I found another thread on the forum that indicates this became a problem after the last update in Oct, 2015. It seems like almost 3 months should be sufficient time to correct this. Is there a way to give a link to the version prior to 1.24 so that the game is operational again? Thanks.

I am also having this problem. The game had been working fine and then you could no longer make selections on the first screen to load a game or start a new game. Upgrading to ios8 is not a good option for an ipad 2. Is a fix for this to be released? The game is currently inoperable.