Warhammer 30k - Emperors will

Mechanicum Taghmata vs Legion Iron warriors

Forces 1500 pts
Legion Iron warriors
-Centurion w terminator armour
-6x terminators
-Spartan assault tank
-Contemptor dreadnaught
-10x Veteran legionarie w Rhino (with snipe)
-10x Veteran legionarie w Rhino(with snipe)

-5x Iron havocs

Mechanicum Taghmata
-Magos

-1 Thanatar sige autonoma

-1 Domitar autonomica
-2x Castellax autonomica
-2x Castellax autonomica
-2x Vorax autonomica

-3x Thrallax

-10x Thralls

Alright, my first 30k "full point scale" game. We roll for a mission from the core book and the result is "Emperors will" with Dawn of war deployment. The two main objectives are worth three points each and secondary objectives are Slay the warlord, Linebreaker and first blood. My opponent (the mechanicum) win the roll for whom goes first and deploy.

Turn 1

The Iron warriors open up strong with a successful Size the initiative! Perturabo sitting somewhere in his forward tactical bunker gives a tiny smile for himself. The Iron gauntlet push forward, killing two thralls in the following shooting as well as wound off the Thanatar.

The Mechanicum strikes back, rocking two hull points off one Rhino.

Turn 2

The Iron warrior veterans disembark to unleach some fire upon the Thrallax, killing one of them. The Iron havocs take a wound off a Castellax.

In return the Thanatar destoy the damaged rhino and kill five veterans in a massive barrage. First blood for the mechanicum. The Domitar charge the other Rhino, tearing it apart and killing five (!) veterans in the successive blast.

Turn 3

Iron warrior terminators embarked in the spartan initiate an assault trying to kill the Magos. The Magos challange the Centurion who stands little chance of breaking the T5 and 3+ inv. save of the Magos. a few wounds are inflicted in the combat.

The Dreadnaught charge the Thrallax and cause them one wound, enough to make them flee and destroy them in pursuit.

The Vorax enter the battlefield, outflanking and kill one veteran. 

Turn 4

The veterans and the Spartan destroy the Vorax. The thralls are reduced to a single model by the Iron havocs and finished off by the dreadnaught.

The Centurion die by the hand of the Magos in the Mechanicus assault phase, granting "Slay the warlord" for Mechanicum. 

Turn 5

Even thought it can't score, the dreadnought reveal the mysterious objective - a skyfire nexus.

The Iron warrior terminator squad is killed in the Iron warriors assault phase, allowing the Magos and the surviving Castellax to push forward. 

The Thanatar kills the four remaining veterans on the right flank. 

We roll to see if the battle continues. The dice shows a "2", but the Iron warriors chose to fight for another turn (with their "the bitter end" rule).

Turn 6

Iron warriors elect to play another turn in hope of slaying the enemy warlord, but it backfires and only result in the Mechanicum getting a Linebreaking unit as well.

Another Castellax is destroyed so maybe Perturabo would have some indulgence for the returning troops.

Result 

Mechanicus (3) - Iron warriors (1)

Mechanicus score First blood, slay the warlord and Linebreaker. Iron warriors scores Linebreaker. Neither objective is taken.