There's different text if the game ends in a tie.

"When the hurlyburly's done, when the battle's lost and won, someone will have to manicure a few chipped hooves. Repair these shattered sticks. Untangle the locked horns, still holding every goat-demon together, and allow their tableau to finally collapse like cards in a toppling house. If no game had ever been played, the score would still be the same."