Having exhausted this avenue for change, the EB members then resolved to modify the game themselves upon its release. Some EB members continued to offer their services as historical advisers but due to inherent concerns over intellectual property rights, CA declined the offer.

Whilst some suggestions were taken on board and adopted in the final release of RTW, most were disregarded by CA due to publisher pressures / financial expediency. Together, these EB members tried to convince the Creative Assembly to alter their depiction of the period to make the whole game more historically accurate. These individuals, concerned as they were for the “barbarians”, were joined by others with concerns for other ancient cultures / factions. The true nature of these civilizations, says EB, is better revealed through archaeological evidence and what remains of their own ancient texts. These individuals felt that such representations conformed more to a sensationalist Hollywood stereotype than historical fact, maintaining (as many modern historians do) that the ancient 'barbarian' cultures are often viewed through the paradigm of Greco-Roman bias. EB was originally founded in January 2004, eight months before RTW's release, when several individuals following the game's development became concerned that barbarian factions such as Gaul and Germania were being portrayed as stereotypical hordes of unwashed savages.

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