diff --git a/assets/css/bobastyle.css b/assets/css/bobastyle.css
index 45358b5..5e3cb0e 100644
--- a/assets/css/bobastyle.css
+++ b/assets/css/bobastyle.css
@@ -436,6 +436,27 @@ hr {
   border-color: var(--background-5);
 }
 
+table.markdown {
+  border-collapse: collapse;
+  border: 2px solid var(--text-normal);
+}
+
+.markdown thead {
+  background-color: var(--background-4);
+}
+
+.markdown th,
+.markdown td {
+  padding: 8px;
+}
+
+.markdown tbody tr:nth-child(odd) {
+  background-color: var(--background);
+}
+.markdown tbody tr:nth-child(even) {
+  background-color: var(--background-2);
+}
+
 * {
   box-sizing: border-box;
 }
diff --git a/layouts/shortcodes/table.html b/layouts/shortcodes/table.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3a43ab0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/layouts/shortcodes/table.html
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{{/* See https://willschenk.com/articles/2020/styling_tables_with_hugo/ */}}
+
+{{ $class := "markdown" }}
+{{ with .Get "class" }}
+    {{ $class = delimit (slice $class .) " " }}
+{{ end }}
+
+{{ $htmlTable := .Inner | markdownify }}
+{{ $new := printf `<table class="%s">` $class }}
+{{ (replace $htmlTable "<table>" $new) | safeHTML }}