Let say a player is defending their last provence and he know will lose provence, but through battle action he has reached 40 honor. Who won? Dose the game stop once the player reach 40 or do they finish the phase and player with 40 honor has lost his last provence.
When a win does a win happen?
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Let say a player is defending their last provence and he know will lose provence, but through battle action he has reached 40 honor. Who won? Dose the game stop once the player reach 40 or do they finish the phase and player with 40 honor has lost his last provence.
Each win condition has specific timing.
In your example, the military player would win, as that Win Condition checks when a player's last province is destroyed.
An Honor win on the other hand is check at the start of that player's turn.
Full descriptions of the win conditions and their specific timing can be forum here: http://rules.l5r.com/EE_The_Player#Play ... and_losing