u/Strangeite

Is there still hope for a July 2026 release date for the Revised edition?

I haven't played GURPS since the '90s but going to do a one-shot adventure for the family and GURPS is perfect for the setting. I went to go buy the core books and saw that the revised edition is coming out and thought "Perfect! I'll hold off and wait for it."

In the meantime I did purchase a used copy of Characters just so I could get started creating some characters.

Would it be effective to use vodka to keep a cooler cold over a weekend camping trip?

Hope this ain't the wrong sub.

Context: Over the decades, my wife and I have done a fair amount of camping. Far more in our younger days, and pre-kids far more at music festivals. She'll be camping the first time on her own... well ever. I've always been the planner and not being there has made me really think about proper ways to prepare. Luckily, we naturally worked out a balance of "me letting this be her thing" and "that's a really good idea, thanks".

I am not suggesting she try this idea for her trip this weekend but it did get me thinking.

Research: Most of the tips for packing a cooler online I already knew. i) your cooler ain't big enough, ii) 2 to 1 ratio of ice, iii) use SEPARATE coolers for different things to minimize opening one, iv) wet towel on top of ice in the drink cooler, etc.

However, one tip which should have been obvious but hadn't occurred to me is, frozen items you plan to consume later in the trip count toward the 2:1 ratio.

Many a camping trip, particularly at music festivals, bloody marys and screwdrivers are consumed, particularly on the 2nd morning of a four day festival.

I'm already well versed in pre-cooling my cooler before you leave. And creating blocks of ice (water) in cookie and loaf pans to reduce surface area. But those all start to thaw at 1ºC. Yes, I know vodka won't freeze until -27ºC and household freezers don't get that cold... but dry ice does.

And I have to pre-cool coolers in advance anyway.

So back to my original question, would it be effective to use vodka to keep a cooler cold over a weekend camping trip?

My hypothesis is if I froze blocks of vodka flat in plastic bags with dry ice when pre-cooling the cooler. And then used those packaged frozen bags of vodka as part of the 2:1 ratio, they would keep things colder longer than if I had just used water.

And then later in the trip you have cold vodka for cocktails.

What am I missing?

p.s. You have to be careful using dry ice in coolers during a trip because people can burn themselves being stupid reaching in, this seems to me to reduce a big part of that risk.