Wargame dice based mechanic

Would it be possible for you to break the numbers down so I (perhaps we!) can get a better feel for how these dice look and act? A d6 with 1,2,2,3, miss, bonus would be different to think about than a d10 with 1,2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, miss, bonus.

Is a defensive unit that is attacking rolling blocks to counteract the aggressive defenders' hits? Or, does a defensive unit only have the option to try for a hit with their bonus die if they are attacking? I think it's the first thing I said, but it wasn't entirely clear.

Um . . . so I am trying to apply this to axis and allies . . . I may be a little off, but here's a scenario in how I am imaging your system might work: Infantry have the option to roll 2 blocking dice or one damage die (or maybe one blocking or one bonus?). I've got ten of them sitting somewhere. Do I really have a choice about which dice to roll? If my opponent thinks he can win if I roll 20 defensive dice, is there any way he can lose If I chose to roll ten offensive dice? If I've been maneuvered into using my units in a suboptimal manner, the battle is probably already over. So, there might be an issue with players feeling like there's some illusion of choice at the point of battle, when really the choice was just which unit is the best to purchase.

When do players choose which dice to roll? if one player chooses first, it seems like it would be a simple (yet complicated (does that make sense? Your system is certainly more complicated than axis and allies)) matter for the second player to roll what they need to be the most effective. If on the other hand it's done somehow in secret, simultaneously, we get a situation where players can make an optimal choice (use the best abilities each unit has to offer) which will be . . . well . . . optimal. If all my best attacking units go for hits, and my defensive units go for blocks, and my opponent's attackers go for hits, while throwing all his defensive guys at a lesser chance to hit . . . I probably just killed more guys, assuming I entered a battle that was in my favor in the first place. (I'm having a hard time getting all my ideas down, this is raising so many questions! :)

Also, when would those bonus dies get chosen to be hits or blocks?

But, this brings up another thought: Is this system intuitive (to someone who gets probability in the first place, which isn't all that intuitive)? Can I figure out if I have good odds to win a battle? In axis and allies, quick punch/ count calculations are pretty easy. rarely am I surprised when I enter a big battle into a calculator. I am trying to imagine staring at your game, and trying to think of every possible combination of ways my opponent and I might chose to allocate our different dice. I'm not sure I'd like to be doing that once, much less for every battle, every turn. Simply asking the average person to figure out whether x amount of 25 percent chances is better than y amount of 50 percent chances adds a whole new level of strategy (assuming the choice is more than an illusion) to every decision. Adding levels of complexity can be good. They can also be bad. I am leaning towards 'bad' at this point, based off imagining an axis and allies scale game with a dice system such as you propose.

Anyway, that's what I thought about off the top of my head. I would love to see where this discussion goes!

:)