BurdenedmaleprotagonistDreamingand/ornightmaresSupernaturalor otherwiseinexplicableeventsImposing anddecayingstructures, likethe Van Tasselfamily estateEerielightingMistywoodsRomantic elements,such as passionateand forbidden love,unrequited desire,and tragicrelationshipsAtmosphereof mysteryandsuspenseThemetonymyof gloomand horrorIsolatedandHauntedSettingDamselindistressDecapitationMacabreandviolentimageryOmens,portents,visionsDeathRecurringmotifs,like thecolour redSymboliccostumingWitchAnancientprophecyHigh, evenoverwroughtemotionWomenthreatened by apowerful,impulsive,tyrannical maleGothicarchitectureAthreateningghost ormonsterPsychologicaltension, such asintense emotionssuch as fear,madness, guilt,and obsessionBurdenedmaleprotagonistDreamingand/ornightmaresSupernaturalor otherwiseinexplicableeventsImposing anddecayingstructures, likethe Van Tasselfamily estateEerielightingMistywoodsRomantic elements,such as passionateand forbidden love,unrequited desire,and tragicrelationshipsAtmosphereof mysteryandsuspenseThemetonymyof gloomand horrorIsolatedandHauntedSettingDamselindistressDecapitationMacabreandviolentimageryOmens,portents,visionsDeathRecurringmotifs,like thecolour redSymboliccostumingWitchAnancientprophecyHigh, evenoverwroughtemotionWomenthreatened by apowerful,impulsive,tyrannical maleGothicarchitectureAthreateningghost ormonsterPsychologicaltension, such asintense emotionssuch as fear,madness, guilt,and obsession

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