Dreamingand/ornightmaresRomantic elements,such as passionateand forbidden love,unrequited desire,and tragicrelationshipsMacabreandviolentimageryRecurringmotifs,like thecolour redDeathHigh, evenoverwroughtemotionPsychologicaltension, such asintense emotionssuch as fear,madness, guilt,and obsessionGothicarchitectureIsolatedandHauntedSettingDamselindistressImposing anddecayingstructures, likethe Van Tasselfamily estateEerielightingAtmosphereof mysteryandsuspenseSupernaturalor otherwiseinexplicableeventsOmens,portents,visionsDecapitationBurdenedmaleprotagonistWomenthreatened by apowerful,impulsive,tyrannical maleThemetonymyof gloomand horrorAnancientprophecyAthreateningghost ormonsterSymboliccostumingMistywoodsWitchDreamingand/ornightmaresRomantic elements,such as passionateand forbidden love,unrequited desire,and tragicrelationshipsMacabreandviolentimageryRecurringmotifs,like thecolour redDeathHigh, evenoverwroughtemotionPsychologicaltension, such asintense emotionssuch as fear,madness, guilt,and obsessionGothicarchitectureIsolatedandHauntedSettingDamselindistressImposing anddecayingstructures, likethe Van Tasselfamily estateEerielightingAtmosphereof mysteryandsuspenseSupernaturalor otherwiseinexplicableeventsOmens,portents,visionsDecapitationBurdenedmaleprotagonistWomenthreatened by apowerful,impulsive,tyrannical maleThemetonymyof gloomand horrorAnancientprophecyAthreateningghost ormonsterSymboliccostumingMistywoodsWitch

Gothic Conventions Bingo - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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  1. Dreaming and/or nightmares
  2. Romantic elements, such as passionate and forbidden love, unrequited desire, and tragic relationships
  3. Macabre and violent imagery
  4. Recurring motifs, like the colour red
  5. Death
  6. High, even overwrought emotion
  7. Psychological tension, such as intense emotions such as fear, madness, guilt, and obsession
  8. Gothic architecture
  9. Isolated and Haunted Setting
  10. Damsel in distress
  11. Imposing and decaying structures, like the Van Tassel family estate
  12. Eerie lighting
  13. Atmosphere of mystery and suspense
  14. Supernatural or otherwise inexplicable events
  15. Omens, portents, visions
  16. Decapitation
  17. Burdened male protagonist
  18. Women threatened by a powerful, impulsive, tyrannical male
  19. The metonymy of gloom and horror
  20. An ancient prophecy
  21. A threatening ghost or monster
  22. Symbolic costuming
  23. Misty woods
  24. Witch