Ambush At the start of the game, before either side has deployed, you may choose a single Warband in your Army that is not led by either Frodo, Sam, Merry or Pippin. The chose Warband is ambushing and does not arrive as normal. Instead, at the end of the Move Phase on the third turn (after both sides have moved all their models), the ambushing Warband must choose one of the following;
•Move onto the board from any board edge via the rules for Reinforcements.
•Deploy in, or within 1" of, a wood, building, rocky outcrop or other similar piece of terrain that Hobbis could hide in. A degree of common sense is required when deciding which pieces of terrain Hobbits can hide in - they shouldn't be leaping out of a river or from behind a single rock! You should always agree with your opponent at the beginning of the game which terrain pieces are eligible for Hobbits to ambush from, Models deployed in this way cannot be placed in base contact with, or within the Control Zones of, enemy models. Models that enter the board in this way do not Activate as part of the Move Phase, and will count as having Moved half their Move Value for the purposes of shooting.
