-Administrator (group-support class, bonuses to grant-writing and back-room speaking) Hero class titles could include: department chair, editor or principal investigator

-Statistician (highly focused class [penalties to dual-classing], access to ‘bleeding numbers’ research style)

-Psychotherapist (moderately focused class [fewer penalties to dual-classing]

-Game Designer (can call on 1d4 fanboi henchmen)

-Philanthropist

-Publicist

-Gamer

-Theorist (access to ‘mad scientist’ research style)

Then maybe some Fallout-style/D+D class skills like networking, grant writing, speaking, syllabus compiling

And then pull it all together with a prestige system, based on finished products, publicity, maybe education.

I’m still working on some of what I call SoIs (Systems of Interest, as opposed to “combat system” or “crafting system”) One might be a public debate, but I’m still figuring out how closely I want to follow a hit point system. “He attempts to hit you with [an argument that was obsessed over for weeks]!” “He hits you for 5 factual damage!” And so forth. There are a lot of different settings in this thrillingly dynamic field that call for their own SoI -

So you wanna playtest?