That's great! Glad I could help. I will keep playing and will inform if I will find any more inconsistencies or bugs. Question: Do updates generally require a new game?
UPDATE: I am made quite a discovery, was poking around a bit and decided I should try running the game with DirectX9 32bit exe, and surprisingly, the crash was no more - it worked! I was using the 64 bit one before.
I am playing GOF ERAS, And sure I will send it to you now. Head to the tavern and some of the present rivals should approach you. I tried different characters, went straight to tavern and was approached by a rival, went to sea - same result, game froze on loading screen and I crashed to desktop