We were playing a 3-player game with Light Speed variant. I triggered the end of the game by getting to 42 points. On player 2's final turn, he triggered the 7 slot ship card that removes 4 points from every opponent. That took me down to 38. Player 2 was convinced that you need to be at 40 or higher to win, but here is the rulebook page 16 about the end game:
From what I see, there's nothing that says you need to be at or above 40 to win, only that you must be there to trigger the end of the game. Is my interpretation correct?When any player reaches at least 40, it triggers the end of the game, even if this happens on another player’s turn. Finish playing the current round so that each player gets an equal number of turns, then the game ends. This means the player sitting to the right of the starting player will take the last turn of the game. The player with the most total is the winner. If two or more players are tied, play one more full round (each player takes one more turn), after which the player with the most is the winner— even if that player is not one of the original tied players. If still tied, continue playing extra rounds until a winner is determined. Reminder: While your resource track only goes to 40 spaces, there is no limit to the number of [points] you can gain; place a charge cube on the 40 position of the respective tracker and simply start counting again at the 0 space, adding +40 to the total.