diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 7f3a57d..8985950 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -9,9 +9,15 @@ namespace {
 R"(class Math {
 	construct new() {}
 	foreign add(a, b)
+
+	static sum_params(a,b) {
+		return a + b
+	}
 }
 System.print("I am running in a VM!")
 var myvar = Math.new()
+var name = "some_test"
+var number = 123
 myvar.add(5, 6)
 System.print("Script done")
 )";
@@ -19,11 +25,19 @@ System.print("Script done")
 } //unnamed namespace
 
 int main() {
+	typedef wren::ModuleAndName MN;
+	using wren::variables;
+
 	std::cout << "hello world\n";
 	wren::DefConfiguration config;
 	wren::VM vm(&config);
 	vm.interpret("my_module", g_script);
 	std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(2000));
 
+	auto vars = variables<std::string, int>(vm, MN{"my_module", "name"}, MN{"my_module","number"});
+	std::cout << "name = \"" << std::get<0>(vars) << "\", number = " << std::get<1>(vars) << '\n';
+	const int sum = wren::call<int>(vm, {"my_module", "Math"}, vm.make_call_handle("sum_params(_,_)"), MN{"my_module", "number"}, 90);
+	std::cout << "wren method returned " << sum << " (expected " << std::get<1>(vars) + 90 << ")\n";
+
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/src/wren/vm.cpp b/src/wren/vm.cpp
index 900e836..f1af1a3 100644
--- a/src/wren/vm.cpp
+++ b/src/wren/vm.cpp
@@ -68,6 +68,21 @@ namespace wren {
 			retval.finalize = funcs.finalize;
 			return retval;
 		}
+
+		void throw_if_err (WrenInterpretResult res, const char* module_name) {
+			using std::runtime_error;
+			using std::string;
+
+			switch (res) {
+			case WREN_RESULT_COMPILE_ERROR:
+				throw runtime_error(string("Compilation of ") + module_name + " has failed");
+			case WREN_RESULT_RUNTIME_ERROR:
+				throw runtime_error(string("A runtime error occurred in ") + module_name);
+
+			case WREN_RESULT_SUCCESS:
+				break;
+			}
+		}
 	} //unnamed namespace
 
 	struct VM::LocalData {
@@ -138,15 +153,12 @@ namespace wren {
 		using std::runtime_error;
 
 		const WrenInterpretResult res = wrenInterpret(m_local->wvm, module_name, script);
-		switch (res) {
-		case WREN_RESULT_COMPILE_ERROR:
-			throw runtime_error(string("Compilation of ") + module_name + " has failed");
-		case WREN_RESULT_RUNTIME_ERROR:
-			throw runtime_error(string("A runtime error occurred in ") + module_name);
+		throw_if_err(res, module_name);
+	}
 
-		case WREN_RESULT_SUCCESS:
-			break;
-		}
+	void VM::call (const Handle& method) {
+		const WrenInterpretResult res = wrenCall(m_local->wvm, method);
+		throw_if_err(res, "[wrenCall()]");
 	}
 
 	void VM::release_handle (Handle& handle) noexcept {
diff --git a/src/wren/vm.hpp b/src/wren/vm.hpp
index 63aecde..a50213b 100644
--- a/src/wren/vm.hpp
+++ b/src/wren/vm.hpp
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ namespace wren {
 		~VM() noexcept;
 
 		void interpret (const char* module_name, const char* script);
-		void call (Handle& method);
+		void call (const Handle& method);
 		void release_handle (Handle& handle) noexcept;
 		void ensure_slots(int num_slots);
 		int slot_count();
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ namespace wren {
 		void set_slot_string (int slot_num, const char* value);
 		void set_slot_double (int slot_num, double value);
 		void set_slot_bool (int slot_num, bool value);
-		void set_slot_null  (int slot_num);
+		void set_slot_null (int slot_num);
 		void set_slot_bytes (int slot_num, const char* bytes, std::size_t length);
 
 		//slot getters
diff --git a/src/wren/vm_fun.cpp b/src/wren/vm_fun.cpp
index 9ef347e..f6e2f05 100644
--- a/src/wren/vm_fun.cpp
+++ b/src/wren/vm_fun.cpp
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ namespace wren {
 		vm.set_slot_bytes(slot_num, beg, std::distance(beg, end));
 	}
 
