Athreateningghost ormonsterAnancientprophecyHigh, evenoverwroughtemotionOmens,portents,visionsRomantic elements,such as passionateand forbidden love,unrequited desire,and tragicrelationshipsDamselindistressMistywoodsPsychologicaltension, such asintense emotionssuch as fear,madness, guilt,and obsessionAtmosphereof mysteryandsuspenseMacabreandviolentimagerySymboliccostumingWomenthreatened by apowerful,impulsive,tyrannical maleThemetonymyof gloomand horrorWitchRecurringmotifs,like thecolour redEerielightingIsolatedandHauntedSettingDecapitationImposing anddecayingstructures, likethe Van Tasselfamily estateSupernaturalor otherwiseinexplicableeventsGothicarchitectureBurdenedmaleprotagonistDreamingand/ornightmaresDeathAthreateningghost ormonsterAnancientprophecyHigh, evenoverwroughtemotionOmens,portents,visionsRomantic elements,such as passionateand forbidden love,unrequited desire,and tragicrelationshipsDamselindistressMistywoodsPsychologicaltension, such asintense emotionssuch as fear,madness, guilt,and obsessionAtmosphereof mysteryandsuspenseMacabreandviolentimagerySymboliccostumingWomenthreatened by apowerful,impulsive,tyrannical maleThemetonymyof gloomand horrorWitchRecurringmotifs,like thecolour redEerielightingIsolatedandHauntedSettingDecapitationImposing anddecayingstructures, likethe Van Tasselfamily estateSupernaturalor otherwiseinexplicableeventsGothicarchitectureBurdenedmaleprotagonistDreamingand/ornightmaresDeath

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