Agglomeration

Agglomeration is a 1995 Classic Mac card-matching puzzle by Darryl Mlinar, published under the Ocular Jihad Software label. Players work a tableau of twelve cards, hunting for valid groups of three under a Set-style rule where every card attribute must be either entirely uniform or entirely distinct across the trio.

Goal

The Garden description states the objective directly: "collect as many groups of three cards that you can," turning the table into a race to spot legal trios before the deck runs dry.

Matching Rule

Each card carries four characteristics: number, shade, color, and face style. A valid group requires that, across its three cards, each of the four characteristics is either identical on all three or completely different on all three.

Tableau

Twelve cards sit face up at any moment. Players scan the layout for legal combinations, claim them, and watch fresh cards refill the spread until no more matches are possible.

Publisher

Credit on Macintosh Garden goes to Darryl Mlinar with Ocular Jihad Software as publisher, a typical small-label shareware imprint of the mid-1990s Mac scene.