It’s easy to forget its Torchbearer just how little you need to get through in a session. Paricularly if you have a few fully blown conflicts. Just prep what you need for the next session. ‘Describe to live’ works for setting detail too. Lately I’ve been paring back and running it more in a Mouseguardy way. Michael Prescott’s Tannoch has become my yardstick.
I also just used one of Randy M’s cool maps and just winged it, making up stuff with the players as they delved deeper and noting that with tony dowler-esque labels as I went. Worked a treat.