	Army Surplus Store	Sporting Goods	Police Station	Lots of Ammo	Army Surplus Store	Sporting Goods	Police Station
Molotov Cocktail	Gas Station	Drug Store	Florist	Molotov Cocktail	Gas Station	Drug Store	Florist	Molotov Cocktail	Gas Station	Drug Store	Florist
Skateboard	Skate Shop	Toy Store	Sporting Goods	Skateboard	Skate Shop	Toy Store	Sporting Goods	Skateboard	Skate Shop	Toy Store	Sporting Goods