So I am usually playing 5 man games and our games are generally pretty even between axis and allied wins without using any bid. So we have never used a bid. I think it might be a bit easier to organize the allied attack when you are in control of all 3 sides.
Anyways, we were thinking of giving a bid of say 10 or 12 to both the axis and the allies. Just to add some variety to the opening strategy and change things up a bit. The assumption is that it would use normal bidding rules and the allies would place their bid first. So if you were allies in this situation where would place a bid of 10? Of 12? And do you think the game would still be even, or would something like this just wreck the game? (bearing in mind that results for us are generally balanced with no bid)