Not everyone who gets banned deserves a (not at all) coveted tombstone in that thread. Said thread is for forum menaces 'n scumbags. The lowest of the banned.
Everyone's just sick'a stupid Board Games. Most people weren't really makin' much effort to think up amusin' posts. Combine this with the fact a lot'a new blood were postin' in every Board Game, all the threads became a the stream of monotonous, downright boring, comedy-lackin' posts, which in turn caused the sub-forum t' kill itself. T'is why I stopped srsly postin' there, wouldn't be surprised if that's the same reason for others.
So yeah, if people aren't actively tryin' to make a Board Game amusing, then it certainly will die within a few days... though it may not even get any activity on day 1 if no one's interested.