instead of poker, you play settlers of catan.golf, you are getting boardgames for collaboration and networking. i mean, this has so much more going on to it than just boardgames. mark: the story came out of a friend telling me he plays boardgames. he is really nerdy and he was rhapsodizing about this. but he said oh, i have a really good connection with a lawyer who i play with. she recommended a pro bono company. it kind of unspooled where i realized oh, they are playing board games, but it is a way to hang out, meet people, maybe get new jobs. one guy i spoke to said i got the best job of my life with a guy i rolled dice with. carol: it is a great idea to get in touch with a future colleague and see how they react to losing. are they a good loser? bad loser? mark: that is what i love about it. would you want to work with someone who flips the table and -- if they don't win? i would not want to. there are producers -- settlers of catan is something you mentioned. what is this game? mark: settlers of catan is essentially silicon

carol: you said catan. our producer loves that. what is this game? of catan essentially silicon valley's favorite board game. it kick started the modern boardgame trend. because it is a game of entrepreneurship, for you to be good at catan. to be good, you have to be an entrepreneur. it really dovetails with a lot of what makes you good at business today and that turbocharged this wall street white-collar boardgame night. taylor: what makes you go to business today? do i have to be in finance to do these or there are a lot of industries and people are excited? are: the board gamers white-collar people, lawyers, doctors, financiers -- conventional white-collar workers. these games aren't just about winning at all costs on your own. a lot of them require you to collaborate with other players and maybe learn to put your own needs first, pivot a little. it is about being nimble and business today in any form is work speed, which it wasn't before. taylor: next, the condo towers taking over manhattan, plus the facial technique tested by nasca -- nasa. this

brent: tonight, the ford o catan serati lear carles pudemo is facing an uncertai feet -- fate.a setback for the leader, a german prosecutor has asked for him to be extradited to spain where he faces charges of treason and rebellion. a crime t carries a maximum sentence of 30 years. it is now up to a regional court in germany to decide whether or not to grant that extradition request. reporter: what is in store this year for the former catalan leader? for now, carles puigdemont remains behind the walls of this detention center in northern rmany. and that is likely to remain the case, after prosecutors found spain's extradition request to be legally admissible. >> we have checked whether the statutory offenses listed in the european arrest warrant, namely rebellion and misuse of public funds, correspond to the offenses under german law of high treason and misappropriation. we came to the conclusion that there is a correspondence. reporter: just over a week ago, puigdemont had traveled to finland from his self-imposed exile in belgium, to attend a conference and meet lawmakers. fa

because it is entrepreneurship, you need to be good at catan accent.say it differently. mark: well, if you are good at it, you have to be an entrepreneur. it really dovetails with what makes you good at business today. that turbocharged this white-collar board game. taylor: what makes you good at business today? does it expand beyond business? do i have to be in finance, or is there a lot of industries and people are excited? mark: the boardgame is a white collared people, and it is not about winning at all costs on your own. a lot require you to collaborate with other players and learn to put your own needs first. it's all about being nimble. in business today in any form is warp speed, which it wasn't before. taylor: up next, the condo towers taking over manhattan. plus, the facial technique tested by nasa. this is "bloomberg businessweek." ♪ ♪ taylor: welcome back to "bloomberg businessweek," i'm taylor riggs. you can listen to us on the radio, sirius xm channel 119, and in new york on ame 11 30, 1061 in boston, 1330 and 9091 fm in washington, d.c.,