Two best friends, one opinionated friend group and a decision-making spreadsheet nobody liked.
how it started
We’re Heiko and Anne, best friends for more than 15 years. Our friend group does long dinners, shared holidays, year-long pen-and-paper campaigns and far too many board game nights.
What it doesn’t do well is decide. Picking a film, a game or a takeaway place could take an hour. Sometimes nobody got fed. So we did what tech people do when life annoys them. We opened a spreadsheet.
how it’s going
The spreadsheet grew columns, then formulas, then conditional formatting. Version three had a “reset all values” button, cells that flashed red and its own tutorial. It did give us the −3 to +3 scoring that bop still uses today (how it works explains why). It also had one fatal flaw: everyone hated the spreadsheet.
So we built Best Option. Same scoring, no Excel.
why we bother
We’d rather play the board game than argue about which one. Best Option gets your group to the actual evening faster.
meet the team
heiko
Where to order food?
Nothing beats Italian. Let’s have Vitello Tonnato, Pizza and Tiramisu.
What movie to watch?
Preferably it’s not a movie, but a series with strong story.
What boardgame to play?
Starcraft! The most well-balanced strategy game of all time.
Your job at best option?
Developing the app with a lot of love for security and identity management.
anne
Where to order food?
I am sucker for ordering Indian. Currys don’t get worse when delivered through weather and time.
What movie to watch?
Everything everywhere all at once.
What boardgame to play?
Recently I like clever card games even more: Let’s play The Crew.
Your job at best option?
Using a lot of yellow. Website, content and marketing are on my list.