I have quite a few FFG games, with the last purchase being Sid's CIV. I really enjoy FFG's games, but I must say that it's about time that they design a better storage compartment or at least include SOME extra bags (as does GMT) to store the parts after they are punched.
I was at a game day fair yesterday, and I was going to teach CIV to 4 players using my friends unpunched copy of the game. I had to leave right after the explanation so I couldn't use my punched and "bagged" copy. When we opened the box, and saw that the game was unpunched, and that there was only ONE spare bag for about 200 (estimate) parts, we put it away and they didn't play. They didn't want to throw the parts willy-nilly into the large bags the boards are in at the end of the game. It would have been chaos to re-bag the game afterwards.
So how about it FFG? You design great games; designing a storage tray can't be that difficult. :-)
Thanks for your time.....