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+# Disclaimer
+
+This Release Plan was created in April, a few weeks after the project weas
+actually started. However, the intended plan for releases has not changed during
+the creation of the project.
+
+# Release Plan
+
+## First Stage: Web-app Minimum Viable Product front-end
+
+The first release will be the Minimum Viable Product (MVP) of the front-end.
+This front-end will display the game board and other pertinent info.
+
+## Second Stage: Develop the front-end MVP
+
+The front-end MVP will be incrementally and iteratively improved until the
+following features are finished:
+  - Local Multiplayer (Two people playing the game on the same device)
+  - Single Player (One person playing against an AI of varying difficulties)
+
+## Third Stage: Define the back-end protocol
+
+In preparation for Networked Multiplayer for the project, the back-end must
+have a protocol defined that both the front-end and back-end must use to
+communicate properly.
+
+## Fourth Stage: Define the back-end database
+
+The back-end must store state and keep track of ongoing Networked Multiplayer
+games. Thus, it is required to set up the database schema that the back-end will
+use for this purpose.
+
+## Fifth Stage: Develop the back-end software
+
+The back-end will be created based on the back-end protocol and back-end
+database schema. Note that the protocol and database schema may change as
+necessary due to further discoveries and feedback regarding the development of
+the back-end
+
+## Sixth Stage: Connect the front-end to the back-end
+
+The front-end will be improved upon to enable the Networked Multiplayer feature
+by communicating with the back-end as described by the back-end protocol. This
+stage will probably also encounter bugs that may arise in either the back-end or
+front-end as this feature is being developed, so bug fixing will probably occur
+as well.
+
+## Seventh Stage: Refinement
+
+At this point, all the main features of Four-Line Dropper are implemented.
+What's left is bug-fixing and implementation of additional extra features.