+	void set (VM& vm, int slot_num, const Handle& handle) {
+		vm.set_slot_handle(handle, slot_num);
+	}
+
 	std::string_view slot_string_view (VM& vm, int slot_num) {
 		assert(SlotType::String == vm.slot_type(slot_num));
 		auto ptr = vm.slot_bytes(slot_num);
diff --git a/src/wren/vm_fun.hpp b/src/wren/vm_fun.hpp
index 5e64cca..1b5a30f 100644
--- a/src/wren/vm_fun.hpp
+++ b/src/wren/vm_fun.hpp
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include <string>
 #include <string_view>
 #include <vector>
+#include <type_traits>
 
 namespace wren {
 	typedef std::tuple<const char*, const char*> ModuleAndName;
@@ -24,11 +25,24 @@ namespace wren {
 	template <typename... Outs, typename... Params>
 #endif
 	std::tuple<Outs...> variables(VM& vm, Params&&... modules_names);
+
+	template <typename R, typename... Args>
+	R call (VM& vm, const Handle& object, const Handle& method, const Args&... args);
+
+	template <typename R, typename... Args>
+	R call (VM& vm, const ModuleAndName& object, const Handle& method, const Args&... args);
+
 	void interpret (VM& vm, const std::string& module_name, const std::string& script);
+	void set (VM& vm, int slot_num, const char* value);
+	void set (VM& vm, int slot_num, double value);
+	void set (VM& vm, int slot_num, bool value);
+	void set (VM& vm, int slot_num, std::nullptr_t);
+	void set (VM& vm, int slot_num, const char* bytes, std::size_t length);
 	void set (VM& vm, int slot_num, const std::string& value);
 	void set (VM& vm, int slot_num, std::string_view value);
 	void set (VM& vm, int slot_num, const std::vector<char>& value);
 	void set (VM& vm, int slot_num, const char* beg, const char* end);
+	void set (VM& vm, int slot_num, int value);
 	std::string_view slot_string_view (VM& vm, int slot_num);
 	template <typename T> T get (VM& vm, int slot_num);
 	void variable(VM& vm, const ModuleAndName& mod_and_name, int slot);
@@ -52,11 +66,32 @@ namespace wren {
 				static_assert(sizeof...(Params) == sizeof...(Outs), "Expected a module/name pair per requested output");
 				static_assert(sizeof...(Outs) == sizeof...(Indices), "Mismatching index count");
 
-				vm.ensure_slots(sizeof...(Outs));
+				vm.ensure_slots(sizeof...(Params));
 				(variable(vm, modules_names, Indices), ...);
 				return std::tuple<Outs...>(get<Outs>(vm, Indices)...);
 			}
 		}
+
+		template <typename T>
+		inline void set_single_for_call (VM& vm, int slot, const T& value) {
+			set(vm, slot, value);
+		}
+
+		template <>
+		inline void set_single_for_call (VM& vm, int slot_num, const Handle& handle) {
+			vm.set_slot_handle(handle, slot_num);
+		}
+
+		template <>
+		inline void set_single_for_call (VM& vm, int slot_num, const ModuleAndName& name) {
+			variable(vm, name, slot_num);
+		}
+
+		template <typename... Args, int... Indices>
+		inline void set_for_call (std::integer_sequence<int, Indices...>, VM& vm, const Args&... args) {
+			vm.ensure_slots(sizeof...(Args));
+			(set_single_for_call(vm, Indices + 1, args), ...);
+		}
 	} //namespace detail
 
 #if __cpp_concepts >= 201907
@@ -72,6 +107,26 @@ namespace wren {
 		return vm.interpret(module_name.c_str(), script.c_str());
 	}
 
+	inline void set (VM& vm, int slot_num, const char* value) {
+		vm.set_slot_string(slot_num, value);
+	}
+
+	inline void set (VM& vm, int slot_num, double value) {
+		vm.set_slot_double(slot_num, value);
+	}
+
+	inline void set (VM& vm, int slot_num, bool value) {
+		vm.set_slot_bool(slot_num, value);
+	}
+
+	inline void set (VM& vm, int slot_num, std::nullptr_t) {
+		vm.set_slot_null(slot_num);
+	}
+
+	inline void set (VM& vm, int slot_num, const char* bytes, std::size_t length) {
+		vm.set_slot_bytes(slot_num, bytes, length);
+	}
+
 	inline void set (VM& vm, int slot_num, const std::string& value) {
 		vm.set_slot_string(slot_num, value.c_str());
 	}
@@ -83,4 +138,25 @@ namespace wren {
 	inline void set (VM& vm, int slot_num, const std::vector<char>& value) {
 		vm.set_slot_bytes(slot_num, value.data(), value.size());
 	}
+
+	inline void set (VM& vm, int slot_num, int value) {
+		vm.set_slot_double(slot_num, static_cast<double>(value));
+	}
+
+	template <typename R, typename... Args>
+	inline R call (VM& vm, const Handle& object, const Handle& method, const Args&... args) {
+		detail::set_for_call<Args...>(std::make_integer_sequence<int, sizeof...(Args)>(), vm, args...);
+		vm.call(method);
+		if constexpr (not std::is_same<void, R>::value) {
+			return get<R>(vm, 0);
+		}
+	}
+
+	template <typename R, typename... Args>
+	inline R call (VM& vm, const ModuleAndName& object, const Handle& method, const Args&... args) {
+		vm.ensure_slots(sizeof...(args) + 1);
+		variable(vm, object, 0);
+		Handle obj_handle = vm.slot_handle(0);
+		return call<R, Args...>(vm, obj_handle, method, args...);
+	}
 } //namespace wren