diff --git a/gameplay.js b/gameplay.js
index 88c7a68..a6bbace 100644
--- a/gameplay.js
+++ b/gameplay.js
@@ -541,7 +541,6 @@ export function proceedAfterClear() {
   if (mode === 'set') {
     G.card = { title: 'SET ' + (G.sets[0] + G.sets[1]),                 // the set just banked (sets already ++'d at game over)
       sub1: side === 'P' ? 'THE SET IS YOURS' : 'SET TO THEM',
-      sub2: 'SETS  ' + G.sets[0] + ' – ' + G.sets[1],
       color: side === 'P' ? UI.pick : UI.hot, t: TUNE.setCardT };
     G.pendingHorde = true;                                              // the horde begins when the card's pause ends
     ball.active = false; G.phase = 'over'; G.overT = TUNE.setCardT;
@@ -741,8 +740,7 @@ export function startBossFight(chapter) {
   zombieDuck(true); // the music drops out for it
   voice('ump_boss_arrives', 0, 0.9); voice('sudden_death', 2.6, 0.85);
   const art = bossArt(chapter);
-  G.card = { title: 'CHAPTER ' + chapter, sub1: art.name, sub2: art.line || 'IT THROWS. RETURN IT.',
-             color: UI.bad, t: TUNE.setCardT };
+  G.card = { title: art.name, color: UI.bad, t: TUNE.setCardT };
   G.flash = null;
   if (!G.seen.boss) { // the rules change: a wall, and a thing that shoots back
     G.seen.boss = true;
@@ -769,8 +767,7 @@ export function endBossFight() {
   // long hold — the chapter and the crowd move down to the subs where they belong.
   // (no 'GAME n NEXT' line: the bar under the scoreboard prints the game number permanently, and a
   // card that repeats what the HUD already says is the clutter this pass is meant to remove.)
-  G.card = { title: 'EPIC!', sub1: 'CHAPTER ' + c + ' DOWN',
-             sub2: 'THE STANDS ARE ON THEIR FEET', color: UI.pick, t: TUNE.bossWinT,
+  G.card = { title: 'YOU DID IT', color: UI.pick, t: TUNE.bossWinT,
              wait: TUNE.bossDeathT }; // ...after the body has finished coming apart
   ball.active = false;
   // a duel the handback just started owns the phase; otherwise hold the boss beat, and never
diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 99e3adf..690fefe 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -398,6 +398,6 @@
     </div>
   </div>
 </div>
-<script type="module" src="main.js?v=144"></script>
+<script type="module" src="main.js?v=145"></script>
 </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/render.js b/render.js
index 2a1b76c..4ad572a 100644
--- a/render.js
+++ b/render.js
@@ -1348,7 +1348,13 @@ function cardBody(c, dx) {
   // scoreboard and the ads, and 30 read as oversized the moment it left centre court. The stack
   // keeps its own line rhythm (0/30/44) and is centred as ONE block, so a one-line card and a
   // three-line card sit on the same axis instead of both hanging off the band's top edge.
-  const lines = [[title, B(22), 0, color]];
+  // ...and the title FITS. Cards carry whole sentences now ("SWING TO RETURN — OR SWISH IT AWAY")
+  // and boss names of any length, and Bangers 22 ran a long one off both edges of a phone. Measure
+  // once and shrink to the band; 22 stays 22 for everything that already fit.
+  ctx.font = B(22);
+  const tw = ctx.measureText(title).width;
+  const tSize = tw > W - 24 ? Math.max(13, Math.floor(22 * (W - 24) / tw)) : 22;
+  const lines = [[title, B(tSize), 0, color]];
   if (sub1) lines.push([sub1, F(8), 30, UI.cream]);
   if (sub2) lines.push([sub2, F(8), 44, UI.cream]);
   const s = inkSpan(lines);
diff --git a/zombies.js b/zombies.js
index 573df5b..845fa2c 100644
--- a/zombies.js
+++ b/zombies.js
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ export function spawnBarrel() {
   if (!G.seen.barrel) {
     G.seen.barrel = true;
     G.card = { title: 'A GLOWING BARREL', sub1: 'A WEAPON IS INSIDE — SHOOT IT',
-               sub2: 'PINK MEANS TAKE THE SHOT', color: UI.pink, t: 2.6 };
+               color: UI.pink, t: 2.6 };
   }
 }
 
@@ -114,8 +114,7 @@ export function spawnMachine() {
   voice('ump_machine', 0.4, 0.95);
   if (!G.seen.mach) {
     G.seen.mach = true;
-    G.card = { title: 'A BALL MACHINE', sub1: 'IT FIRES AT YOU ON A TIMER',
-               sub2: 'SWING TO RETURN — OR SWISH IT AWAY', color: UI.warm, t: 2.6 };
+    G.card = { title: 'SWING TO RETURN — OR SWISH IT AWAY', color: UI.warm, t: 2.6 };
   }
 }
 
@@ -799,11 +798,7 @@ export function spawnRacketZombie() { // one takes up residence on the far court
   zombies.push({ x: (Math.random() * 2 - 1) * 2.5, z: 3.5, v: 0, walkT: Math.random() * 9,
     variant: 'r', side: 'O', facing: 1, pose: 'idle', poseT: 0, swingT: -1, swingCool: 0, runT: 0,
     hp, hpMax: hp });
-  if (!G.seen.racket) { // it is not a shambler and it does not behave like one — say so, once
-    G.seen.racket = true;
-    G.card = { title: 'IT HAS A RACKET', sub1: 'IT RETURNS YOUR WEAK SHOTS',
-               sub2: 'ONLY A FULL PULL WOUNDS IT', color: UI.hot, t: 2.6 };
-  }
+  // (the IT HAS A RACKET card is gone — the racket in its hand is the announcement)
 }
 function endHorde() {
   G.horde = null; pellets.length = 0;