Who goes first?
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Who goes first in Hick Hack in Gackelwack?

Zoch German web rules (archived 2007; English summary)

Everyone secretly chooses a hand card, and the cards are revealed only after all players have chosen. The rules do not assign a first player or a turn order for this selection phase.

If your rules call for a random choice, use the player picker.

Rule details

Before card selection, one player distributes a random grain to each farm without looking. The rules do not specify who performs this supply task, and it does not confer a first card-playing turn.

With two or three players, everyone starts with six cards and secretly selects two per round. You may not select a poultry card and a fox card of the same color together. Reveal only once everyone has selected.

Dice duels, including rerolls by tied contenders, decide who takes food at a farm. They do not select a starting player.

After feeding is resolved, replenish the farms and draw one replacement card per player, or two with two or three players. The next round uses the same secret-selection and reveal procedure.

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