diff --git a/src/test/SimulationTest.cpp b/src/test/SimulationTest.cpp
index 371f160..a2ffd95 100644
--- a/src/test/SimulationTest.cpp
+++ b/src/test/SimulationTest.cpp
@@ -131,3 +131,26 @@ TEST_CASE("TickDriver::reset clears the accumulator", "[simulation]")
     // Nothing in the accumulator: zero elapsed time should not fire.
     REQUIRE(driver.advance(0.0, 1.0) == 0);
 }
+
+TEST_CASE("TickDriver::reset discards a large pending delta so a restart does not "
+          "fast-forward", "[simulation]")
+{
+    // Regression guard for the "restart fast-forwards by the time spent in the
+    // Game Over / Win / escape dialog" bug: on restart the frame timer holds the
+    // whole wall-clock duration the modal was open. GameWorldView::resetForNewGame()
+    // now calls TickDriver::reset() to discard that pending delta; without it the
+    // fresh run would burst forward by the dialog duration on its first frame.
+    TickDriver driver;
+
+    // 30 seconds spent in the dialog would otherwise be ~900 ticks at 30 Hz.
+    const double dialogOpenMs = 30000.0;
+    driver.reset();
+
+    // A brand-new run's first normal frame (~16 ms) advances only its own ticks;
+    // the discarded dialog time contributes nothing.
+    REQUIRE(driver.advance(16.0, 1.0) == 0);
+
+    // Sanity: had the dialog delta not been discarded, it would have fired ~900 ticks.
+    TickDriver leaked;
+    REQUIRE(leaked.advance(dialogOpenMs, 1.0) > 800);
+}
diff --git a/src/ui/GameWorldView.cpp b/src/ui/GameWorldView.cpp
index 7a6cb39..0005915 100644
--- a/src/ui/GameWorldView.cpp
+++ b/src/ui/GameWorldView.cpp
@@ -227,6 +227,12 @@ void GameWorldView::onFrame()
         {
             m_viewResetPending = false;
             resetForNewGame();
+            // The reset command may have drained after a long-open modal (e.g. the
+            // Game Over dialog), so `elapsed` above still holds the whole time that
+            // dialog was open. Feeding it into the tick driver would fast-forward the
+            // brand-new run by that duration. resetForNewGame() has rebased the time
+            // source; skip this frame's tick advance so the stale delta is discarded.
+            return;
         }
 
         // Notify presentation widgets that queued commands were applied, so a
@@ -2391,6 +2397,12 @@ void GameWorldView::resetForNewGame()
     EventManager::getInstance()->sendEventImmediately(
         std::make_shared<SelectionChangedEvent>(std::vector<BuildingId>{}));
 	setGameSpeed(1.0);
+    // Rebase the wall-clock time source so a fresh run starts from a clean time
+    // base. Without this, wall time accumulated while a modal (Game Over, Win, or
+    // the escape menu) was open would be converted into ticks on the new run,
+    // fast-forwarding it by the time the player spent in the dialog.
+    m_frameTimer.restart();
+    m_tickDriver.reset();
     update();
 }