Set in Wales during the early twentieth century,Foothills features a random setup that has the players placing a number of railway lines that are represented by a handful of cards, and then competing to build stations and tracks on them to see who can score the most points. An inbuilt opponent places navvies along the line at certain points in the game, meaning that the players have to plan and act fast. The actions themselves are taken from a number of double sided cards that can be traded up during the game, or even traded in for end game points