@FranceNeedsMorePower We haven’t played any tournament games, just done some games against each other.
If Axis gets a bid of 7 or more, you can use it on a transport and take Celebes and complete that objective on J1, which is huge for your momentum. Japan seems like the strongest Axis power in our playing of 42. However I did find a decent investment into Navy with Germany paid some good dividends for securing the Leningrad NO and at least stalling Russia. Italy is always tough.
For Allies, focusing on the Pacific fleet with the US but getting at least a couple transports into play in the Atlantic/Med is good. However the turn order puts Germany between US & UK, so the normal “OOB” Global strategies for having US capture and using UK planes to secure has to be reversed, and with our group at least the US had to spend 80%+ in the Pacific.