I select Conquer Tangiers as my first mission, as it will provide some combat. I also secure an alliance with Castille (to help me if it goes wrong) and I honor the call to arms with England, to make sure we stay allied. When I assigned leaders to my fleet, I noticed I start with 3 explorers already! This will come in handy as we can do some early exploring then. The Earl of Avranches is assigned to my army, since he is a little bit better then my king. I transport my army to Ceuta (wich is already Portuguese at the start of the game), and split my navy to blockade the Moroccan ports. At 22 January 1445 I declare war, Castille and England join me.
The first ( and only) naval battle in the war forced the Moroccan ships to stay in their harbors, giving us dominance over the sea.
At 14 March I get a nasty event, tax income reduced or 13 regiments uprising, I choose the tax incoming reducing.
At 31 march we start to produce fish in the Azores. In April the first battle with Morocco is fought resulting in a crushing victory, I thought the enemy was defeated now, but I was wrong...
In July news came from Castille, they have broken their alliance! Not good since we lost a useful ally. I send a diplomat to improve relations. That year I lost 2 battles, one in July and one in September. Eliminating almost my complete army...
I made peace as fast as possible, on 5 may 1446. To bad I only gained Tangiers, but with 12.000 men lost, it was impossible to get more then that and a few ducats. I learned from this war: Never underestimate the African armies!