I feel like Torchbearer is a lot easier to slide into if you have past Burning Wheel experience to draw from. A lot of the complaints about comprehending the game, that I see anyways, are mechanics from BW. Things like Resource dice or conflicts and compromises can be confusing if you haven’t encountered them before. But if those are familiar then the only thing you have to really understand is Checks, how to earn and spend them.

I like “Inn of the Three Squires” better than Skorgenby. The new middlemark supplement also has a level 1 adventure in it which might be worth checking out.