Las Grandes Batallas del Mediterraneo (The Great Battles of the Mediterranean) is a very early spanish wargame, covering six different war scenarios, settled around or near the Mediterranean Sea.
In each scenario there is two sides, and both beguin with the same forces, 12 ground forces and 6 naval forces, each force is compossed of six small units, and are represented by a "column" of pieces, and the units can be detached. Also each side have 3 fortified bases. Each player can move all his units each turn and can freely engange the enemy. One very special feature is that each side have a fixed number of artillery shots to use along the game.
The initial deployment is done blinded using a screen to shield the setup and the initial secret moves. The number of secret movements is agreed between both players before the game setup.
The game use a special six sides die, with no 1 or 6 and two 3 and 4. An have no limit turns, but an accordded time limit.
The winner of the game is the first owning 5 fortified bases or the one that eliminates half of the enemy units or at the end of the agreed time the winner is the side that had killed more enemy units (only if the difference is more than 5% of the initial force).
The six scenarios are: The Punic Wars, The Barbarian Invasions, The Arab Invasions, The Crusades, The Ottoman against Europe and Spanish - French Wars.
This is the second Spanish wargame ever published, only after La Reconquista, of this same editor.