% !TEX TS-program = xelatexmk
documentclass{article}
usepackage[authordate, backend=biber,
    bookpages=false, isbn=false, doi=false, numbermonth=false, cmsdate=both]%
    {biblatex-chicago}

usepackage{filecontents}
begin{filecontents}{bib.bib}

@periodical{test1,
    Date = {2018},
    Editor = {Editor, Edwin},
%   Issuetitle = {This is the Issuetitle},
    Journaltitle = {The Journal},
    Note = {special issue},
    Title = {This is the Issuetitle},
    Volume = {33}}

@periodical{test2,
    Date = {2018},
    Editor = {Feditor, Edwin},
    Issuetitle = {This is the Issuetitle},
    Journaltitle = {The Journal},
    Note = {special issue},
%   Title = {This is the Issuetitle},
    Volume = {33}}

@periodical{test3,
    Date = {2018},
    Editor = {Geditor, Edwin},
    Issuetitle = {This is the Issuetitle},
    Journaltitle = {The Journal},
    Note = {special issue},
    Title = {This shouldn't (need to) be the Journaltitle},
    Volume = {33}}

end{filecontents}
addbibresource{bib.bib}

begin{document}
autocite{*}
printbibliography % print the bibliography
end{document}