Agree, play a drum loop, or some kind of simple pattern and lock scenes…also locking retrig can be fun, or of course mix parameters for reverbs etc.
that‘s the quickest way to have some fun on the OT. Enjoy!
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…forget about presets, get a proper cf card, bounce all ur favourite sounds on ur computer to samplechains and start from there…
and be warned…all ur elektron experience from the digis will only help u with the basic sequencer concept…all the rest will be new terretory for u…
first fun would be any sample chain and adressing the crosfader to the slices parameter…
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route both of ST/DT into AB/CD, live sample them and slice and place random samples on your trigs and fade in and out between actual ST/DT tracks and OT samples with your crossfader and
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Print the manual 
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More seriously, set up some live looping. Nice guide here:
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I acutally did that. It’s massive!
I did too 
I think your strategy is sound. But you must 
as soon as possible hook up external gear to get familiar with the thru machine. That is also a good way to learn sampling.
My workflow on the OT is different from the DT and DN. I usually have only a couple of patterns, and use scenes - and the crossfader to build in variation. Changing pitch of samples, muting others, changing the effect on a track, fading in new material etc. It’s a really unique workflow not available on the other machines
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There is one hint with the OT that is often forgotten which is…
All labels and their colour scheme on your OT make total sense in particular buttons that have same label colour which indicate they can be used together. Just by letting the left hand rest near the FUNC button and try all those combinations speeds up the learning curve. Most functions which are opened/called that way can also be closed the same way.
As there are so many functions, one should also know that FUNC+CUE is not the same as CUE+FUNC and the machine offers submenus(options) by the use of double tap on page-buttons (Playback/Amp/LFO/Fx1/Fx2) and like-like, which is not so obvious when you sit in front the first time. AAnnnnd holding a button is not same as fast tapping one.
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Got the OT today and been busy with it! I plugged the syntakt in and set up a thru track. Now I was just thinking I should record the lead synth in so I can add some sweet distortion effects etc to it. With the digitakt I couldn’t really do that when it didn’t record in stereo so I would lose a lot of details.
I recommend to start small by focusing on a single feature for a period of time and then tackling another feature, then repeat. The OT is one of those machines that benefits from a structured curriculum.
I would also encourage persistence and dedication.
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Why 2023 ?
I’d rather mention last major update, 1.40.
Today I have 3 OTs.
First thing to do ? Control them all with 1. 
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Took a few seconds to figure out why it didn’t look normal, you put black knobs on the OG machine!
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Not sure what to think about @sezare56 going Mk2 (x2!) and what happened to the hardcore mouse-eaten grey knobs?!
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Always remember, it’s almost always user error with OT! 
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Power up.
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And the best advice i can give ever… Fresh out of the box, one size fits all.
Super flexible, lasting and fun for the whole family.
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your initial plan sounds very good. You will love how easy it is to assign samples.
But also try to understand as one of the first things how the project and files structure works. It will help you so much. It’s different form every other elektron machine , but it makes a lot of sense.
Second important thing: Please don’t try to learn everything the OT can do. Because it can do A LOT of things and you might get lost if you try to learn everything it can do.
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FORGET WHAT YOU THINK YOU KNOW
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Have fun
It took me a week or 2 to unlearn expectations i had formed from being familiar with other Elektron devices.
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