Chaosium has renamed Shub-Niggurath — one of H.P. Lovecraft’s most iconic cosmic deities — to “Shub-Gorath” in their new crowdfunding board game Call of Cthulhu: Old Ones Origins. The company cited three reasons: social media algorithms flagging the name, inclusivity concerns tied to Lovecraft’s documented prejudices, and players at the game table being uncomfortable with the pronunciation. Jon breaks down why scholars universally agree the name has no actual racial etymology, what the real motivation behind the rename is, and why this is the clearest sign yet that the DEI push has fully arrived in tabletop gaming — the one hobby space fans thought was safe.
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