Tau:
Warlord O'Shaserra with 3 member Stealth Suit Crew and command-drone/Shield-drones

An Ethereal tucked in with two large mobs of Fire Warriors

Large mob of Pathfinders with a Drone

3 member Crisis Suit team with flamers and Dakka
3 member Crisis Suit team with Fusion Blasters
Both also had Stimulants

Hammerhead Gunship with Rail Gun and Smart Missles


Chaos Plague Marines:
Chaos Lord of Nurgle with Jump Pack, Blight Grenades, and pair of Lightning Claws

Chaos Sorcerer of Nurgle (psy1) on a Bike with Burning Brand of Scalathrax
Nurgles Rot and Gift of Contagion

7 man Plague Marines + 2 flamers and power weapon on the Champion
Dedicated Rhino with extra Combi-bolter and Destroyer Blades

7 man Plague Marines + 1 plasma gun and power fist+plasma pistol on the Champion
Dedicated Rhino with extra Combi-bolter and Destroyer Blades

5 man Nurgle Bikers with 1x Flamer and 1x Melta and Power Weapon on Champion

2 Obliterators
2 Obliterators

Terrain:
Three large multi-layer ruins with Aztec stylings made out of leftover wood planks as the table is otherwise bare wood - we are currently finishing my custom table.

Deployment:
Pathfinders setup on top of the largest ruin and nestle into the cover until they die were they cower.
Fire Warriors and Ethereal take the east flank with half in cover of the ruins
Hammerhead takes the west flank behind the pathfinders in cover of the ruins.

The Nurgle Sorcerer and the CSM bikers take the center field in the open to the east
The Plasma squad of Plague Marines takes the western flank in their Rhino


Warlord O'Shaserra with her Stealth Suits Infiltrate near the center of the board to try and take the Relic early.
All Crisis suits choose to Deepstrike in later (only real 'mistake' of the game)

The Nurgle Lord with the Flamer Plague Marines Infiltrate in behind the Tau gunline
Obliterators Influltrate on the extreme western and eastern flanks to surround the Tau completely.

Turn 1 Tau:
The Nurgle Lord and crew behind their lines serves as a massive Distraction Carnifex…Most importantly causing Warlord O'Shaserra and her team to become confused as to where to go. Instead of taking the Relic and trying to clear off the Bikers before retreating...she flies around midfield trying to assist the back field.
The Pathfinders paint the Lord's Rhino with a mass of Markerlights.
The Hammerhead fails to blow up the rear Rhino but blasts off a combi-bolter
The Ethereal and Warlord O'Shaserra's Command-Drone help the Fire Warriors (with Markerlights) to easily pop the Rhino with a stream of Str5 weapons, netting the Tau first Blood. The Lord and crew stumble out of the wreck even closer to the Tau.
The second Fire Warrior squad uses the Ethereal's bonus to wipe out the eastern Obliterators in a hail of plasma

Turn 1 CSM:
Everything advances in to close the net around the Tau. The plasma marines exit their Rhino and end only 10" away from Warlord O'Shaserra and the Bikers get pretty close to her as well.
In the Psychic Phase the Sorcerer offers the Gift of Contagion to Warlord O'Shaserra…limiting her ability to Run and weakening the Tau
The western Obliterators open with Twin-Linked Melta into the Hammerhead but only manage to Shake the skimmer.
The rear Flamer Squad help the Fire Warriors earn their name and kill all but 2 of the squad in a searing wave of flame and Rapid Shot Blasters, also killing the Ethereal.

The Bikers takes shots into Warlord O'Shaserra's squad and the Burning Brand of Skalathrax covers them in suffering along with The Plasma Marines rapid shot to pour bullets and Plasma into Warlord O'Shaserra…who relied too heavily on her 3++ save.
Warlord O'Shaserra dies a quick death.

Turn 2 Tau:
One of the Crisis teams prepares to land just behind the Bikers…only to have a bad scatter followed by Mishap that puts them back in Reserve.
The Hammerhead, Pathfinders, and two surviving Fire Warriors of the burnt squad open up on the Lord and Flamer Squad….but between Snap Shots from Shaken Hammerhead, some cover, poor rolls, FnP, and armour they only take down a single Plague Marine
The other Fire Warriors attempt to avenge Warlord O'Shaserra and Rapin Fire into the Bikers and kill two and the Champion.

Turn 2 CSM:
The Lord jumps aross the ruins and looms over the two remaining Fire Warriors. His old crew lines up on the Pathfinders as the Obliterators close on the Hammerhead.
The two remaining bikers and the Sorcerer get right into the face of the uninjured eastern Fire Warriors.
The Plasma Marines capture the Relic
The Flamers wipe all but a single Pathfinder from the field (who breaks and flees), the Sorcerer fails to Rot the Fire Warriors, but the Burning Brand takes out over half of the squad.
The Assault Phase sees all but a single Fire Warrior slaughtered.

The Obliterators Multi-Melta the Hammerhead, which Jinks, but could not avoid their Charge and they tear it apart.

Turn 3 Tau:
The Crisis team with Flamers arrive near the Plasma Marines, but then fail to kill even a single of the bloated Plague Marines holding the Relic.
The Crisis team Jets back to try and capture Linebreaker before conceding.
The last of the Fire Warriors fall in combat.