IsolatedandHauntedSettingPsychologicaltension, such asintense emotionssuch as fear,madness, guilt,and obsessionThemetonymyof gloomand horrorSupernaturalor otherwiseinexplicableeventsOmens,portents,visionsImposing anddecayingstructures, likethe Van Tasselfamily estateSymboliccostumingDeathWomenthreatened by apowerful,impulsive,tyrannical maleAtmosphereof mysteryandsuspenseWitchBurdenedmaleprotagonistGothicarchitectureMacabreandviolentimageryEerielightingMistywoodsRecurringmotifs,like thecolour redRomantic elements,such as passionateand forbidden love,unrequited desire,and tragicrelationshipsDreamingand/ornightmaresAthreateningghost ormonsterDamselindistressHigh, evenoverwroughtemotionDecapitationAnancientprophecyIsolatedandHauntedSettingPsychologicaltension, such asintense emotionssuch as fear,madness, guilt,and obsessionThemetonymyof gloomand horrorSupernaturalor otherwiseinexplicableeventsOmens,portents,visionsImposing anddecayingstructures, likethe Van Tasselfamily estateSymboliccostumingDeathWomenthreatened by apowerful,impulsive,tyrannical maleAtmosphereof mysteryandsuspenseWitchBurdenedmaleprotagonistGothicarchitectureMacabreandviolentimageryEerielightingMistywoodsRecurringmotifs,like thecolour redRomantic elements,such as passionateand forbidden love,unrequited desire,and tragicrelationshipsDreamingand/ornightmaresAthreateningghost ormonsterDamselindistressHigh, evenoverwroughtemotionDecapitationAnancientprophecy

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