Yeah, it's playable. I only crashed once in about 500 turns all added up. My only   is that the AI is too easy. I have not tryed on the max difficulity yet, but the AI was like a small child trying to tell me, a king with an army of 200 archers, to give up, then sitting around and making no attempt at growth with the 50 turns I gave to the AI to do something. Along with the underwelming magic system and the unbalanced gameplay, I was board after the first two games.

You should wait until the modders get to work on the game or the game AI is smarter then your average carpet.

I read about that, but where is the latest EXE?

It's playable.  It's not great yet, but it's definitely passable.  I occasionally crash, but it's rare.

If Elemental 1.1 were Elemental 1.0, most of us would be happy with what we've seen so far.   Given Stardock's support  history, I decided to  just knock .1 off all the patches, assume the game got delayed four months, and enjoy the ride.  They've proven that they're committed to making this better.

All games become better after a few patches. Some become MUCH better!   Elemental is one of the latter ones.

Just play something else in the meantime and come back in a few months time. The game will only get better with time. Myself I haven't gotten it yet (though I've followed it since it was announced) but I'll try the demo and MAY get it when the first expansion hits.

If you installed the update you also need to restart the game. Do not try to play in by using a old save.