The game includes 4 character pieces, a board, a die, fake money, and "Surprise!"
Each player must complete various tasks in order to achieve the criteria needed:[1] The quick success of the Barbie doll in the late 1950s encouraged Mattel to produce toys and games related to the franchise.
[4] Mary Kay Verhoff recalled this as her favorite game when she was a child, writing, "The problem was that all my little girlfriends and I wanted the same dates for the prom, either Tom or Ken.
All you had to do was become president of a school club, buy the right evening dress with your meager allowance and the baby-sitting money you'd saved, get a steady boyfriend, and, that's it, you win!
"[7] A copy of Barbie Queen of the Prom is held in the collection of the Strong National Museum of Play (object 92.1396).