Ok, I finally got to play the game using the delete Familytree workaround.  So that took care of the Crash at start up part.

Graphics - The sovereign Action plate is all distorted.  I can see all other tray options but the Action tray is cut off.  If I leave the mouse I can see that there are some actions underneath the blank area (build city, auto explore).  My screen is occasionlly flickering white as well.  Items are invisible in the item tray although I get an item description.

Gameplay - Scouts went up to neighboring kingdom and seemed to get stuck on the border.  Its hard to choose units as I can't seem to scroll over the map very well (the best is to zoom way out and then try to find the unit).  Using scouts seems to make the special tiles inactive (bags, boxes, etc, they just disappear without any notice of anything found)

Some basic rules explanation would help.  I'm not sure if I can't build a 2nd city due to some requirement or if its a bug.  What's the colored advancing circle mean around the center crest?

I see areas that farms should go on but I can't build farms . . .

I see rivers, if this was Civ they would be good city sites but I have no clue as to what is a good or bad tile (are forests or mountains good or bad).

Ren