Psychologicaltension, such asintense emotionssuch as fear,madness, guilt,and obsessionDamselindistressAthreateningghost ormonsterGothicarchitectureAtmosphereof mysteryandsuspenseDeathDecapitationEerielightingSupernaturalor otherwiseinexplicableeventsWitchRomantic elements,such as passionateand forbidden love,unrequited desire,and tragicrelationshipsOmens,portents,visionsSymboliccostumingHigh, evenoverwroughtemotionThemetonymyof gloomand horrorRecurringmotifs,like thecolour redIsolatedandHauntedSettingWomenthreatened by apowerful,impulsive,tyrannical maleMacabreandviolentimageryDreamingand/ornightmaresImposing anddecayingstructures, likethe Van Tasselfamily estateAnancientprophecyMistywoodsBurdenedmaleprotagonistPsychologicaltension, such asintense emotionssuch as fear,madness, guilt,and obsessionDamselindistressAthreateningghost ormonsterGothicarchitectureAtmosphereof mysteryandsuspenseDeathDecapitationEerielightingSupernaturalor otherwiseinexplicableeventsWitchRomantic elements,such as passionateand forbidden love,unrequited desire,and tragicrelationshipsOmens,portents,visionsSymboliccostumingHigh, evenoverwroughtemotionThemetonymyof gloomand horrorRecurringmotifs,like thecolour redIsolatedandHauntedSettingWomenthreatened by apowerful,impulsive,tyrannical maleMacabreandviolentimageryDreamingand/ornightmaresImposing anddecayingstructures, likethe Van Tasselfamily estateAnancientprophecyMistywoodsBurdenedmaleprotagonist

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