2025Ivan Alexiev, Elijah Morar
- Videos
- 27
- Creators
- 17
1 - 4 players60 - 90 minMedium weight

2026Allan Pincus, Jared Pincus
Mainly reviews and how-to-play. Computer Junkyard is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 4 reviews, 3 how-to-play guides, 3 unboxings, and 4 other videos.
From BoardGameGeek
You found a box of old computer games at a yard sale and can't wait to play them with your friends. To your dismay, modern computers won't run them. Instead, you each race to build your own vintage computer out of spare parts. Welcome to the Computer Junkyard, the perfect place to find all the components you will need! Scavenge for parts, sabotage your opponents, trade with your friends, and do it all with the cash in your pockets. Be the first to complete a computer good enough to run your game! In Computer Junkyard, players assemble hardware tiles to construct a vintage computer. The first player to have a complete, bug-free computer, which meets the specifications necessary to run their unique computer game, is the winner. The primary mechanic of Computer Junkyard is the physical assembly of hardware tiles. Each player attaches their hardware together like puzzle pieces, connecting them up to a central motherboard tile to fit within a 9x9 chassis grid. Players collect hardware by purchasing tiles randomly drawn from the central Junkyard, or by freely making trades with other players. Players begin with a limited amount of money, which they must manage as hardware tiles increase in price as their supplies decrease. During their turn, players may purchase hardware, attempt to steal hardware from their opponents, or sabotage an opponent by attaching a computer bug tile to their computer. -description from the publisher
Computer Junkyard has 14 videos from 11 creators: 4 reviews, 3 how-to-play guides, 3 unboxings and 4 other videos. They date from 2025 to September 2026.
To learn the rules, start with "Computer Junkyard PLAY THROUGH" by TableTopVibes, which runs 1 h 12 min. For a quicker teach, "How To Play Computer Junkyard" by TableTopVibes runs 9 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Computer Junkyard - is it educational though?! - Kickstarter Critique" by Bower's Game Corner. 4 creators have reviewed it.
If you like it, try Rise of Babel, The Palaces of Carrara (Second Edition), Solar Titans or Village Rails, which share several of its mechanics.
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2025Ivan Alexiev, Elijah Morar
1 - 4 players60 - 90 minMedium weight
2022Michael Kiesling, Wolfgang Kramer
2 - 4 players60 - 90 minMedium weight
2022Matthew Dunstan, Brett J. Gilbert
2 - 4 players45 minMedium weight
From BoardGameGeek:
You found a box of old computer games at a yard sale and can't wait to play them with your friends. To your dismay, modern computers won't run them. Instead, you each race to build your own vintage computer out of spare parts. Welcome to the Computer Junkyard, the perfect place to find all the components you will need! Scavenge for parts, sabotage your opponents, trade with your friends, and do it all with the cash in your pockets. Be the first to complete a computer good enough to run your game! In Computer Junkyard, players assemble hardware tiles to construct a vintage computer. The first player to have a complete, bug-free computer, which meets the specifications necessary to run their unique computer game, is the winner. The primary mechanic of Computer Junkyard is the physical assembly of hardware tiles. Each player attaches their hardware together like puzzle pieces, connecting them up to a central motherboard tile to fit within a 9x9 chassis grid. Players collect hardware by purchasing tiles randomly drawn from the central Junkyard, or by freely making trades with other players. Players begin with a limited amount of money, which they must manage as hardware tiles increase in price as their supplies decrease. During their turn, players may purchase hardware, attempt to steal hardware from their opponents, or sabotage an opponent by attaching a computer bug tile to their computer. -description from the publisher
Designers
Allan Pincus, Jared Pincus
Artist
Jordan Pincus
Publisher
Dream Egg Games
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