diff --git a/packages/engine/src/game.ts b/packages/engine/src/game.ts
index ab35d15..eb8a90c 100644
--- a/packages/engine/src/game.ts
+++ b/packages/engine/src/game.ts
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ export interface PlayerState {
   hand: CardInstance[];
   /** Instance ids of cards displayed face-up (Master Key, Wizardblade, stones). */
   displayed: string[];
+  /** The hand held at the moment of elimination — for the post-game reveal. */
+  finalHand?: CardInstance[];
   carriedTreasureId: string | null;
   lostTurns: number;
   extraTurns: number;
@@ -4473,6 +4475,7 @@ function applyDamage(
   if (target.life > 0) return;
 
   target.alive = false;
+  target.finalHand = [...target.hand];
   events.push({ type: "died", player: target.id, killedBy: attackerId });
   events.push({ type: "playerEliminated", player: target.id, reason: "killed" });
   state.sustained = state.sustained.filter((s) => s.targetId !== target.id && s.casterId !== target.id);
@@ -4656,6 +4659,7 @@ function checkVictory(state: GameState, events: GameEvent[]): void {
     });
     if (lost) {
       p.alive = false;
+      p.finalHand = [...p.hand];
       state.discard.push(...p.hand.splice(0));
       p.displayed = [];
       events.push({ type: "playerEliminated", player: p.id, reason: "treasuresLost" });
diff --git a/packages/engine/src/view.ts b/packages/engine/src/view.ts
index 597210f..3c10e71 100644
--- a/packages/engine/src/view.ts
+++ b/packages/engine/src/view.ts
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ export function viewFor(state: GameState, playerId: PlayerId): GameView {
     })),
     yourHand: you ? [...you.hand] : [],
     revealedHands: state.phase === "finished"
-      ? Object.fromEntries(state.players.map((p) => [p.id, [...p.hand]]))
+      ? Object.fromEntries(state.players.map((p) => [p.id, p.alive ? [...p.hand] : [...(p.finalHand ?? p.hand)]]))
       : null,
     treasures: state.treasures.map((t) => ({ ...t })),
     deckCount: state.deck.length,
diff --git a/packages/engine/test/casting.test.ts b/packages/engine/test/casting.test.ts
index 1311c64..32caf97 100644
--- a/packages/engine/test/casting.test.ts
+++ b/packages/engine/test/casting.test.ts
@@ -315,3 +315,26 @@ describe("speedstone", () => {
     expect(state.turn.movementAllowance).toBe(4);
   });
 });
+
+describe("the post-game reveal", () => {
+  it("shows an eliminated player's hand as they fell, not their emptied one", async () => {
+    const { viewFor } = await import("../src/view");
+    let { state } = newGame();
+    state = toRound2(state);
+    const attacker = activePlayer(state);
+    const defender = state.players.find((p) => p.id !== attacker.id)!;
+    defender.position = { ...attacker.position };
+    defender.life = 1;
+    defender.hand = [
+      { instanceId: "fireball#J", cardId: "fireball" },
+      { instanceId: "number-6#J", cardId: "number-6" },
+    ];
+    state = must(state, attacker.id, { type: "punch", targetId: defender.id });
+    state = must(state, defender.id, { type: "pass" });
+    expect(state.phase).toBe("finished");
+    // The killer took the cards — but the reveal remembers the fallen hand.
+    const view = viewFor(state, attacker.id);
+    const fallen = view.revealedHands?.[defender.id] ?? [];
+    expect(fallen.map((c) => c.cardId).sort()).toEqual(["fireball", "number-6"]);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/web/src/App.svelte b/packages/web/src/App.svelte
index ca84da6..9430438 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/App.svelte
+++ b/packages/web/src/App.svelte
@@ -1219,6 +1219,7 @@
             <div class="reveal-row">
               <span class="reveal-name" class:reveal-winner={p.id === view.winner}>
                 {p.id === view.winner ? "🏆 " : ""}{p.id}
+                {#if !p.alive}<span class="reveal-note">as they fell</span>{/if}
               </span>
               <div class="reveal-cards">
                 {#each view.revealedHands[p.id] ?? [] as card (card.instanceId)}
@@ -1818,6 +1819,7 @@
     padding-top: 0.4rem;
   }
   .reveal-name.reveal-winner { font-weight: 700; }
+  .reveal-note { display: block; font-family: "Caveat", cursive; font-size: 0.85rem; color: #8a7a5e; }
   .reveal-cards { display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 0.3rem; }
   .reveal-cards :global(.card) { transform: scale(0.82); transform-origin: top left; margin: -0.35rem -0.8rem -1.1rem 0; }
   .reveal-empty { font-family: "Caveat", cursive; color: #8a7a5e; padding-top: 0.5rem; }
@@ -1938,6 +1940,7 @@
     padding-top: 0.4rem;
   }
   .reveal-name.reveal-winner { font-weight: 700; }
+  .reveal-note { display: block; font-family: "Caveat", cursive; font-size: 0.85rem; color: #8a7a5e; }
   .reveal-cards { display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 0.3rem; }
   .reveal-cards :global(.card) { transform: scale(0.82); transform-origin: top left; margin: -0.35rem -0.8rem -1.1rem 0; }
   .reveal-empty { font-family: "Caveat", cursive; color: #8a7a5e; padding-top: 0.5rem; }