[Sandman]

The magical nature trinket 'boots of long strides' doesn't have any effect. It is supposed to increase the unit's movement (whether that extends to map movement I don't know).

The unit's stated AP and map movement are unaffected, and I don't think there's any 'hidden' effect on the battlefield either, although it can be kinda difficult to tell in the melee. I will try to organise a 'race' to further verify this.

It's not an item which is likely to be used very often - there are many better uses for 5 nature gems, and most skilled players will quickly research to higher levels of construction, and the many good boots available there probably make the boots of long strides look pretty useless. So that's why no-ones picked up on this before (as far as I'm aware).

If they had the effect of boosting map movement, they could be a rather handy item; especially since nations with nature tend to have forest movement as well.