Link: Ambush, Comprehensive Rules Glossary (Additional) Action Phase Each player in turn order, starting with the active player, has the opportunity to pass or take a legal action, continuing around the table any number of times until all players pass consecutively. The active player can only take Limited and Open actions at these opportunities. All other players can only take Open actions at these opportunities.
Combat Segment In the Combat Segment, the Defender gets the first opportunity to either take a Battle Action or Pass. That opportunity then goes to the player to his left, and follows the sequence of play leftwards after that. After all players pass in sequence, the Combat Segment ends and the battle proceeds to the Resolution Segment.
In short: No Attack Phase No Limited or Open Actions It is still the Action Phase You still abide the rules for the Combat and Resolution Segments
- Marty Lund Deputy Rules Monkey (quote linked above)
Assuming that the bolded portion of the Combat Segment implies non-battle actions are illegal play choices during the Combat Segment: Does the much clearer statement of legality during the Action Phase make Battle, Open or Limited designated Actions illegal during an Ambush created battle? (with the apparent exception of Battle/Open actions, which still fulfil the designator requirements for both phases)