From the publisher’s rulebook

Who goes first in Foothills?

Lookout Games English edition, 2019

Choose a starting player; the rules suggest the person who most recently dug soil in their garden.

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Rule details

Give the selected player the starting-player chit; that player keeps it for the entire game.

Players then choose two starting resources in reverse play order.

The two players alternate turns beginning with the starting player.

If there’s a tie

The cited starting-player instruction does not specify a tie-break. We don’t infer one.

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