https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=39518
--- Comment #2 from chris@chrisdecairos.ca --- (In reply to fjfrackiewicz from comment #1)
Can you tell me what version of the game you have? You should see the game's version number in the main menu of the game in the lower left corner.
I had this issue with version 1.03 on Mint 17.2 but after updating the game to version 1.041 I no longer experience the crash when loading a new game.
I've got 1.041 installed according to the game.