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Can anyone give me an idea of how this rule works? I haven't been able to find it in any rulebooks. My friend plays Chaos Mortals right now, and uses warhounds, who are listed with Ambush as an ability, but we haven't been able to figure out what the rule is. Thanks!

The Ambush rule can be found in the Beast of Chaos book, it allows those units to arrive from reserves if your general also has the ambush rule.

Ok, thanks. I'm not familiar with arriving from reserves as well. Is it similar to Dwarven Miners or Skaven Tunneling Teams in that they can come onto the board from any table edge after turn 1, depending on a roll?

Well, reserves doesn't really apply- that's a 40K term. Your best bet is to find a BoC army book and look up the actual rule.

What happens is, if you have any units that can ambush, one half of them do not have to be deployed at the start of the game. (If he only has one ambushing unit, it cannot ambush.)

At the start of his second turn, or at any turn thereafter, he may decide to have his ambushing unit come on the table. At the start of his remaining moves phase, he would place a marker for each unit at the point on the table edge he wants that unit to enter, and roll for its leadership.

If he rolls above the leadership, a scatter die is rolled in the center of the table, and the unit enters play from the point on the table edge indicated by the arrow.

If he rolls the leadership or below, the unit comes on at the marked point. Every model in the unit moves on from that point, and cannot march (or charge).

If I recall correctly, no mortal general has the ambush rule, so he won't be able to use this ability at all.

Thanks for clarifying fellblade. I didn't think any mortals had that ability.