Rock Hard 1977 – Storage Solution from Folded Space

Regular readers of this blog know that I’m a big fan of Folded Space inserts because they just make organizing and playing games so much easier.

No emptying of baggies, and then wondering which baggy each thing should go in when you’re putting stuff away.

Most of the trays can be used during the game so you don’t even need to dump things out (mainly player pieces but also resources and such).

They’re also made of very light Eva Core (memory foam made from 75% recycled plastic), meaning they don’t add real weight to the game.

If any game called for an insert like Folded Space, it was Rock Hard 1977.

A phenomenal game, but lots of bits and cards, so many cards that you had to separate them into a few baggies.

And then more baggies for other little pieces!

Thankfully, Folded Space came to the rescue with a really nice insert, and it wasn’t that difficult to put together either.

The most difficult aspect of the game to store (which was really a pain without an insert anyway) was the player boards that look like amps. They have knobs that stick out and everything.

That situation is solve by alternately stacking them (which I was already doing) but then adding the actual character boards to them to fill out the empty space in between.

Don’t know why I didn’t think of that.

That’s the biggest part of the storage problem, but then how about all of them bags and bits?

Easily taken care of with a few trays to put together.

On one side are the five player trays as well as the tray for all of the plastic standees (the player bases go in with their own colours, of course).

There’s the bottom row with the plastic and two player trays. (best to put the plastic on the bottom for maximum stability, though it shouldn’t matter).

And here’s the top row, with the remaining three player trays.

The card holder is the hardest to put together, but thankfully this one has a base as well as not requiring slanted dividers.

Those are the biggest pains to glue!

Nope, these stand vertically and are a breeze.

The only thing to be aware of is that the taller dividers go in the back, because the excellent paper money actually lies on top of the cards with the shorter dividers, nestling in like a baby in its crib.

The resources (candy, roadies, nightclub turn-order markers and Missed Work tokens go on the top row, above the player trays.

The board lies on top the player amps and the cards, but because there are five amps, the knobs are sticking up awkwardly, forcing the board to kind of be cock-eyed as it lies there. It doesn’t lie flat.

Of course, this is solved once you put the box lid on (and after you put the rulebook and other stuff on top) so it’s not a huge issue.

All of the stuff goes right up to the box lid, so there is literally nothing flying around when you store the game vertically.

It fits perfectly.

Many of their newer inserts, like this one, have imagery from the game, really making everything pop! This adds colour and personality to the game and they did a great job with the Rock Hard 1977 insert.

There’s just one problem, and that’s probably a “me” problem.

I tend to wait until a game is complete to buy an insert because expansions inevitably add stuff that won’t fit into the current insert.

But Rock Hard 1977 was so much in need of an insert (in my opinion) that I just jumped on this one.

Now designer Jackie Fox is talking about an expansion, and I’m worried this is going to become out of date when that comes out (or force me to box the expansion separately).

Maybe I should have waited?

That’s something to consider for you before you buy this.

For me, I’ll see what happens.

It may not bother you at all.

The Rock Hard 1977 insert from Folded Space is one of their best, and definitely one of their easiest to put together.

I highly recommend it (with the one caveat above).