[Anthrax]

Game design documents are critical components of any staple game or modification.
Many modifications have collapsed due to a lack of organisation and general design.
To prevent future tragedies from claiming many future modifications and projects, here is a link to give budding game designers a clue of how to get their ideas onto paper in a helpful and easily organised format.

http://www.gamedev.net/reference/list.asp?categoryid=23

Enjoy.

[Hyncharas]

DesignDocs are easy.

I've written two business plans this year and are in the process of writing a third. That's hard from a standpoint of market research.

[maty]

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DesignDocs are easy.

I've written two business plans this year and are in the process of writing a third. That's hard from a standpoint of market research.[/b]

Business plans are not like design docs. :P

There's a specific structure and style to them.
Capture the Dude is probably one of the worst games ever made, but its design document is referenced as one of the best:
http://web.cs.wpi.edu/~imgd1001/a08/projects/proj2/gdd.html

Always a great reference for design docs.