So I went with the less used "The more you have (lost) the worse it is". Which I still feel is in the spirit of the theme. (Since the other player gets something, too)

Introducing CHEZZ! A two player hot-seat style chess game where losing a human player to a zombie means you get a new enemy unit to deal with! Some time left to polish, but I've never been good at it so we'll see how it goes. Need to take a break for now as the core of the game works for all intents and purposes.