Approach the game with no preset agendas and you’ll probably
come away surprised at your overall efforts.  – Phil Jackson

While Phil was talking about basketball and not D&D I think the quote applies.

When we sit down to write, prepare for, or play a ttrpg with an agenda in mind, we often don’t get what we wanted and the experience comes out a little flat. Maybe we got close but not quite. If you go into it following good practices, using the tools not rules mindset, you get amazing memorable results that you will carry with you for years after.

I’m excited that my Swords & Wizardry campaign is coming up on a year. The characters are building a keep, about to go kill a dragon and considering what to do about a major NPC deciding to take over a mid size city near their keep. Also, one of my players just had the same NPC grow him an extra pair of arms and some beetle wings.