IsolatedandHauntedSettingOmens,portents,visionsSymboliccostumingAtmosphereof mysteryandsuspenseGothicarchitectureWomenthreatened by apowerful,impulsive,tyrannical maleDeathMacabreandviolentimageryEerielightingRecurringmotifs,like thecolour redDecapitationThemetonymyof gloomand horrorRomantic elements,such as passionateand forbidden love,unrequited desire,and tragicrelationshipsAthreateningghost ormonsterDreamingand/ornightmaresImposing anddecayingstructures, likethe Van Tasselfamily estateDamselindistressSupernaturalor otherwiseinexplicableeventsBurdenedmaleprotagonistWitchAnancientprophecyHigh, evenoverwroughtemotionPsychologicaltension, such asintense emotionssuch as fear,madness, guilt,and obsessionMistywoodsIsolatedandHauntedSettingOmens,portents,visionsSymboliccostumingAtmosphereof mysteryandsuspenseGothicarchitectureWomenthreatened by apowerful,impulsive,tyrannical maleDeathMacabreandviolentimageryEerielightingRecurringmotifs,like thecolour redDecapitationThemetonymyof gloomand horrorRomantic elements,such as passionateand forbidden love,unrequited desire,and tragicrelationshipsAthreateningghost ormonsterDreamingand/ornightmaresImposing anddecayingstructures, likethe Van Tasselfamily estateDamselindistressSupernaturalor otherwiseinexplicableeventsBurdenedmaleprotagonistWitchAnancientprophecyHigh, evenoverwroughtemotionPsychologicaltension, such asintense emotionssuch as fear,madness, guilt,and obsessionMistywoods

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