SymboliccostumingBurdenedmaleprotagonistGothicarchitectureThemetonymyof gloomand horrorOmens,portents,visionsRomantic elements,such as passionateand forbidden love,unrequited desire,and tragicrelationshipsMistywoodsMacabreandviolentimageryDeathDreamingand/ornightmaresSupernaturalor otherwiseinexplicableeventsIsolatedandHauntedSettingAnancientprophecyAthreateningghost ormonsterImposing anddecayingstructures, likethe Van Tasselfamily estateDamselindistressHigh, evenoverwroughtemotionPsychologicaltension, such asintense emotionssuch as fear,madness, guilt,and obsessionEerielightingWomenthreatened by apowerful,impulsive,tyrannical maleRecurringmotifs,like thecolour redAtmosphereof mysteryandsuspenseDecapitationWitchSymboliccostumingBurdenedmaleprotagonistGothicarchitectureThemetonymyof gloomand horrorOmens,portents,visionsRomantic elements,such as passionateand forbidden love,unrequited desire,and tragicrelationshipsMistywoodsMacabreandviolentimageryDeathDreamingand/ornightmaresSupernaturalor otherwiseinexplicableeventsIsolatedandHauntedSettingAnancientprophecyAthreateningghost ormonsterImposing anddecayingstructures, likethe Van Tasselfamily estateDamselindistressHigh, evenoverwroughtemotionPsychologicaltension, such asintense emotionssuch as fear,madness, guilt,and obsessionEerielightingWomenthreatened by apowerful,impulsive,tyrannical maleRecurringmotifs,like thecolour redAtmosphereof mysteryandsuspenseDecapitationWitch

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