GothicarchitectureDamselindistressRomantic elements,such as passionateand forbidden love,unrequited desire,and tragicrelationshipsAthreateningghost ormonsterPsychologicaltension, such asintense emotionssuch as fear,madness, guilt,and obsessionHigh, evenoverwroughtemotionAnancientprophecyImposing anddecayingstructures, likethe Van Tasselfamily estateSupernaturalor otherwiseinexplicableeventsMistywoodsThemetonymyof gloomand horrorRecurringmotifs,like thecolour redIsolatedandHauntedSettingWomenthreatened by apowerful,impulsive,tyrannical maleDreamingand/ornightmaresOmens,portents,visionsDeathDecapitationEerielightingBurdenedmaleprotagonistMacabreandviolentimagerySymboliccostumingWitchAtmosphereof mysteryandsuspenseGothicarchitectureDamselindistressRomantic elements,such as passionateand forbidden love,unrequited desire,and tragicrelationshipsAthreateningghost ormonsterPsychologicaltension, such asintense emotionssuch as fear,madness, guilt,and obsessionHigh, evenoverwroughtemotionAnancientprophecyImposing anddecayingstructures, likethe Van Tasselfamily estateSupernaturalor otherwiseinexplicableeventsMistywoodsThemetonymyof gloomand horrorRecurringmotifs,like thecolour redIsolatedandHauntedSettingWomenthreatened by apowerful,impulsive,tyrannical maleDreamingand/ornightmaresOmens,portents,visionsDeathDecapitationEerielightingBurdenedmaleprotagonistMacabreandviolentimagerySymboliccostumingWitchAtmosphereof mysteryandsuspense

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