diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d9c65aa6eb..003dec73a2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -86,8 +86,10 @@ Up requirements to Django 3.2+
   but `Cmd_nAmE` -> `Cmd.nAmE`). This helps e.g Mudlet's legacy `Client_GUI` implementation)
 - Prototypes now allow setting `prototype_parent` directly to a prototype-dict.
   This makes it easier when dynamically building in-module prototypes.
-- RPSystem contrib was expanded to support case, so /tall becomes 'tall man'
+- `RPSystem contrib` was expanded to support case, so /tall becomes 'tall man'
   while /Tall becomes 'Tall man'. One can turn this off if wanting the old style.
+- Change `EvTable` fixed-height rebalance algorithm to fill with empty lines at end of
+  column instead of inserting rows based on cell-size (could be mistaken for a bug).
 
 ### Evennia 0.9.5 (2019-2020)
 
diff --git a/evennia/utils/evtable.py b/evennia/utils/evtable.py
index 14cd7ca503..eb91a68375 100644
--- a/evennia/utils/evtable.py
+++ b/evennia/utils/evtable.py
@@ -1478,31 +1478,13 @@ class EvTable(object):
                         % (self.height, chmin + locked_height)
                     )
 
-                # now we add all the extra height up to the desired table-height.
-                # We do this so that the tallest cells gets expanded first (and
-                # thus avoid getting cropped)
-
-                even = self.height % 2 == 0
-                correction = 0
-                while correction < excess:
-                    # expand the cells with the most rows first
-                    if 0 <= correction < nrowmax and nrowmax > 1:
-                        # avoid adding to header first round (looks bad on very small tables)
-                        ci = cheights[1:].index(max(cheights[1:])) + 1
-                    else:
-                        ci = cheights.index(max(cheights))
-                    if ci in locked_cols:
-                        # locked row, make sure it's not picked again
-                        cheights[ci] -= 9999
-                        cheights_min[ci] = locked_cols[ci]
-                    else:
-                        cheights_min[ci] += 1
-                        # change balance
-                        if ci == 0 and self.header:
-                            # it doesn't look very good if header expands too fast
-                            cheights[ci] -= 2 if even else 3
-                        cheights[ci] -= 2 if even else 1
-                        correction += 1
+                # Add all the excess at the end of the table
+                # Note: Older solutions tried to balance individual
+                # rows' vsize. This could lead to empty rows that
+                # looked like a bug. This solution instead
+                # adds empty rows at the end which is less sophisticated
+                # but much more visually consistent.
+                cheights_min[-1] += excess
                 cheights = cheights_min
 
                 # we must tell cells to crop instead of expanding
diff --git a/evennia/utils/tests/test_evform.py b/evennia/utils/tests/test_evform.py
index 386d4ee98a..eb63afce30 100644
--- a/evennia/utils/tests/test_evform.py
+++ b/evennia/utils/tests/test_evform.py
@@ -165,3 +165,102 @@ Durian
 """.lstrip()
         result = self._simple_form(form)
         self.assertEqual(expected, result)
+
+
+# test of issue #2308
+
+_SHEET = """
+.----------------------------------------------.
+| Sheet                                        |
+| xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx1xxxxxxxxxxxx      |
+>----------------------------------------------<
+| Ability scores  |     Skills                 |
+| ccccccccccccccc |   ccccccccccccccccccc      |
+| cccccc2cccccccc |   ccccccccccccccccccc      |
+| ccccccccccccccc |   ccccccccccccccccccc      |
+| ccccccccccccccc |   ccccccccccccccccccc      |
+| ccccccccccccccc |   ccccccccccccccccccc      |
+| ccccccccccccccc |   ccccccccccccccccccc      |
+| ccccccccccccccc |   ccccccccccccccccccc      |
+| ccccccccccccccc |   ccccccccccccccccccc      |
+| ccccccccccccccc |   ccccccccccccccccccc      |
+|                 |   ccccccccc3ccccccccc      |
+|                 |   ccccccccccccccccccc      |
+|                 |   ccccccccccccccccccc      |
+|                 |   ccccccccccccccccccc      |
+|                 |                            |
++----------------------------------------------+
+"""
+_EXPECTED = """
+.----------------------------------------------.
+| Sheet                                        |
+| Test text                                    |
+>----------------------------------------------<
+| Ability scores  |     Skills                 |
+| +------+------+ |   +--------+--------+      |
+| |Ab    |Sc    | |   |Skill   |Level   |      |
+| +~~~~~~+~~~~~~+ |   +~~~~~~~~+~~~~~~~~+      |
+| |STR   |10    | |   |Acro    |10      |      |
+| |CON   |10    | |   |Anim    |10      |      |
+| |DEX   |10    | |   |Arca    |10      |      |
+| |      |      | |   |Ath     |10      |      |
+| |      |      | |   |Dec     |10      |      |
+| +------+------+ |   |His     |10      |      |
+|                 |   |        |        |      |
+|                 |   |        |        |      |
+|                 |   |        |        |      |
+|                 |   +--------+--------+      |
+|                 |                            |
++----------------------------------------------+
+"""
+
+
+class TestEvFormParallelTables(TestCase):
+    """
+    Test of issue #2308
+    https://github.com/evennia/evennia/issues/2308
+    where parallel tables cause strange overlaps
+    in output
+
+    """
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.text1 = "Test text"
+        self.table2 = evtable.EvTable(
+            "Ab", "Sc",
+            table=[
+                ["|ySTR", "|yCON", "|yDEX"],
+                [10, 10, 10]
+            ]
+        )
+        self.table3 = evtable.EvTable(
+            "|RSkill", "|RLevel",
+            table=[
+                ["|yAcro", "|yAnim", "|yArca", "|yAth", "|yDec", "|yHis"],
+                [10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10]
+            ]
+        )
+        self.formdict = {
+            "FORM": _SHEET,
+            "FORMCHAR": 'x',
+            "TABLECHAR": 'c'
+        }
+
+    def test_parallel_tables(self):
+        """
+        Build form to check for error.
+        """
+        form = evform.EvForm(form=self.formdict)
+        form.map(
+            cells={
+                '1': self.text1,
+            },
+            tables={
+                '2': self.table2,
+                '3': self.table3
+            }
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(
+            ansi.strip_ansi(str(form).strip()),
+            _EXPECTED.strip()
+        )