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To win my game you must use deception

That may involve my poor perception

My strength and will are just too much

To be conquered by the average touch

If successful, hold no preconception

That hubris will not lead to interception

By an even greater power than mine

Your new troubles will be divine

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I'll add a few more lines:

You come from a distant land

So you will not perceive my plan

Stealing from me will be your end

But before you, I'll devour your friend

In this game I set the first trap

My advantage is lost when I take a nap

No one will help when nobody's to blame

I still keep playing, though never the same

To win my game you must use deception

That may involve my poor perception

My strength and will are just too much

To be conquered by the average touch

Now with the advantage, use my herd

For my vision is worse than blurred

Though I still possess a sagacious mind

On their backs there will be nothing to find

If successful, hold no preconception

That hubris will not lead to interception

By an even greater power than mine

Your new troubles will be divine

Edit: typo

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Sorry to not put this in a spoiler. My computer won't let me.
my guess would be cyclops.

Nice one ;)

You come from a distant land - Odysseus sailed to Cyclops' island

So you will not perceive my plan - They try to befriend him, but the Cyclops is secretly mad at them for eating his food

Stealing from me will be your end - Odysseus and his men feasted on the Cyclops' food while he was out

But before you, I'll devour your friend - This enrages the Cyclops and he eats some of Odysseus' friends

In this game I set the first trap - The Cyclops starts the violence and treachery

My advantage is lost when I take a nap - while he is sleeping Odysseus plots and they stab his eye

No one will help when nobody's to blame - Odysseus calls himself 'Nobody' so that the Cyclops sounds like a fool when he asks for help from Nobody

I still keep playing, though never the same - The Cyclops keeps his guard even after blinded though and will not let them escape

To win my game you must use deception - in order to escape they had to trick him

That may involve my poor perception - which would involve him being blind

My strength and will are just too much - the Cyclops is too strong and patient a guard to get by with force

To be conquered by the average touch - outwitting the Cyclops calls for a Hero like Odysseus

Now with the advantage, use my herd - they use his sheep to escape

For my vision is worse than blurred - blind is worse than blurred of course

Though I still possess a sagacious mind - though blind, the Cyclops is still pretty wise and pats all the sheep to make sure his captives aren't hitching a ride out

On their backs there will be nothing to find - he finds nothing on there backs, but the clever Odysseus and his men were clutching the bellies of the sheep

If successful, hold no preconception - Even though he outwitted the Cyclops, Odysseus should have kept his mouth shut

That hubris will not lead to interception - His famous act of hubris by yelling his real name at the Cyclops once they were safely away

By an even greater power than mine - the Cyclops called on his father Poseiden to avenge him

Your new troubles will be divine - Now Odysseus has to deal with one of the most powerful Gods

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