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# End Conditions

stop Diagram execution

Games end when certain conditions are fulfilled: a player reaches a certain goal, time runs out or all players but one are eliminated. 

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Set End Conditions to end a game when a condition is fulfilled.
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Machinations diagrams use End Conditions to specify end states. End Conditions are square Nodes with a smaller, filled square inside (the same symbol that is used to indicate the stop button on most audio and video players).

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Machinations checks the End Conditions in a diagram at each time step and stops running immediately when *any* End Condition is fulfilled. In other words, if you have multiple End Conditions in a diagram, it will **stop running as soon as *****any one***** of the End Conditions is met.** For such an example, watch the video below.
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End Conditions must be activated by an Activator. In this case, Activators are used to specify the end state of the game.

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[Activators](/docs/connections/state-connections/activators.md)
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