I ran this at gencon.  A trick when introducing the game I found, was to point out that the character names and titles were listed in order of appearance of their hometown.  So if you’re character was from the village you knew you were coming up fast and could build up to it correctly.  So the Port city (can’t remember the name) had the longest build up and had some of the best pay off.

I ran it in a 2 hour slot and felt like I had to rush things.  But I was also really prepared to do the campfire talking kind of thing.  Just hanging out with the characters is surprisingly fun in that game.