Apologies to those of you who suffered the release bug preventing play. I fixed this in about 45 minutes on release but I know it was disappointing for those of you that wanted to dive straight in. Some of you may not have been aware of the quick patch I uploaded, and I know for some people they had to restart Steam to force it to idenity and upload the patch, so if you are still having any major bug issues please restart Steam and verify the game cache. Worst case, if you haven't yet started a save, it only takes two minutes to uninstall and reinstall because the game files are small. That should clear it.
Since then I have uploaded a patch that fixes all of the following reported bugs, massive thanks to those who played the game with such enthusiasm and attention to detail on release and reported these to me quickly:
1) Stuck on main menu bug fixed.
2) "Week 1 barracks / jumping to week 3" bug fixed.
3) Armour no longer resets on re-loading mid-battle.
4) Ticking the 'random fighters in each fixture' option now works (but only from the following week to prevent re-rolling to get the number you want).
5) Added several bright reminders about the player-character's contract expiring towards the end of its span, should now be almost impossible not to notice.
6) Fixed a bug where player fighters aged by 5 instead of 1 on season end.
7) Fixed a bug preventing the "Giant Killer" and "Won the Cup" achievements from triggering.
Thanks for all the support so far, and all the great positive feedback from those of you several hours in now, it's all really appreciated!