Romantic elements,such as passionateand forbidden love,unrequited desire,and tragicrelationshipsWitchAnancientprophecyDreamingand/ornightmaresDecapitationEerielightingSupernaturalor otherwiseinexplicableeventsIsolatedandHauntedSettingAtmosphereof mysteryandsuspenseGothicarchitectureWomenthreatened by apowerful,impulsive,tyrannical maleSymboliccostumingPsychologicaltension, such asintense emotionssuch as fear,madness, guilt,and obsessionMacabreandviolentimageryBurdenedmaleprotagonistOmens,portents,visionsDamselindistressDeathHigh, evenoverwroughtemotionImposing anddecayingstructures, likethe Van Tasselfamily estateRecurringmotifs,like thecolour redAthreateningghost ormonsterThemetonymyof gloomand horrorMistywoodsRomantic elements,such as passionateand forbidden love,unrequited desire,and tragicrelationshipsWitchAnancientprophecyDreamingand/ornightmaresDecapitationEerielightingSupernaturalor otherwiseinexplicableeventsIsolatedandHauntedSettingAtmosphereof mysteryandsuspenseGothicarchitectureWomenthreatened by apowerful,impulsive,tyrannical maleSymboliccostumingPsychologicaltension, such asintense emotionssuch as fear,madness, guilt,and obsessionMacabreandviolentimageryBurdenedmaleprotagonistOmens,portents,visionsDamselindistressDeathHigh, evenoverwroughtemotionImposing anddecayingstructures, likethe Van Tasselfamily estateRecurringmotifs,like thecolour redAthreateningghost ormonsterThemetonymyof gloomand horrorMistywoods

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