--- title: Settlers of Brooklyn Is Settlers of Catan Parody of Hipsters: Video description: Above Average parodies hipsters with viral video trailer for Settlers of Brooklyn a fake game based on Settlers of Catan canonical: https://time.com/3756224/settlers-of-brooklyn-hipsters-parody-settlers-of-catan/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-03-24T17:02:31.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:17:57.910Z og:title: Settlers of Brooklyn Is Settlers of Catan Parody of Hipsters: Video og:description: Most of the jokes are about kale og:url: https://time.com/3756224/settlers-of-brooklyn-hipsters-parody-settlers-of-catan/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Settlers of Brooklyn Is Settlers of Catan Parody of Hipsters: Video twitter:description: Most of the jokes are about kale twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Settlers of Brooklyn Is a Game About the Hipster Millennials You Love to Hate ## Video: Inside A Christian Pot Shop [Watch (HLS stream): Inside A Christian Pot Shop](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/vz4fpqkC.m3u8) (5:22)  _Published 2014-04-03. Bryan and Lanette Davies run a Christian medical marijuana dispensary in Sacramento. After God told Bryan to open a cannabis shop, the couple say they have been doing God's work in providing natural care to the sick._ by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Mar 24, 2015 5:02 PM UTC by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Mar 24, 2015 5:02 PM UTC The Brooklyn edition of the hit board game _Settlers of Catan_ is out — at least according to [a new parody by Above Average](http://aboveaverage.com/watch/above-average-presents/settlers-of-brooklyn/), the comedy channel on YouTube launched by Broadway Video, which was founded by _Saturday Night Live_ producer Lorne Michaels. [According to the clip](http://aboveaverage.com/watch/above-average-presents/settlers-of-brooklyn/), the mission of this “game of settlement and exploration” is to create a “fully gentrified colony,” for “in the early 2000s, the land of Brook-_lan_ was virtually uninhabited by young adults with wealthy parents.” Kale is the subject of most of the jokes, and Lena Dunham is crowned the winner. 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