April Fools posts usually land best when they know the audience. These two do. Moreover, both jokes lean on hobby culture instead of random nonsense.
One goes full absurd spectacle with a fake Warhammer 40,000 musical. Meanwhile, the other zeroes in on a much nerdier fear: running out of leftover sprue. Consequently, both gags work because they sound just plausible enough for half a second.
April Fools Roundup
The Warhammer Community post is wonderfully blunt. It announces The Emperor Protects: A Warhammer 40,000 Musical! and does it with total straight-faced confidence, even pointing readers toward a launch trailer and behind-the-scenes footage on Warhammer TV. Moreover, that is exactly why the joke lands. Warhammer is usually sold through grim speeches, explosions, and cathedral-sized misery, so pitching it like a stage production is a very funny tonal swerve. It is also a very short post, which helps. GW knew the title did most of the heavy lifting, and honestly, it did.
The Warlord Games Facebook post goes in the opposite direction. Instead of a giant absurd reveal, it builds a joke around hobby scavenging culture, claiming that the true nightmare is running out of sprue. Moreover, the snippet specifically leans into sprue’s “infinite uses,” including making bricks or sprue goo, which is funny because every wargamer knows that pile of leftovers somehow always feels useful. So, this one reads less like a fake product launch and more like an inside joke for model builders.
Final Thoughts
Overall, these are solid April Fools posts because they understand the crowd. One is big and theatrical. The other is weirdly relatable. Both, however, feel written by people who know exactly how hobbyists think.
